Refund of IGST on Export- Invoice mis-match Cases -Alternative Mechanism with Officer Interface
07\/2018 Dated:- 7-3-2018 Trade Notice
Customs
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
\nCITY CUSTOMS COMMISSIONERATE, P.B. NO. 5400, C.R. BUILDING QUEEN'S ROAD, BENGALURU – 560 001.
\nC.NO.VIII\/09\/05\/2018 City Cus. Tech
\nDated: 07.03.2018
\nPUBLIC NOTICE NO. 07\/2018
\nSubject: Reg.
\nAttention of all Customs Brokers, Exporters, Importers, Members of the Trade and other stake holders is invited to Board's Circular No. 05\/2018 -Customs dated 23.02.2018 regarding refund of IGST on export- invoice mis-match cases -alternative mechanism with officer interface.
\n2. Numerous representations have been received from exporters \/ trade associations seeking resolution of various problems which have hindered the sanction of refund of IGST paid on exports. CBEC has issued Circular No 42\/2017 dated 07-11-2017 which highlighted the common errors that hindered the sanction and disbursal of refund <\/p>\n
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\n(i) Exporters have to file GSTR 3B with taxable value for export and IGST paid against exports indicated in appropriate fields.
\n(ii) Exporters have to file GSTR 1 or Table 6A for the exports made with correct details such as Invoice number, Taxable value, IGST paid, Shipping Bill number, Shipping Date and Port Code. Large number of exporters have filed incomplete GSTR 1 or Table 6A where shipping bill number or date or port code are missing. These records are not processed \/ forwarded to Customs by GSTN. E-mails have been sent to exporters asking them to correct their records through amendment process of GSTR 1 i.e through Table 9 of GSTR 1 of the following month.
\n(iii) The aggregate IGST paid amount claimed in GS<\/p>\n
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\n(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 the information furnished in Shipping bills, refunds are automatically sanctioned by Customs EDI system. As mentioned earlier, till date about ₹ 4000 Crore has been sanctioned as refund of IGST paid.
\n(vii) However, there are many instances where refunds are held up on Customs EDI system due to certain errors which have been clearly brought out in the Circular No 42\/2017Customs. The major<\/p>\n
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\nOnce 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.
\n(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. The error mentioned at (c) in para (vii) is about invoice mis-match.
\nThis error is because of the fact that exporters are using two sets of invoices<\/p>\n
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\na. 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 of Customs location from where exports took place.
\nb. 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:
\n i. Duly certified concordance table submitted by <\/p>\n
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\nf. Once refund is sanctioned by the officer, the shipping bills would be available for generating scroll as per normal process.
\n5. In order to ensure smooth operation of the prescribed procedure, a dedicated cell has been opened in the Drawback section of Inland Container Depot consisting of the following Officers:
\na) Sri HDYK Swamy, Assistant Commissioner
\nb) Sri B.K. Gopalkrishna, Superintendent
\nc) Smt. G. Anitha, Superintendent
\nd) Sri Jasvir Singh, Inspector
\nThe email id of the dedicated cell is icdblr@gmail.com
\n6. This procedure is available only for Shipping Bills filed till 31st December 2017. Difficulties, if any, faced in the implementation of this Public Notice may be brought to the notice of this office. It is again emphasized that Board is taking all possible steps to alleviate the difficulties associated with IGST refunds. However, ultimately it is the responsibility of the exporters to ensure careful and correct f<\/p>\n
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