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Refund of excess balance lying in the electronic cash ledger is claimed in RFD-01 under category "Excess balance in cash ledger". No 2-year limitation applies. Documentation is minimal — only the cash ledger statement and bank account details. Refund is generally sanctioned within the 60-day window without unjust-enrichment scrutiny.
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For Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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. Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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.
For service exports, FIRC and BRC are coordinated with authorised dealer banks before RFD-01 filing — Section 2(6) IGST Act realisation proof complete from day one.
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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
Legacy manual filing format used during the early GST years before RFD-01 went fully online — retained for transitional and historic claims; current filings use RFD-01
System-generated acknowledgement once the proper officer is satisfied that the application is complete in all respects — starts the sixty-day Section 54(7) sanction clock and the seven-day Rule 91 provisional refund clock
Memo issued by the proper officer where the RFD-01 application is found defective on documentary or computational grounds — the application is treated as not filed and a fresh RFD-01 is required after rectification
Order sanctioning ninety per cent of the claimed refund amount on a provisional basis for zero-rated supply categories — the balance ten per cent is sanctioned in the final RFD-06 after detailed scrutiny
Payment advice generated post-sanction (provisional or final) routed to PFMS for credit to the applicant's GSTIN-linked bank account
Final adjudicatory order on the refund claim — sanctions the eligible refund in full or in part, or rejects the claim on stated grounds; appealable under Section 107
Part A used for withholding refund under Section 54(10) or 54(11); Part B used to communicate adjustment of sanctioned refund against demand outstanding on the applicant
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 sourceApprovals, acknowledgements and queries for Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam businesses tie back to the Saidapet Division, so our GST Refund cadence accounts for how that office works. Statutory correspondence for Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam businesses routes through the Saidapet Division, so we align every GST Refund engagement to that jurisdiction from the start. Because PIN 600087 sits inside the Chennai West jurisdiction, the handling office for Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. The 600xx geo-zone covering Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam groups several locality clusters under common administration, keeping documentation expectations predictable.
Document pickup near Vikas Nagar Park is a same-hour errand for our Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam engagements rather than the half-day a typical Chennai client expects. Vendors and customers tied to the Vikas Nagar Bus Stop network show up across the invoice trail we reconcile for Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam GST Refund clients. Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam reads as a residential colony pocket with medium commercial activity, anchored around Vikas Nagar Park and fed by the Vikas Nagar Bus Stop corridor. The residential colony mix of Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam shapes what lands in our workpapers — a blend of residential activity and the commercial pulse around Vikas Nagar Park.
retail units around Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam share recurring GST Refund patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. We have closed enough GST Refund files for retail firms near Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam to know where the department usually probes. The retail character of Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam commerce influences everything from invoice formats to the supporting documents a GST Refund review needs. Mixed retail activity across Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam means our GST Refund team keeps sector playbooks ready rather than improvising per client.
The Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam GST Refund workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you. We keep a repeatable GST Refund checklist for Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam so nothing in the cycle is improvised or missed. Working papers for Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam GST Refund engagements stay archived and retrievable, which makes any later notice or query straightforward to answer. Fixed-fee scoping means a Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam business knows the GST Refund cost up front, with no surprise additions mid-engagement.
Group companies spread across Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam and Murugesan Salai consolidate their GST Refund under one engagement with us. Businesses straddling Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam and Murugesan Salai get a single GST Refund point of contact rather than two. A client relocating between Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam and Murugesan Salai keeps the same GST Refund file and the same team. Proximity to Murugesan Salai means a Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence.
Each engagement in Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam adds to a record of what the Chennai West jurisdiction expects, sharpening the next GST Refund file. Patterns we track for Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam include residential documentation gaps, timing mismatches, and the questions the Saidapet Division tends to raise. Common patterns in the Saidapet Division give Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt GST Refund issues. Because we work repeatedly across Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam, we can benchmark a new client's GST Refund position against the locality norm.
Shifting principal place of business to Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam means updating jurisdiction to the Chennai West, and we manage the paperwork end-to-end. First-time GST Refund for a Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam business is where getting the basics right saves years of cleanup later. New retail ventures in Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam lean on us to stand up GST Refund correctly before the first deadline rather than after a notice. When a Lakshmi Nagar Valasaravakkam business expands into Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam, we extend its GST Refund setup to PIN 600087 without disruption.
