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Yes. Supplies to SEZ developers/units are zero-rated under Section 16 IGST Act. Refund of IGST paid (or accumulated ITC under LUT) is claimed in RFD-01 along with endorsed copy of invoice from the SEZ specified officer evidencing receipt of goods/services for authorised operations.
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For inverted duty refunds in Indira Nagar Nerkundram, Rule 89(5) is applied with the Supreme Court VKC Footsteps ratio — Net ITC restricted to input goods only, excluding input services and capital goods.
Each refund file is tracked till RFD-06 sanction order. Where the 60-day Section 54(7) window is breached, Section 56 interest at 6% (or 9% on appellate orders) is claimed expressly.
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For Indira Nagar Nerkundram exporters we evaluate the LUT (RFD-11) route versus IGST-payment route each year — recommending the option that minimises working capital lock and accelerates refund realisation.
Net ITC for Rule 89(4) refund computation is taken only from GSTR-2B-verified invoices. Indira Nagar Nerkundram clients face zero supplier-non-filing-led rejections at the refund officer's scrutiny.
Where RFD-06 rejection is wrongful, Section 107 appeal is filed within 3 months at the First Appellate Authority — APL-01 drafted, 10% pre-deposit computed, hearing represented end-to-end.
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Show-cause notice issued by the proper officer where the officer proposes to reject the refund claim in whole or in part — the applicant gets an opportunity to file a reply in RFD-09 before the RFD-06 rejection order
Applicant's reply to the RFD-08 show-cause notice carrying defence, supporting case law, documentary clarifications and any supplementary computation
Quarterly refund claim by UIN holders — specialised agencies of the United Nations, multilateral financial institutions, consulates, embassies of foreign countries and notified categories under Section 55
Annual undertaking by an exporter under Rule 96A enabling shipment of goods or supply of services overseas without paying integrated tax — accumulated input tax credit is recovered through RFD-01 under Rule 89(4)
Annexure attached to RFD-01 capturing the Rule 89(5) computation period-wise — turnover of inverted-rated supply, Net ITC restricted to inputs, Adjusted Total Turnover and tax payable on the inverted supply
Annexure to RFD-01 for refund of IGST or accumulated ITC on zero-rated supplies — invoice-wise details of exports including shipping bill number, port code, EGM reference, foreign currency value, INR value and tax claimed
First appeal against an RFD-06 order rejecting refund in whole or in part — also used to contest quantum of sanctioned refund where the applicant believes more is due
Primary refund application covering all refund categories under Section 54 — accumulated ITC on zero-rated supplies, inverted duty refund, excess cash ledger balance, wrong-head tax under Section 77, deemed exports, finalisation of provisional assessment and others
Every claim on this page can be traced back to a section or rule below.
Section 54 is the parent provision governing every refund claim under the GST regime. Sub-section (1) of Section 54 provides that any person seeking refund of tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount paid by him may make an application before the expiry of two years from the relevant date in the prescribed form. It is to be noted that the explanation to the section enumerates eight distinct relevant-date scenarios — exports of goods, supplies to SEZ, services exports, deemed exports, finalisation of provisional assessment, refund consequential on appellate order, payment under mistake, and excess balance in cash ledger.
View sourceSub-section (3) of Section 54 carves out the only two situations where refund of accumulated unutilised credit is permitted — zero-rated supplies made without payment of tax (the LUT route) and credit accumulation on account of rate of tax on inputs being higher than rate of tax on output supplies (inverted duty structure). It is to be noted that the proviso bars refund where the output supply is nil-rated or fully exempt, and a separate proviso excludes export of goods subjected to export duty.
View sourceSub-section (7) of Section 54 prescribes the outer limit for the proper officer to issue the final order — sixty days from the date of receipt of an application complete in all respects. The expiry of this window without an order being issued is the statutory trigger for the interest entitlement under Section 56. It is to be noted that the sixty-day clock runs from the date of acknowledgement in Form RFD-02 and not from the date of original submission of Form RFD-01.
View sourceSection 56 fastens the department with interest liability where the principal refund is not disbursed within sixty days from the receipt of a complete application. The ordinary rate is six per cent per annum from the date of expiry of sixty days till the date of refund. The proviso elevates this to nine per cent per annum where the refund flows from an order of an Appellate Authority, Appellate Tribunal or any Court which has attained finality. It is to be noted that this interest is not auto-credited by the system and must be expressly claimed by the applicant.
