Duty Free Shops (or stores) are retail outlets at Departure or Arrival Terminals of International Airports that stocks a wide range of products and brands in the categories of liquors, chocolates, perfumes and cosmetics, tobacco, fashion accessories and electronics
Customs Procedure for Export of Cargo in Containers and Closed bodied Trucks from ICDs/CFSs through Land Customs Stations (LCSs) for Export to Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan Adoption of ECTS Seal.
Cost of Quality (COQ) can be defined as Costs associated with quality-related efforts and deficiencies – these include assuring, preventing, detecting, and remediating product issues related to quality. Quality involves in creating, maintaining, upgrading and delivering a product having some standards that meets or exceeds the expectations of the customers.
The GST Council at its 24th meeting held on 16th December’2017 on an urgent meeting through video conferencing to discuss implementation of e-way bill system under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime approved Mandatory Compliance of e-Way Bill.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a Value Added, Multi-Point, Destination Based, Dual Taxation System aim to eliminate Double Taxation / Cascading Effect of several indirect taxes like VAT, CST, Central Excise Duty, Service Tax etc.
Chapter IX of the Customs Act, 1962 provides for deposit of goods into a customs bonded warehouse licensed under section 57 or 58 or 58A without payment of duty and the procedures to be followed with respect to the warehoused goods. Sub-section (5) of section 59 provides that the importer is at liberty to transfer the ownership of such goods to another person while the goods remain deposited in the warehouse. Trade has expressed doubts over applicability of GST when such Transfer of Ownership takes place, while the goods remain deposited in the warehouse. To clarify the issue CBEC issued a Circular No. 46/2017-Customs; Dated 24th November 2017. The essence of the Circular decoded here in this article:
In terms of para 2.52 of the Indian Foreign Trade Policy (2015-2020) exports proceeds from Nepal and Bhutan can be realized in Indian rupees. However, in GST law, Export of Goods and Export of Services are treated differently
Procedure regarding procurement of supplies of goods from DTA by Export Oriented Unit (EOU) / Electronic Hardware Technology Park (EHTP) Unit / Software Technology Park (STP) Unit / Bio-Technology Parks (BTP) Unit under deemed export benefits under section 147 of CGST Act, 2017 is described vide Circular No. 14/14 /2017 – GST, 6th November, 2017
The Procedures for Procuring from Domestic Suppliers by Merchant Exporter is : 1. Both the Supplier and Merchant Exporter must be Registered Persons 2. The registered supplier shall supply the goods to the registered recipient on a tax invoice Charging GST : a. Intra-State – 0.05% of CGST + 0.05% of SGST b. Inter- State – 0.1% of IGST
GST is expected to Transform and prove to be a boost for over $130 billion Logistic Industry. The logistics space in India is expected to grow at a rate of 9-10 percent over the medium-term” according to rating agency ICRA. While the key driving factor on the demand side would be the economic recovery, the trend towards outsourcing of non-core activities like logistics, warehousing and associated activities to integrated players is likely to drive the share of the organized segment, it said.The domestic sector is currently in a transformation phase with game-changing trends like implementation of GST, increasing focus by foreign investors across the logistics value chain, growing demand for end-to-end solution providers and emergence of new avenues such as e-commerce, logistics parks, cold chains and new startups. Further it said “The government’s thrust towards building multi-modal transportation infrastructure is also likely to have a significant influence,”
