GST: Govt Notifies Safeguards for Furnishing LoU in place of a Bond for Exports [Read Notification]

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The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) yesterday notified the conditions and safeguards for the registered person who intends to supply goods or services for export without payment of integrated tax, for furnishing a Letter of Undertaking in place of a Bond.

Under Rule 96A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, any registered person availing the option to supply goods or services for export without payment of integrated tax shall furnish, prior to export, a bond or a Letter of Undertaking.

Recently, the Government had allowed the exporters to submit the Bond/ Letter of Undertaking for exports manually.

As per the Notification, a registered person shall comply with the following conditions;

  1. The following registered person shall be eligible for submission of Letter of Undertaking in place of a bond:-
  2. Status holder as specified in paragraph 5 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020; or
  3. Who has received the due foreign inward remittances amounting to a minimum of 10% of the export turnover, which should not be less than one crore rupees, in the preceding financial year, and he has not been prosecuted for any offence under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) or under any of the existing laws in case where the amount of tax evaded exceeds two hundred and fifty lakh rupees.
  4. The Letter of Undertaking shall be furnished in duplicate for a financial year in the annexure to FORM GST RFD – 11 referred to in sub-rule (1) of rule 96A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 and it shall be executed by the working partner, the Managing Director or the Company Secretary or the proprietor or by a person duly authorised by such working partner or Board of Directors of such company or proprietor on the letter head of the registered person.

Read the full text of the Notification below.

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