The government extended the special fortnight-long drive on Tuesday to process pending GST refunds.
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 http://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 on Tuesday to process pending GST refunds. 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.
