CGST Rule 86: Electronic Credit Ledger

Provisions under Rule 86 of CGST Rules, 2017 relating to “Electronic Credit Ledger”:

CGST Rule 86: Electronic Credit Ledger (Chapter IX: Payment of Tax) [*1]

(1) The electronic credit ledger shall be maintained in FORM GST PMT 02 for each registered person eligible for input tax credit under the Act on the common portal and every claim of input tax credit under the Act shall be credited to the said ledger.

(2) The electronic credit ledger shall be debited to the extent of discharge of any liability in accordance with the provisions of section 49 or section 49A or section 49B [*2].

(3) Where a registered person has claimed refund of any unutilized amount from the electronic credit ledger in accordance with the provisions of section 54, the amount to the extent of the claim shall be debited in the said ledger.

(4) If the refund so filed is rejected, either fully or partly, the amount debited under sub-rule (3), to the extent of rejection, shall be re-credited to the electronic credit ledger by the proper officer by an order made in FORM GST PMT 03.

(4A) Where a registered person has claimed refund of any amount paid as tax wrongly paid or paid in excess for which debit has been made from the electronic credit ledger, the said amount, if found admissible, shall be re-credited to the electronic credit ledger by the proper officer by an order made in FORM GST PMT 03. [*3]

(4B) Where a registered person deposits the amount of erroneous refund sanctioned to him, – [*4]

(a) under sub-section (3) of section 54 of the Act, or

(b) under sub-rule (3) of rule 96, [*5]

along with interest and penalty, wherever applicable, through FORM GST DRC-03, by debiting the electronic cash ledger, on his own or on being pointed out, an amount equivalent to the amount of erroneous refund deposited by the registered person shall be re-credited to the electronic credit ledger by the proper officer by an order made in FORM GST PMT-03A.

(5) Save as provided in the provisions of this Chapter, no entry shall be made directly in the electronic credit ledger under any circumstance.

(6) A registered person shall, upon noticing any discrepancy in his electronic credit ledger, communicate the same to the officer exercising jurisdiction in the matter, through the common portal in FORM GST PMT 04.

Explanation: – For the purposes of this rule, it is hereby clarified that a refund shall be deemed to be rejected, if the appeal is finally rejected or if the claimant gives an undertaking to the proper officer that he shall not file an appeal.

Notes (History of Amendments in Bare Text):

1. CGST Rule 86 introduced vide Notification 10/2017, effective 01/07/2017.

2. In sub-rule (2), the text “or section 49A or section 49B,” inserted after the text “section 49” from 01/02/2019 vide Notification 3/2019.

3. Sub-rule (4A) inserted from 23/03/2020 vide Notification 16/2020.

4. Sub-rule (4B) inserted from 05/07/2022 vide Notification 14/2022.

5. In sub-rule (4B), in clause (b), the text “in contravention of sub-rule (10) of rule 96,” omitted from 01/11/2024 vide Notification 20/2024.