View sourceSection 16 of the IGST Act defines zero-rated supply to cover export of goods, export of services, and supply of goods or services to a Special Economic Zone developer or unit. Sub-section (3) of Section 16 grants the registered person two routes to recover the tax incidence — supply under a Letter of Undertaking in Form RFD-11 with subsequent refund of unutilised input tax credit under Rule 89, or supply on payment of integrated tax with refund of IGST under Rule 96. The choice is annual and lies with the exporter.
View sourceRule 89 is the procedural backbone for refund applications other than IGST on exports. Sub-rule (1) of Rule 89 prescribes Form GST RFD-01 as the application form. Sub-rule (2) lists the documentary evidence by category. Sub-rule (4) prescribes the formula for accumulated-credit refund on LUT-route zero-rated supplies. Sub-rule (5) prescribes the inverted-duty refund formula. Sub-rule (1A) deals with Section 77 wrong-head refunds.
View sourceBecause PIN 600107 sits inside the Chennai North jurisdiction, the handling office for Indira Nagar Nerkundram stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. Statutory correspondence for Indira Nagar Nerkundram businesses routes through the Anna Nagar Division, so we align every GST Refund engagement to that jurisdiction from the start. Indira Nagar Nerkundram (PIN 600107) falls under the Anna Nagar Division of the Chennai North, the jurisdiction that handles statutory matters for businesses at this PIN. Every Indira Nagar Nerkundram engagement we open begins with the basics: PIN 600107, the Anna Nagar Division, and the coordinates 13.0728, 80.1842 that anchor the locality.
Indira Nagar Nerkundram reads as a mid density residential layout pocket with medium commercial activity, anchored around Indira Nagar Park and fed by the Indira Nagar Bus Stop corridor. Document pickup near Indira Nagar Park is a same-hour errand for our Indira Nagar Nerkundram engagements rather than the half-day a typical Chennai client expects. The businesses clustered around Indira Nagar Park in Indira Nagar Nerkundram drive the bulk of the GST Refund workload we see each cycle. Vendors and customers tied to the Indira Nagar Bus Stop network show up across the invoice trail we reconcile for Indira Nagar Nerkundram GST Refund clients.
small trade units around Indira Nagar Nerkundram share recurring GST Refund patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. The small trade character of Indira Nagar Nerkundram commerce influences everything from invoice formats to the supporting documents a GST Refund review needs. A small trade operator in Indira Nagar Nerkundram gets a GST Refund workflow shaped by sector norms, not a one-size-fits-all template. The small trade firms we serve in Indira Nagar Nerkundram value a GST Refund partner who already understands their sector's compliance rhythm.
The Indira Nagar Nerkundram GST Refund workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you. Every GST Refund file we open for Indira Nagar Nerkundram is reconciled, reviewed by a qualified practitioner, and archived for seven years. We keep a repeatable GST Refund checklist for Indira Nagar Nerkundram so nothing in the cycle is improvised or missed. Our Indira Nagar Nerkundram GST Refund process is built to be predictable, documented, and on time, cycle after cycle.
Serving Indira Nagar Nerkundram and Defence Colony Nerkundram from one team keeps GST Refund turnaround identical across the cluster. We treat Indira Nagar Nerkundram and Defence Colony Nerkundram as one catchment for GST Refund, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent. Coverage from Indira Nagar Nerkundram naturally extends to Defence Colony Nerkundram, so group entities across the area share one GST Refund workflow. Group companies spread across Indira Nagar Nerkundram and Defence Colony Nerkundram consolidate their GST Refund under one engagement with us.
Over several cycles in Indira Nagar Nerkundram, the recurring GST Refund issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. Each engagement in Indira Nagar Nerkundram adds to a record of what the Chennai North jurisdiction expects, sharpening the next GST Refund file. The GST Refund mistakes we see most in Indira Nagar Nerkundram are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Recurring gaps in Indira Nagar Nerkundram residential records are the first thing our GST Refund review closes out.
