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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently penalized the Union Territory's GST Department with a Rs 30,000 fine for unjustly withholding a tax refund owed to M/s Hallmark, a garment manufacturer based in Jammu. The court ruled that the timeline for claiming a GST refund must be calculated from the da
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FAQ :
The court fined the GST Department £30,000 for wrongfully withholding a tax refund owed to a garment manufacturer and for rejecting the refund application based on an incorrect interpretation of the timeline.
The withheld tax refund amounted to £2,91,650.
The court ruled that the timeline for claiming a GST refund must be calculated from the date of the original application, not from any subsequent follow-up requests.
The ruling establishes that follow-up applications related to an original GST refund claim should not be treated as new submissions if the refund process is ongoing, and that taxpayers should be heard before claims are dismissed.
Besides the refund and the £30,000 penalty, the court directed the GST Department to pay an additional 7% interest on the withheld refund from the date it was initially due.
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