INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The two-day extension of GST (Goods And
Services Tax) refund fortnight is set to end today
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) tweeted on its official handle urging exporters not to miss the June 16 deadline
"Please check the status of your refund on the ICEGATE website and visit the concerned custom house for rectification of error, if any,"
reads the CBIC twitter handle.To be able to know the status of shipping bill, one can log into
https://www.icegate.gov.in/iceLogin/loginAction and register if not already done, to know the status of your shipping bill.The GST refund
fortnight had, in fact, kicked off on May 31, and was supposed to end on June 14
The deadline was given two-day extension for the benefit of trade, tweeted CBIC.The government had extended the special fortnight-long drive
The government statement said that the refunds amounting to over Rs 7,500 crore were already sanctioned as a part of this drive till now
compared to Rs 5,350 crore sanctioned in the earlier drive which lasted from March 15 to 29."In view of overwhelming response from exporters
and pending claims, the period of refund fortnight is being extended by two more days that is up to June 16," an official statement said.The
government had last month announced the fortnight-long drive from May 31 to June 14.In March, the government had launched a similar exercise
to process the pending GST refunds on account of exports
However this time, the drive is to facilitate all types of refund claims received till April 30.
