TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Refund of IGST on Export– Invoice mis-match Cases –Alternative Mechanism with Officer Interface
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....ed the sanction of refund of IGST paid on exports. Reference may also be made to Public Notice No. 21/2017-18 dated 11.12.2017 issued vide C.No. VIII/ACE/DBK/IGST/PN/156/2017/2118-2150 issued from this office wherein helpdesk was started for IGST refunds. 2. The analysis of data post October 2017 indicates that while the quantum of errors is decreasing significantly, exporters are still committing mistakes in the information furnished to (i) GSTN while filing GSTR 1 / Table 6A or GSTR 3B and (ii) Customs EDI system while filing Shipping Bill. The pre-requisites and precautions that need to be taken for successful processing of refund claims are as follows: (i) Exporters have to file GSTR 3B with taxable value for export and IGST paid aga....
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....lack of due diligence on the part of exporter while filing GST returns. (v) Exporters may be advised to use Table 9 of GSTR 1 of the following month to amend the records of previous month so as to take care of issues mentioned in paras (ii) and (iii) above. In cases where exporters have already filed information through Table 9 of GSTR 1, the said information is being validated by GSTN. The validated information is expected to be forwarded by GSTN to Customs by mid-March 2018 for further processing. (vi) The records (i.e GSTR 1 or Table 6A) which have been forwarded by GSTN to Customs after validations mentioned at (ii) and (iii) above are processed by the Customs EDI system. In cases where the information forwarded by GSTN tallies with....
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....gate.gov.in/Download/JavaSetupForDSC.pdf Once the registration is obtained, the exporters can check the status of IGST refunds associated with their exports and the corresponding error message, if any. This enquiry takes GSTIN Number, Port-code and Return Month as inputs and based on the input, Shipping Bill Number, Shipping Bill Date, Return Month, Invoice Number, Invoice Date, Response Code and Processed date is displayed as a result of the enquiry. The records displayed are those that have been received from GSTN and processed by the Customs Automated System. (ix) The analysis of Customs data indicates that while most of the errors mentioned in para (vi) above are decreasing, the error mentioned at (c) in para (vii) is most prevalent....
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....ystem, and no manual payment / cheque should be issued. The procedure for processing of IGST refund claims in these cases would be as follows: a. The exporter shall provide a concordance table indicating mapping between GST invoices and corresponding Shipping Bill invoices, as annexed in support of the refund claim to the designated officer in the Custom house. A scanned copy of concordance table may also be sent to dedicated email address [email protected]. b. Customs EDI system shall display list of all the invoices pertaining to such SBs vis-a-vis the invoice data received from GSTN. The officer shall verify the following: i. Duly certified concordance table submitted by the exporter as per Annexure A indicating mapping be....