Relocating a registered office into Indira Nagar Nerkundram (PIN 600107) changes the assessing division, and we handle that GST Refund transition cleanly. New retail ventures in Indira Nagar Nerkundram lean on us to stand up GST Refund correctly before the first deadline rather than after a notice. We onboard new Indira Nagar Nerkundram entities onto a GST Refund cadence that is audit-ready from the very first cycle. Incorporating in Indira Nagar Nerkundram comes with jurisdiction, registration and GST Refund steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch.
Refund of IGST paid on exports under Rule 96, accumulated ITC on zero-rated supplies under Rule 89 and inverted duty structure refund under Rule 89(5) for Indira Nagar Nerkundram businesses are filed in RFD-01 with Statement-3 within the Section 54(1) 2-year limitation.
A dedicated GST refund consultant in Indira Nagar Nerkundram prepares RFD-01, replies RFD-03 deficiency memos within 15 days, follows up the 60-day RFD-06 sanction, and pursues Section 56 interest where the department delays disbursement.
Exporters in Indira Nagar Nerkundram are advised on the LUT (RFD-11) versus IGST-payment route, Rule 91 provisional refund of 90% within 7 days, and auto-disbursement of IGST refund on shipping bill once GSTR-1 Table 6A and EGM are aligned.
For Indira Nagar Nerkundram manufacturers facing inverted rates, Rule 89(5) refund is computed on Net ITC on inputs (Supreme Court VKC Footsteps ratio applied), Statement-1 prepared period-wise and unjust-enrichment exception under Section 54(8)(b) invoked.
For the IGST-paid route, Rule 96 deems the shipping bill itself to be the refund claim. The ICEGATE-GSTN bridge matches three data points — Table 6A of GSTR-1, the IGST output reflected in GSTR-3B, and the carrier-filed EGM — before scrolling the credit.
SB000 is the ICEGATE flag indicating that the shipping-bill data and the Table 6A entry do not reconcile. The fix is to push a Table 9A correction through the subsequent GSTR-1; the next scroll cycle then picks up the harmonised data and releases the refund.
An SEZ developer or unit receiving supplies for its approved operations sits in the zero-rated bracket (Section 16 IGST Act). The supplier may either follow the LUT-plus-Rule-89 route or pay IGST and claim it back under Rule 96. The endorsement by the SEZ specified officer is essential.
Section 147 empowers the government to notify certain supplies as deemed exports. Notification 48/2017-CT covers supplies to advance authorisation holders, EPCG licence holders, EOUs and against international competitive bidding. Refund of tax paid is available to supplier or recipient subject to conditions.
Either may claim. If the recipient claims, the supplier must endorse the invoice and not claim refund. If the supplier claims, the recipient must furnish a no-ITC undertaking. The choice is governed by Notification 49/2017-CT and Rule 89(1) third proviso.
Tax paid by mistake — for example IGST under reverse charge on ocean freight after Mohit Minerals — is refundable under Section 54 if claimed within the two-year window from the date of payment. Unjust enrichment under Section 54(8) must be satisfied.
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Section 54 read with Rule 89(2) and the explanation to Section 54 recognises several distinct refund categories — IGST paid on export of goods refunded under Rule 96; accumulated ITC on zero-rated supplies without payment of tax claimed through Rule 89(4); accumulated ITC under inverted duty structure claimed through Rule 89(5); the surplus carried in the electronic cash ledger; tax mistakenly remitted under the wrong head per Section 77 read alongside Section 19 IGST Act; deemed-export supplies notified through Notification 48/2017-Central Tax; supplies to SEZ developers and units; finalisation of provisional assessment under Section 60; specified embassies and UN agencies under Section 55; and amounts arising from orders of an appellate forum, the tribunal or the courts. Each category embodies a distinct statutory schema with its own eligibility test, document set and procedural cadence. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram entity must first determine its applicable category before designing the refund workflow.
The policy rationale for the refund mechanism in Section 54 traces back to the destination principle in consumption taxation, articulated in the OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines and adopted by India through the GST Council architecture under Article 246A and Article 279A of the Constitution. The destination principle requires that tax burden rest with the jurisdiction of consumption, not production. For exports, since consumption occurs outside India, the entire embedded tax must be refunded for the supply to be genuinely zero-rated. For inverted-duty structures, the accumulated credit represents tax that the consumer has not borne, and retention by the State would amount to a hidden tax on the supplier. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper explicitly identified both situations as warranting refund to preserve the credit-method neutrality. The GST Council in its 47th meeting at Chandigarh reaffirmed this rationale when revising the refund formula for inverted-duty under Rule 89(5). The Indira Nagar Nerkundram taxpayer thus exercises a constitutionally-grounded entitlement rather than a discretionary concession.