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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam businesses are filed in RFD-01 with Statement-3 within the Section 54(1) 2-year limitation.
A dedicated GST refund consultant in Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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.
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.
Where a supply was treated as intra-State and CGST+SGST was paid but it later turns out to be inter-State (or vice versa), Section 77 read with the corresponding Section 19 IGST opens the refund door. The correct head is paid afresh and sub-section (2) waives interest on the original error.
Yes. Excess balance in the electronic cash ledger is refundable under Section 49(6) read with Section 54. There is no time limitation for this category. RFD-01 is filed under the excess cash balance category with bank account pre-validation in the GSTIN profile.
Where an appeal under Section 107 or 112 is decided in favour of the assessee, the ten per cent pre-deposit becomes refundable. CBIC Circular 137/07/2020-GST directs release without insistence on further finality. Section 56 nine per cent interest applies if delayed beyond sixty days.
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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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam registered person engaging with refund must first identify which limb governs the claim before any further procedural step.
The SEZ specified-officer endorsement on the invoice copy is the critical document evidencing receipt of goods or services for authorised operations of the SEZ unit. The endorsement is a precondition for the SEZ supplier's refund eligibility under Rule 89(4), and absence of the endorsement results in RFD-03 deficiency memos or outright rejection at RFD-06. The endorsement timeline often slips when the SEZ unit's documentation team is overloaded, and proactive coordination is required. The Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam supplier should obtain the endorsement at the time of each consignment delivery rather than batch-process at quarter-end, and retain the endorsed copy alongside the original invoice in the refund working file.
The SEZ flow is bidirectional and the GST treatment differs. DTA-to-SEZ supplies (a DTA supplier selling into the SEZ) are zero-rated under Section 16 IGST Act with refund routes as described. SEZ-to-DTA supplies (an SEZ unit selling into the DTA) are treated as imports from the SEZ unit's perspective and as inter-State supplies attracting IGST from the DTA buyer's perspective. The two flows have different implications for refund — the DTA supplier in the inbound direction may claim refund, whereas the SEZ unit in the outbound direction discharges output IGST without refund eligibility. The Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam taxpayer transacting with SEZ entities must correctly identify the direction of flow before any refund analysis.
The CBIC has issued several procedural circulars clarifying SEZ refund mechanics — Circular 17/17/2017-GST, Circular 24/24/2017-GST, Circular 125/44/2019-GST, and Circular 161/17/2021-GST among others. These circulars address topics such as Rule 96(10) restrictions on IGST-route refund where transitional or capital-goods credit was claimed, RFD-01 procedural mechanics, and SEZ-specific documentation requirements. The Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam SEZ-supplier applicant should track the active circular position rather than rely on outdated guidance, since the SEZ refund framework has evolved considerably since 2017 with each circular building on the preceding clarifications.
Section 55 of the CGST Act provides refund of tax paid on inward supplies to specified persons — embassies and consulates of foreign States, United Nations agencies, multilateral financial institutions notified under the United Nations Privileges and Immunities Act, certain consulates of multilateral diplomatic missions, and other notified persons. The refund is procedurally distinct from ordinary Section 54 refund. Eligible persons obtain a Unique Identity Number through Form GST REG-13 rather than a regular GSTIN, and file refund applications quarterly in Form RFD-10. Eligibility is conditional on reciprocity for foreign diplomatic missions — refund is granted only where the foreign State provides equivalent VAT or GST refund to Indian missions abroad.
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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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.
Where the refund traces its origin to a final order passed by an appellate forum, by the tribunal or by a constitutional court, the two-year horizon under Section 54(1) starts running from the date of that order rather than from the original relevant date. Section 56 read with the proviso to Section 54(7) further provides that interest at nine percent per annum becomes payable on such appellate-consequent refund if not disbursed within sixty days of the order. The procedural cadence is therefore — file the appellate-consequent refund application promptly on receipt of the order, mark the application with reference to the order in the RFD-01 declaration field, and calendar the sixty-day window for Section 56 interest computation if the Department delays. The Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam taxpayer recovering refund through appellate channels must therefore distinguish the relevant-date computation from ordinary refund claims.
