Clearmytax.in Editorial Team
In light of the Press Note dated 8th April, 2020 of Deptt. of Revenue , Ministry of Finance it has been decided that all GST refunds including IGST refunds shall be expeditiously processed. In this regard Instruction No. 2/1/2020-GST dated 9th April,2020 has been issued which states that despite the fact that GST Law provides 15 days issuing acknowledgement or deficiency memo and total 60 days for disposing off refunds claims without any liability to pay interest, but in order to provide immediate relief to taxpayers in these difficult times, all pending refund applications may be taken up for processing immediately.
It has however been stated in the Instruction that due diligence may be done before granting the refunds on merits, considering all the relevant legal provisions and circulars. Further the Instruction speaks that for facilitation of tax payers , all communication must be done using official email IDs and without any physical submission of documents. Further the Instructions speaks about IGST refunds.
For ready reference of the readers the Instruction No. 2/1/2020-GST dated 9th April, 2020 is attached below:
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