Moving ahead to ensure a timely roll out of the goods and services tax (GST), the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has released two more draft rules and their formats on GST returns and refunds. The draft rules mandate taxpayers to file monthly tax returns and specifying procedure for claiming refunds of taxes, interest and fees. Monthly returns are for output supply, input supply and summary accounts and would cover state GST, integrated GST (IGST) and central GST (CGST).
As per the rules for refund, every registered taxable person will be required to furnish a monthly return in specified form (GSTR-3). There is also a provision for electronic furnishing of annual return by every registered taxable person and composition supplier. Also, every taxable person whose aggregate turnover during a financial year exceeds Rs 1 crore, will be required to submit annually a duly certified audited statement. There is also a provision for electronic furnishing of annual return by every registered taxable person and composition supplier.
As regards the refunds, the rules specified the procedure for claiming refund of any tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount under GST. The rules also provide for grant of provisional 80 per cent refund to notified exporters and refund to certain persons. It further specified that in respect of supplies made to an SEZ unit/developer, or supplies regarded as deemed exports, application will have to be filed by said SEZ unit/developer or recipient of deemed export supplies. Earlier, the CBEC had unveiled three sets of draft rules and formats relating to registration, invoice and payments.
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