GST refund in India is governed primarily by Section 54 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 read with Sections 55 and 56 and the procedural framework in Rules 89 to 97 of the CGST Rules. Section 54(1) is the operative provision permitting any person to claim refund of any tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount paid by such person by making an application in the prescribed form within two years from the relevant date. The architecture deliberately distinguishes between categories — refund of unutilised input tax credit under Section 54(3) is permitted only in two limbs (zero-rated supplies without payment of tax, and accumulated credit on account of rate inversion), whereas refund of excess balance in the electronic cash ledger flows through a different procedural channel without the two-year horizon. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines treat timely refund as an integral element of the destination principle in a credit-method consumption tax, and the Indian construct in Section 54 closely mirrors that recommended template. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram registered person engaging with refund must first identify which limb governs the claim before any further procedural step.
Rule 95 of the CGST Rules prescribes the procedural mechanics for Section 55 refund. Form RFD-10 is filed within six months from the last day of the quarter in which the supply was received. The application captures invoice-wise inward supply details with supplier GSTIN and tax components. The proper officer scrutinises the eligibility of each invoice against the notified-person framework and issues sanction. The seventy-two-month Rule 56 retention applies to the supporting documentation. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram taxpayer is unlikely to fall within the Section 55 framework directly but may interact with eligible persons as a supplier, and should ensure proper invoice issuance to enable the recipient's refund claim.
Section 60 of the CGST Act permits a taxpayer unable to determine the value or the rate of a supply to apply for provisional assessment. The proper officer may permit payment on a provisional basis, with final assessment to follow. Where final assessment determines a lower liability than the provisional figure, the differential excess becomes refundable under Section 54(8)(d). The two-year horizon starts counting from the date the final assessment order is passed rather than from the original supply date. Unjust-enrichment under Section 54(8) does not apply to this category. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram taxpayer encountering valuation or rate uncertainty should consider Section 60 provisional assessment proactively rather than discharge at the higher rate and seek refund through the longer Section 54 route later.
Section 54(8)(e) recognises refund consequent on any order passed in appeal or revision that has attained finality, with the two-year limitation running from the date of the order. The Section 56 interest at nine percent applies where disbursement is delayed beyond sixty days from such consequent-application receipt. Where the order is from a court (High Court under Article 226 or Supreme Court), the refund pathway is the same. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram successful appellant or writ-petitioner should file the consequent RFD-01 promptly on receipt of the order, reference the order in the application declaration, and calendar the sixty-day Section 56 horizon. The category complements the appellate refund framework discussed in earlier sections.
Section 54(1) prescribes a two-year limitation for filing the refund application, measured from the relevant date as defined in the explanation to Section 54. The relevant date is category-specific. Export of goods triggers from the date the vessel or aircraft carrying the goods departs Indian soil, or from receipt of consideration in convertible foreign exchange, whichever is later. Export of services triggers from foreign-exchange realisation or invoice issuance, whichever is later. Inverted-duty refund anchors the relevant date to the statutory due date for furnishing the GSTR-3B for the tax period concerned. Excess cash-ledger balance carries no relevant date at all, so the two-year horizon simply does not apply. The OECD Forum on Tax Administration in its comparative work on VAT refund timelines notes that India's two-year window is generous by international standards — many jurisdictions prescribe twelve to eighteen months. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram taxpayer must nevertheless calendar each category's relevant date carefully since the limitation runs strictly.
Rule 89(1) permits an applicant to file refund applications for consecutive tax periods clubbed together, and Notification 14/2022-Central Tax further clarified the procedural mechanics. The limitation under Section 54(1) is computed from the relevant date of the latest tax period in the clubbed application, providing some flexibility to applicants who consolidate quarterly or annual claims. However, the practice of deferring the first claim until late in the limitation cycle exposes the early periods to time-bar risk if any portion of the application is found defective and requires fresh filing under Rule 90(3). The conservative practice is to file at a quarterly cadence with consecutive-period clubbing limited to four quarters maximum. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram refund applicant should align the clubbing horizon to the working-capital cycle rather than stretch to the statutory ceiling.
