The government has allowed exporters to manually file before tax officers claims for GST refunds as it looks to fast-track clearance of dues to ease liquidity stress faced by them. The CBEC had last month started refunds for exporters of goods who have paid Integrated GST (IGST) and have claimed refund based on shipping bill by filling up Table 6A. EY India Tax Partner Abhishek Jain said till now the refund filing procedure was there only for IGST paid by exporters. "Since online system was not there for exports of services and supplies to SEZ and those exporters claiming credit for input credit, the manual system has been launched. "Cash flows for exporters have been impacted due to lack of refunds of input taxes.

Source: Economic Times November 16, 2017 10:18 UTC