Industry Exporters’ GST refund piling up since July NEW DELHI: Since August, S C Ralhan, chief executive of Ludhiana-based Sri Tools Industries, is awaiting refund of the goods and services tax(GST) that his company paid on inputs that went into exports. The arrears now add up to over Rs 2 crore. “There is a system error as two ports are involved. As a result, we have not received any refund for exports that we made since July (when GST was launched),” Ralhan told TOI over the phone. The exporter explained that goods from Ludhiana are dispatched from an inland container depot, before being shipped from a port in Mumbai and the system does not allow his company to generate two export general manifest, documents needed to claim refunds. Like Ralhan, there are thousands of exporters, large and small, who have not received refunds. Despite several complaints, the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has not been able to address the concern, resulting in an uproa...
With no fixed targets, GST collection not-so-encouraging: Par panel New Delhi, Mar 9 () With no targets fixed, the monthly revenue collections from GST are not encouraging, the frequent revisions in rates has impacted the stability of the new tax system and has adversely impacted the trade and businesses, a Parliamentary panel has observed in its report. “The Committee are constrained to observe the not-so-encouraging monthly revenue collections from GST, which still have not stabilised with frequent changes in rates and issue of notifications every now and then. Further, the Committee are surprised to learn that no GST revenue targets have been fixed by the government,” the Standing Committee on Finance headed by Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said in its report tabled in Parliament today. The Committee also observed that the frequent revisions in rates has “no doubt affected the regime stability, with adverse impact on trade and business.” States have also reported l...