Where remittance has occurred under a mistaken view of the law rather than pursuant to any operative provision of the Act, several High Courts have taken the position that the two-year horizon in Section 54(1) does not bind with full strictness, and that the claim then falls within the general framework of the Limitation Act 1963. The doctrine of refund grounded in mistaken legal premise traces back to pre-GST jurisprudence under the Central Excise and Service Tax regimes. However, the Department's standing position is that Section 54 is the exclusive code for GST refund, and the safer practice is to file within the two-year window irrespective of the mistake-of-law characterisation. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram refund applicant facing such facts should file protectively within Section 54(1) limitation and contest the limitation point through Section 107 appeal if rejection follows on time-bar grounds.
Rule 89(2)(h) of the CGST Rules requires the applicant claiming inverted-duty refund to submit Statement-1 in the prescribed format alongside Form RFD-01. Statement-1 captures the period-wise computation of inverted-rated turnover, adjusted total turnover, net ITC and the resulting maximum refund amount. The supporting documentation includes the GSTR-1 outward supply detail demonstrating the inverted-rated character at the HSN level, the GSTR-2B inward credit detail demonstrating that net ITC reflects only input-goods credit, and a declaration that the refund applicant has not been prosecuted for tax evasion exceeding two and a half crore rupees in the five years preceding the application as required by Rule 91(2). The Indira Nagar Nerkundram applicant should bundle Statement-1 with cross-referenced working papers and GSTR-2B extracts at the original filing rather than at the RFD-03 reply stage.
Rule 89(5) of the CGST Rules prescribes the formula for refund of accumulated ITC on inverted-duty structure — Maximum Refund Amount equals turnover of inverted-rated supply multiplied by Net ITC, divided by adjusted total turnover, minus tax payable on such inverted-rated supply. The Supreme Court in Union of India v VKC Footsteps India Private Limited (2021) upheld the formula and clarified that Net ITC covers ITC availed on inputs only, excluding ITC on input services and capital goods. The decision settled a divergence between the Gujarat High Court in VKC Footsteps and the Madras High Court in Tvl Transtonnelstroy Afcons, with the Supreme Court endorsing the Madras view. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram manufacturer or producer claiming refund under Rule 89(5) must therefore restrict the numerator to input-goods ITC, document the segregation in working papers, and reconcile against GSTR-2B classification.
Section 54(3)(ii) of the CGST Act permits refund of unutilised input tax credit only where the credit has accumulated on account of the rate of tax on inputs being higher than the rate of tax on output supplies, other than nil-rated or fully exempt supplies. The Department through Notification 5/2017-Central Tax notified specific goods (woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, certain railway goods) where the rule does not apply even if the inverted-rate condition holds. The eligibility test is therefore a two-step inquiry — first, does the rate inversion genuinely exist at the HSN-line level; second, is the supply within or outside the Notification 5/2017 exclusion list. The Indira Nagar Nerkundram applicant should perform both tests before any formula computation, since a failure on either limb produces refund quanta that the officer must reject at the threshold itself.
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Zero-Rated Supply is defined in Section 16 of the IGST Act and covers export of goods, export of services and supply to a Special Economic Zone developer or unit. The supply attracts a nil tax rate but the supplier is entitled to claim refund of taxes paid on inputs and input services — either by exporting under LUT and claiming accumulated ITC refund, or by paying IGST and claiming IGST refund.
LUT Route refers to the export option under Rule 96A whereby the exporter furnishes a Letter of Undertaking in Form RFD-11 and exports goods or services without paying integrated tax. Input tax credit accumulates and is recovered through a Rule 89(4) refund claim filed in RFD-01. The LUT route preserves working capital because no IGST cash outflow occurs at the export stage.
IGST-Payment Route is the export option under Rule 96 whereby the exporter pays integrated tax on the export and the system auto-refunds the IGST once Table 6A of GSTR-1 plus GSTR-3B are filed and the carrier has confirmed the EGM. The shipping bill is itself the refund application. Faster realisation but requires IGST cash outflow at the export stage.
VKC Footsteps Ruling refers to the Supreme Court judgment in Union of India versus VKC Footsteps India Private Limited reported in 2021. The Court upheld Rule 89(5) restricting refund of accumulated ITC under inverted duty structure — only credit on input goods qualifies; input services as well as capital goods stand excluded. The ratio continues to govern every inverted-duty refund computation.
