Rajasthan GST Department issues guidelines for reimbursement of late fee under RGST Act

The Government of Rajasthan, Commercial Taxes Department has issued Guidelines for reimbursement of late fee payable and deposited u/s 47 by registered taxable person under RGST Act 2017 via issuing order.

The Order stated, “The State Government has issued order no. F.12 (15) FD/Tax/2023-102, dated February 10, 2023 for reimbursement of late fee payable and deposited under Section 47 by the registered taxable person under the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 for the period from April 2021 to March 2022. As provided in the point no. 4 of the said order, the Chief Commissioner of State Tax shall issue guidelines for application and procedure for reimbursement of late fee payable and deposited. Therefore in compliance of the said order, the following guidelines are hereby issued for application and procedure of reimbursement of late fee payable and deposited under the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 for the period from April 2021 to March 2022.”

1. The reimbursement of late fee payable and deposited under the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 for the period from April 2021 to March 2022 shall be available to the registered taxable persons who have furnished returns/details of outward supplies under section 37 (GSTR 1), section 39 (GSTR 3B, GSTR 4, GSTR 5, GSTR 6, GSTR 7), and section 45 (GSTR 10) under the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by March 31, 2023.

2. The registered person applying for reimbursement of late fee payable and deposited shall first sign up by visiting Rajtax Portal http://rajtax.gov.in/vatweb.

3. Thereafter, the registered person shall submit “One Time request for Reimbursement of late fee” in the prescribed format as available on Rajtax Portal (http://rajtax.gov.in/vatweb).

4. If any registered taxpayer wants to update the bank details for getting reimbursement, he may submit request for updation of bank detail on rajtax portal. Before submitting request for updation of bank details on rajtax portal, the taxpayer has to update the same bank detail on GST portal by submitting application for amendment of registration.

5. The Jurisdictional proper officer shall verify the bank detail on GST portal before approving the request for bank detail updation on rajtax portal.

6. The registered taxpayer shall furnish all the due returns compulsorily before submitting application for reimbursement of late fee.

7. A separate application for reimbursement of late fee for each type of return shall be submitted by the registered taxpayer.

8. The registered person shall apply for reimbursement of late tee in Format-I as available on Rajtax Portal (http://raitax.gov.in/vatweb). The registered person may apply for reimbursement of late fee for more than one tax period as defined under Section 2(106) of RGST Act, 2017 by submitting a single application.

9. On submission of the application by the applicant, a task shall be created on the Rajvista ID of the respective jurisdictional proper officer.

10. After verifying the correctness of the application, the proper officer shall issue sanction/partial sanction/rejection order for reimbursement in Format-2 as available on Rajtax Portal (http://rajlax.gov.in/vatweb) and the order shall be forwarded to the CSDO, Headquarter, Commercial Taxes Department, Jaipur for the payment of reimbursement amount.

11. The proper officer shall not reject any claim of reimbursement of late fee, without providing reasonable opportunity of being heard to the taxpayer and shall pass a reasoned speaking order of rejection, if any.

12. The CSDO shall estimate the budgetary requirement and request for budget to the headquarters. On receipt of the budget, the CSDO shall pass payment order.

For Official Order Download PDF Given Below: