CGST Rules – Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017
Rule 86 – Electronic Credit Ledger
This rule was made and amended vide the following notifications
• Central Tax Notification No. 03/2019 (dated 29th January 2019)
• Central Tax Notification No. 16/2020 (dated 23rd March 2020)
(1) The electronic credit ledger shall be
maintained in FORM GST PMT-02 for each registered person eligible for input
tax credit under the Acton 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 1section 49A or section 49B.
(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.
2 “(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, –
(a) under sub-section (3) of section 54 of the Act, or
(b) under sub-rule (3) of rule 96, in contravention of sub-rule (10) of rule 96, 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.
1 Inserted in Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2017, vide Notification No.
03/2019 Central Tax (dated 29th January 2019)
2 Inserted in Central Goods and Services Tax (Third Amendment)
Rules, 2020, vide Notification No.16/2020 Central Tax (dated 23rd March 2020)
3 Inserted in Central Goods and Services Tax Amendment Rules, 2022, vide Notification No.14/2022 Central Tax (dated 5th July 2022)