Department of Information and Public Relations

Press Release No. 151/14

LAUNCHING OF E-REFUND SYSTEM

Shillong, April 8, 2014: The Meghalaya Additional Chief Secretary, Mr. B K Dev Varma today launched the e-Refund system, an online service which is being introduced by the Taxation Department to enable the registered dealers to apply for refund from their residences or offices at his Office Chamber, Main Secretariat Building, Shillong.

The Commissioner of Taxes, Meghalaya Shillong, Mr. Abhishek Bhagotia said that the objective of the e-Refund System is to replace the manual process to apply for refund by an electronic online system. With the introduction of this online system the dealers can place their application for refund electronically through the web portal of the Taxation Department, he added.

The online application for e-Refund is available on portal of the State Government http://meghalayaonline.gov.in and the portal of the Taxation Department http://megvat.gov.in where the dealers can login and claim their refund following necessary instructions.

Different types of refund that the dealers are eligible are Refund Excess Payment, Refund of Security Deposit, Refund based on ITC and Refund for Exporters. The system aims to provide service delivery at the doorstep or location of dealers’ convenience, reduce the requirement of physical interaction with the departmental officers, availability of electronic service at very cheap rate and cost-cutting intervention.

Others present at the function are Mrs. R V Suchiang, Commissioner and Secretary, Cabinet Affairs, etc, Mr. J Lyngdoh, Commissioner and Secretary, ERTS, etc, Mr. T Dkhar, State Informatics Officer, NIC, Shillong and other officers.