GST department faces heat after refunding seized cash of ₹4.5 crore

At a time when many taxpayers are waiting for GST refunds involving relatively smaller amounts, the Centralised Refund Processing Unit under the GST Department refunded ₹4.5 crore to a trader whose cash was seized by its Intelligence Wing during an investigation. The refund, processed without consulting the Intelligence Wing, has triggered a controversy, prompting the GST Department to convene an…