Whether goods sent by a taxable person to a job worker be treated as supply and will they be liable to GST

No, the goods sent by a registered person to a job worker is not a supply, as there is no transfer of title and no consideration for the goods is involved. In
terms of section 143 of the CGST Act, 2017 a registered taxable person (the principal), after following the prescribed procedure,may send any inputs or capital goods, without payment of GST, to a job worker for job work and the principal shall either:
(i) bring back such inputs or capital goods after completion of job work or otherwise within the prescribed period i.e. 1 year in case of inputs and 3 years in case of capital goods, or
(ii) supply such inputs or capital goods, within such prescribed period, on payment of tax within India, or with or without payment of tax for export, as the case may be.
If the goods or, capital goods, as the case may be, are not returned to the principal within the time specified above, the same shall be deemed to have been supplied by the principal to the job worker on the date the goods were sent out to the job worker and the principal shall be required to pay tax accordingly on such supplies.

(FAQ 10: HANDICRAFTS)

What is the time limit for grant of refund

Refundable amount shall be sanctioned within 60 days from the date of receipt of application complete in all respects. However, as a measure of
facilitation to exporters, except for certain notified categories, ninety per cent of the amount excluding the amount of input tax credit provisionally accepted will be refunded provisionally within seven days from the date of acknowledgement.

(FAQ 7: HANDICRAFTS)

What is the procedure for claiming refund by exporters

Refund can be claimed by filing an application electronically in prescribed form along with required documents through the Common Portal, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner. The refundable amount shall be electronically credited to any of the bank accounts of the applicant mentioned in his registration particulars and as specified in the application for refund.For details Chapter X of the CGST Rules, 2017 relating to refund may be referred to.

In case of refund of IGST, the shipping bill filed with the Customs is treated as an application for refund if the exporter has filed a valid return in Form GSTR-3/3B and the person in-charge of the conveyance carrying the goods to be exported has furnished an export manifest/report. Upon receipt of information regarding furnishing of a valid return in FORM GSTR-3 or FORM GSTR-3B by the exporter from the Common Portal, the Customs authorities at the port of export shall process the claim for refund and an amount equal to the integrated tax paid in respect of each shipping bill shall be electronically credited to the bank account of the exporter.

(FAQ 6: HANDICRAFTS)

What are the provisions for refund of taxes for exporters in GST

Provisions relating to refund are contained in section 54 of the CGST Act, 2017. It provides for refund of tax paid on zero-rated supplies of goods or services or on inputs or input services used in making such zero rated supplies, or refund of tax on the supply of goods regarded as deemed exports, or refund of unutilized input tax credit. Identical provisions exist under the IGST Act, 2017 and relevant SGST/UTGST Acts.

(FAQ 4: HANDICRAFTS)

How can IGST be paid

The IGST can be paid by utilizing ITC to the extent available and balance by cash. The use of ITC for payment of IGST will be done in the following order:
• ITC of IGST shall be used for payment of IGST first;
• Once ITC of IGST is exhausted, the ITC of CGST shall be used;
• If ITC of both IGST and CGST are exhausted, ITC of SGST shall be used.
– Remaining IGST liability shall be discharged in cash. GST System will ensure maintenance of this hierarchy for payment of IGST using the credit.
• However, IGST on imports has to be paid in cash only.

(FAQ 3: HANDICRAFTS)

How will exports be treated under GST

All exports will be deemed as inter-State supplies. Exports of goods and services will be treated as zero rated supplies. The exporter has the option either to export under bond/Letter of Undertaking without payment of tax and claim refund of ITC or pay IGST by utilizing ITC or in cash at the time of export and claim refund of IGST paid.

(FAQ 2: HANDICRAFTS)