CGST Rule 96B of Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 – Recovery of refund of unutilised input tax credit or integrated tax paid on export of goods where export proceeds not realised 

The Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017

The Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017

Chapter-X Refund

Rule 96B: Recovery of refund of unutilised input tax credit or integrated tax paid on export of goods where export proceeds not realised.

¹[96B. (1) Where any refund of unutilised input tax credit on account of export of goods or of integrated tax paid on export of goods has been paid to an applicant but the sale proceeds in respect of such export goods have not been realised, in full or in part, in India within the period allowed under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), including any extension of such period, the person to whom the refund has been made shall deposit the amount so refunded, to the extent of non-realisation of sale proceeds, along with applicable interest within thirty days of the expiry of the said period or, as the case may be, the extended period, failing which the amount refunded shall be recovered in accordance with the provisions of ²[section 73 or section 74 or section 74A] of the Act, as the case may be, as is applicable for recovery of erroneous refund, along with interest under section 50:

Provided that where sale proceeds, or any part thereof, in respect of such export goods are not realised by the applicant within the period allowed under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), but the Reserve Bank of India writes off the requirement of realisation of sale proceeds on merits, the refund paid to the applicant shall not be recovered.

(2) Where the sale proceeds are realised by the applicant, in full or part, after the amount of refund has been recovered from him under sub-rule (1) and the applicant produces evidence about such realisation within a period of three months from the date of realisation of sale proceeds, the amount so recovered shall be refunded by the proper officer, to the applicant to the extent of realisation of sale proceeds, provided the sale proceeds have been realised within such extended period as permitted by the Reserve Bank of India.]

References

Amendments:

1. Inserted by Central Goods and Services Tax (Third Amendment) Rules, 2020 vide Notification No. 16/2020-Central Tax dated 23rd March, 2020, w.e.f. 23.03.2020.

2. Substituted by Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024 vide Notification No. 20/2024-Central Tax dated 8th October, 2024, w.e.f. 01.11.2024, for the words: “section 73 or 74“.