ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday amended Sales Tax Rules, 2006 for process and claims of refunds by commercial exporters.
In this regard the FBR issued SRO 1172(I)/2020 to make changes in the Sales Tax Rules, 2006 regarding filing and processing of refund claims.
Following rules have been amended:
Rule 28. Filing and processing of refund claims.−(1) For all the refund claims under section 10 and 8B of the Act, for the tax period July, 2019 and onwards, the data provided in the monthly return shall be treated as data in support of refund claim and no separate electronic data shall be required. The amount specified in column 29 of the return, as prescribed in the form STR-7, shall be considered as amount claimed for the purposes of claim under section 10 of the Act, once the return has been submitted along with all prescribed annexures thereof:
Provided that, in case of claims arising from zero-rated supplies including exports, the claimant shall be able to submit his return without Annex H and the same may be filed separately at any time but not later than one hundred and twenty days of submission of the return without Annex-H. The date of submission of Annex-H shall be considered as the date of filing of refund claim. In other cases of refund, the date of submission of form STR-7A shall be considered as date of submission of refund claim and the same shall be filed within one hundred and twenty days of submission of relevant return:
Provided further that in case of a commercial exporter, the claim shall be filed in the aforesaid manner within one hundred and twenty days, either after submission of the return without Annex-H, or after the date of issuance of BCA, whichever is later:
Provided also that the period of one hundred and twenty days, as aforesaid, may be extended for a period not more than sixty days, by the Commissioner having jurisdiction, if the claimant so requests, thereby providing reasons justifying the delay in submission of claim:
Following new proviso has been added through the SRO:
“Provided also that if a claimant is registered as commercial exporter and exporting same state of goods, the period of one hundred and eighty days shall be reckoned from date of filing of return or the date of issuance of BCA, whichever is later.”
(2) The registered person claiming refund in the aforesaid manner shall maintain and keep all the paper documents relating to the refund claim, such as invoices, credit notes, debit notes, goods declarations, bank credit advice, banking instruments etc. in his office and may not submit the same along with the refund to the concerned Regional Tax Office or Large Taxpayers’ Unit. The same shall be presented to the said offices if so required by the officer-in-charge for processing of the refund claim or post-refund scrutiny.
Rule 39D. Filing and Processing of refund claims.−The data provided in the monthly return shall be treated as data in support of refund claim and no separate electronic data shall be required to be provided. The amount specified in column 29 of the return, as prescribed in the form STR-7, shall be considered as amount claimed, once the return has been submitted along with all prescribed annexes thereof:
The first proviso has been amended through the SRO 1172(I)/2020:
Provided that the claimant may submit his return without Annex-H and the same may be filed separately at any time but not later than one hundred and twenty days or as the case may be not later than one hundred and eighty days for commercial exporters of submission of the return without Annex-H. The date of submission of Annex – H shall be considered as the date of filing of refund claims.
Provided further that the period of one hundred and twenty days, as aforesaid, may be extended for a period not exceeding sixty days, by the Commissioner having jurisdiction, for reasons to be recorded in writing on the basis of an application made by the claimant.
