Gujarat High Court Allows Refund of “Accumulated Credit on Input Service” in case of “Inverted Duty Structure”

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Gujarat High Court Allows Refund of “Accumulated Credit on Input Service” in case of “Inverted Duty Structure”

The Landmark judgement by Gujarat High court on July 24, 2020, has come out with relief for many industries functioning in the field of textiles, railway locomotives and parts, handlooms, solar modules, e-commerce, etc. as it was held that by prescribing the formula in sub-rule 5 of Rule 89 of the CGST Rules,2017 to exclude refund of tax paid on ‘input service’ as part of the refund of unutilized input tax credit is contrary to the provisions of Sub-section 3 of Section 54 of the CGST Act,2017 which provides for a claim of refund of ‘any unutilized input tax credit’. For more details on the facts and decision, please refer to the attached note:- Gujarat High Court Judgement-Refund of Input Services in case of IDS

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