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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam 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 Vikas Nagar Valasaravakkam refund applicant should align the clubbing horizon to the working-capital cycle rather than stretch to the statutory ceiling.
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SB Error Codes are the standardised error responses generated by ICEGATE-GSTN reconciliation that indicate why a particular IGST refund on export is stuck. Common codes include SB000 (successful), SB001 (invalid SB details), SB003 (mismatch between SB and GST data), SB005 (invalid invoice number), SB006 (GSTIN mismatch). Most are cured by filing a Table 9A correction in a subsequent monthly GSTR-1.
Table 9A Amendment is the rectification mechanism within GSTR-1 to correct errors in earlier-period export invoice data declared in Table 6A. Where an export invoice carries a wrong shipping bill number, port code or invoice value, the correction is filed in Table 9A of a subsequent GSTR-1. Once the corrected data flows to ICEGATE, the IGST refund auto-disburses in the next cycle.
GSTR-2B is the auto-drafted static input tax credit statement generated on a monthly cut-off basis from suppliers' GSTR-1, GSTR-5 and GSTR-6 filings. It is the primary reference for Net ITC computation under Rule 89(4) and Rule 89(5). Where a supplier has skipped its outward-supply return, that credit does not reflect in the buyer's 2B and is consequently dropped from the refund pool.
Risk Parameter refers to system-driven red flags raised on certain refund applications by GSTN's analytics engine — high refund-to-turnover ratio, new GSTIN with large export claim, mismatch beyond tolerance thresholds, etc. Where the risk parameter is triggered, the auto-refund pathway under Rule 96 is suspended and the file is routed to the proper officer for manual scrutiny.
Specified Officer SEZ is the customs officer designated under the SEZ Act to endorse invoices of goods or services received by a Special Economic Zone developer or unit for authorised operations. The endorsement is the documentary anchor for the DTA supplier's refund claim under Section 16 of the IGST Act read with Section 54 of the CGST Act.
OIDAR Refund is the refund claim by a non-resident provider of digital services (the OIDAR class — covering items like cloud software, online databases and retrieval-based digital content) where IGST has been over-collected from non-taxable online recipients located in India. The framework runs parallel to ordinary refunds and is processed by the centralised jurisdictional authority for OIDAR suppliers under Section 14 of the IGST Act.
Tax Period for Refund means the period for which the refund claim is being made — typically a month or a quarter (under QRMP). Sub-rule (1) of Rule 89 permits clubbing of consecutive tax periods within the same financial year in a single RFD-01 application. Cross-financial-year clubbing is not permitted post Circular 125/44/2019.
Concept of Final Refund refers to the balance ten per cent of a zero-rated supply refund that is held back at the provisional refund stage (Rule 91 RFD-04) and released only after detailed scrutiny in the final RFD-06 order. The final refund disbursement closes the claim and the limitation for departmental re-opening under Section 73 or 74 begins from the RFD-06 date.
Rule 90(3) Explanation is the clarificatory insertion in 2022 stating that the time period from the filing of the original application to the issuance of the deficiency memo shall be excluded for purposes of computing the two-year limitation under Section 54(1). This protects taxpayers whose claims are dragged through repeated procedural cycles at the officer's end.
CA Certificate for Refund is the certificate issued by a chartered accountant under Section 54(8) attesting that the tax incidence in respect of which refund is claimed has not been passed on to any other person. Required where the refund amount exceeds two lakh rupees and the refund category is not zero-rated, accumulated ITC, excess cash or Section 77 wrong-head.
Rule 96(10) Restriction bars an exporter who has availed benefits under specified notifications (such as advance authorisation, EPCG, EOU concessions on imported inputs) from claiming IGST refund on exports. The restriction has gone through multiple amendments and has been litigated extensively; current scope is narrower post the 2024 amendments. Cox and Kings ruling provides interpretive guidance.
Provisional Assessment Refund arises where tax was deposited on a provisional basis under Section 60 and the finalised assessment ultimately results in a lower demand than the provisional figure. The surplus is recoverable under Section 54 read with its Explanation. The two-year clock starts ticking from the date of the finalisation order. Unjust-enrichment test does not apply to this category.
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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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