IGST on imported goods is levied and collected in accordance with Section 3(7) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975
An amendment was carried out in CGST Act in January to insert the sub-section 10 in Rule 96 to disallow exporters from taking refund of IGST paid on exports with retrospective effect of October, 2017
The court had issued an interim order to prohibit charging of IGST on imports under the scheme
Also, restaurants in hotel premises having room tariff of less than Rs 7,500 per unit per day will attract GST of 5% without ITC
No requirement under GST law to pay interest at 18% per annum because of delay in filing of the returns
The importer would be required to furnish the entire chain of documents, says the author