Karnataka Central Tax Zone has processed 2,128 claims and disbursed ₹1,702 crore as GST refunds during the lockdown period (March 24 to May 31), said a note issued by the office of the principal chief commissioner of central tax. The zone has also issued more than 2,600 new GST registrations in the April-May 2020.
In Karnataka, over 28 lakh e-way bills were also generated in the month of April-May, with a similar trend in terms of volume. In May the volumes of e-way bills generated were 40 percent of that in the pre-lockdown period.
Work from home
During the lockdown period, the CBIC-GST application could be accessed by the field offices even when work from home was instituted. During April-May, the GST Seva Kendra at the zonal headquarters addressed 54 taxpayers’ queries through email and 105 queries through the WhatsApp Seva (on 919480258909-http://gstkarnataka.gov.in/mailquery.html).