Interest on delayed GST payments cannot be charged after timely Electronic Cash Ledger credit; excess interest refund follows.

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....Interest on delayed GST payments is refundable where the tax was credited to the Electronic Cash Ledger before the return-filing due date, despite belated filing of the GST return. The note explains that a refund rejection based solely on the prospective operation of the proviso to Rule 88B was inconsistent with the applicable High Court precedent on interest computation. It states that the refund rejection and recovery notice were quashed, and the taxpayer was directed to receive the excess interest refund with statutory interest.....