GST LUT Filing

Letter of undertaking is the document that the user provides declaring fulfilment of all requirements under GST. It is furnished in case of export undertaken without paying IGST. Also, according to the Notification No. 37 /2017 – Central Tax It is mandatory to furnish LUT to export goods or services or both without paying IGST. If the exporter fails to provide the LUT, then he has to pay IGST or provide an export bond. Earlier LUT could only be filed offline at the concerned GST office. But to further ease the process the Government has made the LUT filing online.

Any registered person availing the option to supply goods or services for export /SEZs without payment of integrated tax has to furnish, prior to export/SEZs supply, a Letter of Undertaking (LUT), if he has not been prosecuted for tax evasion for an amount of Rs 2.5 Crore or above under the CGST Act/IGST Act/Existing law. Example of transactions for which LUT can be used are:

•  Zero rated supply to SEZ without payment of IGST.
• Export of goods to a country outside India without payment of IGST.
• Providing services to a client in a country outside India without payment of IGST.

All registered taxpayers who have zero-rated supply of goods or services have to furnish LUT in Form GST RFD-11 on the GST Portal before affecting such supply. Access the GST portal and login using valid credentials

GSTIN and Name (Legal Name) of the Taxpayer would get prefilled based on login. Taxpayer needs to select the financial year for which LUT is being filed, enter the name, address and occupation details of two independent and reliable witnesses. Taxpayer also needs to select all the points of self-declaration before filing the LUT

What are the eligibility criteria to apply for LUT?
A person intending to supply goods/services
To or outside India or
Places covered under Special Economic Zone
Without paying integrated tax and
Is also registered under goods and services tax