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TMI BlogManner of filing refund of unutilized ITC on account of export of electricityX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... , dated July 16, 2022. In order to clarify various issues and procedure for filing of refund claim pertaining to export of electricity, the Chief Commissioner, in exercise of its powers conferred by section 168 of the RGST Act, hereby prescribes the following procedure for filing and processing of refund of unutilised ITC on account of export of electricity : 2. Filing of refund claim : 2.1 Till the time necessary changes are carried out on the portal, the applicant would be required to file the application for refund under "any other" category electronically in Form GST RFD-01, on the portal. In remark column of the application, the taxpayer would enter "Export of electricity-without payment of tax (accumulated ITC)". At this stage, the applicant is not required to make any debit from the electronic credit ledger. 2.2 The applicant would be required to furnish/upload the details contained in Statement 3B (and not in statement 3) of Form GST RFD-01 (in pdf format), containing the number and date of the export invoices, details of energy exported, tariff per unit for export of electricity as per agreement. 2.3 The applicant will also be required to upload the copy of stateme ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e energy exported during the period of refund with the tariff per unit of electricity, specified in the agreement. It is clarified that quantum of Scheduled energy exported, as reflected in the regional energy account (REA) issued by regional power committee (RPC) secretariat for a particular month, will be deemed to be the quantity of electricity exported during the said month and will be used for calculating the value of zero-rated supply in case of export of electricity. Such monthly regional energy account (REA) issued by Regional Power Committee (RPC) Secretariat, as uploaded on the websites of RPC Secretariat, can be downloaded by GST officers as well as the concerned electricity generator for the purpose of refund under rule 89(4) of the RGST Rules 2019. The calculation of the value of the exports of electricity during the month, can be done based on the quantity of scheduled electricity exported during the month by the exporter (as detailed in the REA for the month) and the tariff rate per unit (details of which will have to be provided by the concerned exporter based on agreed contracted rates). 4.3 It is also mentioned that usually, the quantum of electricity exported a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ity in MW) 6. Connection point, State and region : (specify "STU/ISTS" - insert name of sub-station), State, region 7. Details of the Scheduled Energy during the month : Domestic Name of domestic entity Scheduled Energy in (MU) (buyer entity 1) de1 (buyer entity 2) de2 (PX) de3 -- -- (buyer entity N) deN Sub-total Domestic Sale (A) Sum of (de1+de2+…….+deN) Cross Border Country 1_entity1 ee1 Country 2_entity2 ee2 -- -- CountryN_entity3 eeN Subtotal Export (B) Sum of (ee1+ee2+….+eeN) Total Scheduled Energy of Generating Station (C=A+B) (insert sum of sub-total-A and sub-total-B) Note : As per Complementary Commercial Mechanism under section 6.1(d) of CERC (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2010 ; beneficiaries shall pay energy charges for the scheduled dispatch, in accordance with the relevant contracts/orders of CERC. Circular No. 175/07/2022-GST F.No. CBIC-20001/2/2022-GST Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs GST Policy Wing New Delhi, Dated the 6th July, 2022 To, The Principal Chief Commissioners / Chief Commissioners / Principal Commission ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tion 2 (1)(nnn) of the CERC (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2010, for the period for which refund has been claimed and the copy of the relevant agreement(s) detailing the tariff per unit for the electricity exported. The applicant will also give details of calculation of the refund amount in Statement -3A of FORM GST RFD-01 by uploading the same in pdf format along with refund application in FORM GST RFD-01. 3. Relevant date for filing of refund: As per sub-section (1) of section 54 of the CGST Act, 2017, time period of two years from the relevant date has been specified for filing an application of refund. Electrical energy is in nature of "goods" under GST and is exported on a continuous basis through the transmission lines attached to the land. Therefore, it is not possible to determine the specific date on which a specific unit of electricity passes through the frontier. However, a statement of scheduled energy for export of electricity by a Generation Plant is issued by Regional Power Committee RPC Secretariat, as a part of Regional Energy Account (hereinafter referred to as "REA") under Regulation 2(1)(nnn) of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (India ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tum of electricity exported mentioned on the statement of scheduled energy uploaded with REA on Regional Power Committee website. In such cases, turnover of export of electricity shall be calculated using the lower of the quantum of electricity exported mentioned on the statement of scheduled energy exported and that mentioned on the invoice issued on account of export of electricity. 4.4 Adjusted Total Turnover shall be calculated as per the clause (E) of sub-rule (4) of rule 89. However, as electricity has been wholly exempted from the levy of GST, therefore, as per the definition of adjusted total turnover provided at clause (E) of the sub-rule (4) of rule 89, the turnover of electricity supplied domestically would be excluded while calculating the adjusted total turnover. The proper officer shall invariably verify that no ITC has been availed on the inputs and inputs services utilised in making domestic supply of electricity. 4.5 The proper officer shall calculate the admissible refund amount as per the formula provided under rule 89(4) and as per the clarification furnished above. 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