Provisional Refund is the ninety-per-cent advance refund granted under Section 54(6) read with Rule 91 for refund claims arising from zero-rated supplies. It is sanctioned in Form RFD-04 within seven days of acknowledgement and routed through PFMS to the applicant's bank account. The balance ten per cent is settled in the final RFD-06 after detailed scrutiny.
Deficiency Memo is the Form RFD-03 communication issued by the proper officer under Rule 90(3) where the original RFD-01 is found defective on documentary or computational grounds. The original is treated as never having been validly submitted. The applicant must rectify and file a fresh RFD-01. Circular 125/44/2019 limits the department to one such memo per claim.
Sanction Order is the final adjudicatory order in Form RFD-06 passed by the proper officer either sanctioning the refund (in full or in part) or rejecting it. Section 54(7) prescribes a sixty-day window from receipt of complete application. Sanction orders are appealable under Section 107 within three months. Where part-rejection is proposed, RFD-08 SCN precedes the RFD-06 order.
PFMS is the Public Financial Management System of the Office of the Controller General of Accounts — the central platform through which all GST refunds are disbursed. PFMS performs name-match, IFSC validation and account-active checks against the bank account linked to the GSTIN. A PFMS rejection prevents refund credit despite an RFD-06 sanction order being in place.
FIRC is the Foreign Inward Remittance Certificate issued by an authorised dealer bank confirming receipt of foreign exchange against an export of services. It is the realisation proof required under Section 2(6) of the IGST Act for a service export to qualify as zero-rated and to trigger the Section 54 refund entitlement. Banks now issue an electronic FIRC (e-FIRC).
BRC is the Bank Realisation Certificate issued by authorised dealer banks for export of goods, confirming realisation of foreign exchange. Although not always insisted upon at refund stage for goods exports (where shipping bill and EGM suffice), BRC is the gold-standard evidence and is requested where refund quantum is large or where the export-realisation period under FEMA is in question.
Shipping Bill is the customs export document filed at ICEGATE that triggers the IGST refund under Rule 96. Under Rule 96(1) the shipping bill itself is treated as the refund application. The EGM filed by the shipping line confirms physical export and Table 6A of GSTR-1 must mirror the shipping bill data for the system to release the IGST refund.
EGM is the Export General Manifest filed by the shipping line or airline confirming that the cargo has actually left India. Without EGM the IGST refund under Rule 96 does not get auto-triggered. The most frequent cause of stuck IGST refunds in our experience with exporter clients is EGM non-filing or EGM mismatch with the shipping bill.
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“We export auto components from Ambattur and had ₹38 lakh of accumulated ITC stuck for 14 months under the LUT route. FilingPro filed RFD-01 with Statement-3 cleanly tied to our shipping bills and GSTR-1 Table 6A. Provisional 90% sanctioned in 9 days, balance in 47 days. No deficiency memo.”
“Our textile unit faced inverted duty structure for 18 months — output at 5% on fabric, inputs at 12% on yarn. FilingPro applied the Rule 89(5) formula correctly post-VKC Footsteps and recovered ₹22 lakh in cash. Statement-1 was airtight; the officer sanctioned RFD-06 without a single query.”
“Department issued RFD-03 deficiency memo on a technicality — they wanted realised value matched in INR rather than foreign currency on Statement-3. FilingPro filed the corrected RFD-01 within 11 days. Sanction came through in the 60-day window. Limitation was preserved.”
“Refund of ₹6.4 lakh for excess balance in cash ledger — sanctioned by jurisdictional officer in 41 days flat. No unjust-enrichment hassle since this category is exempt under Section 54(8). FilingPro handled documentation, ARN tracking and bank credit advice end-to-end.”
“IGST refund on goods exports was stuck because of GSTR-1 Table 6A vs shipping bill mismatch on port code. FilingPro identified the mismatch, filed amendment in next month's GSTR-1 (Table 9A), and the system auto-disbursed ₹14 lakh under Rule 96 within the next cycle.”
“Our refund was rejected in RFD-06 on grounds of unjust enrichment. FilingPro drafted Section 107 appeal within 80 days, computed 10% pre-deposit correctly, and represented at the First Appellate Authority hearing. Order set aside and refund sanctioned with Section 56 interest at 9%.”
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