Eligibility for LUT in place of Bond in GST for exports Notification No. 16/2017 – Central Tax

Eligibility for LUT in place of Bond in GST for exports. You can see the format of LUT given in RFD 11 here.

(i)

The following registered person shall be eligible for submission of Letter of Undertaking in place of a bond:- (a) a status holder as specified in paragraph 5 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015- 2020; or (b) 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.

ii. 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.