TMI BlogFrequency of filing refund applicationX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d. Section 2(107) of the CGST Act defines the term "tax period" as the period for which the return is required to be furnished. The terms 'Net ITC' and 'turnover of zero rated supply of goods/services' are used in the context of the relevant period in rule 89(4) of CGST Rules. The phrase 'relevant period' has been defined in the said sub-rule as 'the period for which the claim has been filed'. 11 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Circular No.135/05/2020 - GST dated 31st March 2020 As per para 2 Bunching of refund claims across Financial Years 2.1 It may be recalled that the restriction on clubbing of tax periods across different financial years was put in vide para 11.2 of the Circular No. 37/11/2018-GST dated 15.03.2018. The said circular was rescinded being subsumed in the Master Circular on Refunds No. 125/44/2019-GST ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d (e) in para 3 above must be filed by the applicant chronologically. This means that an applicant, after submitting a refund application under any of these categories for a certain period, shall not be subsequently allowed to file a refund claim under the same category for any previous period. This principle / limitation, however, shall not apply in cases where a fresh application is being filed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... mpose stricter conditions than postulated by the law. 2.3 Further, same issue has been raised in various other representations also, especially those received from the merchant exporters wherein merchant exporters have received the supplies of goods in the last quarter of a Financial Year and have made exports in the next Financial Year i.e. from April onwards. The restriction imposed vide para 8 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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