Income Tax : Taxpayers must file Form 33 to claim SEZ deduction on profits. Proper reporting of reserve utilisation and asset purchase is essen...
CA, CS, CMA : Explains the Budget 2026 proposal allowing SEZ units to sell to DTA units at reduced duty and how it simplifies approvals while lo...
Corporate Law : SEZ clearances to the DTA attract customs duty on full value, including domestic addition. The takeaway is SEZs are disadvantaged ...
Goods and Services Tax : This explains why non-refundable tender fees qualify as taxable consideration under GST. It clarifies that access to a tender proc...
Goods and Services Tax : Learn how to file your GSTR-9 annual return, including details of supplies, ITC, taxes paid, and adjustments for FY 2024-25....
Corporate Law : India's government amends SEZ rules, reducing land requirements and easing norms to boost semiconductor and electronics component ...
Corporate Law : Learn about SEZ provisions for IFSC units, mandatory approvals, and the role of IFSCA Administrator under SEZ Act for unified regu...
Goods and Services Tax : GST portal updates, geocoding of principal place of business, user ID generation, registration cancellation, AATO enablement, annu...
Corporate Law : The Special Economic Zones Act will be replaced with a new legislation that will enable the states to become partners in Developme...
Income Tax : Ministry of Commerce & Industry 378 SEZs are presently notified, out of which 265 are operational Posted On: 10 MAR 2021 The S...
Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that services rendered by a sub-contractor for authorized operations within an SEZ are eligible for exemptio...
Service Tax : The tribunal remanded the case after finding insufficient evidence to prove that refund and Cenvat credit were not claimed on the ...
Service Tax : The case addressed whether services like rent-a-cab, catering, and business support qualify as input services for SEZ refund claim...
Custom Duty : The Tribunal held that exemption cannot be denied based on a re-export condition imposed through a DGH certificate when such a req...
Service Tax : The issue involved denial of service tax refund on employee insurance services in an SEZ unit. The Tribunal held that such insuran...
Custom Duty : The notification grants customs duty relief to SEZ units clearing goods to DTA, provided production began before 31 March 2025. It...
Corporate Law : The Commerce Ministry revised SEZ-Online user charges after migration of transactions to ICEGATE reduced operational viability. Ne...
Corporate Law : The issue concerned regulatory handling of restructuring in IFSC units. The instruction clarifies that IFSCA will intimate SEZ aut...
Corporate Law : Instruction 121 from the SEZ Division details the process for IT/ITES SEZ developers to convert demarcated Non-Processing Area (NP...
Corporate Law : India's Commerce Ministry clarifies that SOFTEX form filing isn't mandatory for service exports between SEZ units or from a DTA un...
ITAT Chennai held that transaction of purchase of own shares by the appellant company is distribution of accumulated profits within the meaning of section 2(22) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Accordingly, it is treated as dividend u/s. 2(22)(a)/2(22)(d) read with section 115-O of the Act.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that as appellant has not exited from Special Economic Zone (SEZ), they are not eligible for clearing capital goods under the prevalent Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG Scheme).
CESTAT Allahabad held that denial of refund claim of service tax under notification no. 9/2009-ST dated 03.03.2009 as taxable service in respect of which refund is claim is not mentioned in the list of specified service approved by SEZ authority unjustified.
CESTAT set aside demand order and held that, Revenue Department does not have authority of law to collect service tax on services provided by SEZ developer to units in SEZ within SEZ area.
Explore GIFT City, India’s Greenfield Smart City on the Sabarmati River, its impact on the economy, the rise of IFSC, IIBX, and its competition with Mumbai.
A detailed analysis of the case between Hiranandani Builders and Commissioner of Service Tax-VII in CESTAT Mumbai. Learn how the Tribunal ruled that Revenue has no authority to collect service tax from SEZ Developers.
CESTAT Chennai held that SEZ unit/ developer is eligible to claim exemption from services tax even if the services are consumed outside the SEZ so long as the services are being used for authorized operations.
CESTAT Ahmedabad ruled that services received outside SEZ are eligible for a refund of Service Tax under Notification No. 09/2009-ST dated 03.03.2009 as amended by Notification No. 15/2009-ST dated 25.05.2009, in Zydus Hospira Oncology case.
ITAT Mumbai held that activities of import of goods for re-export (i.e. trading activities) falls within the meaning of service defined u/s 2(z) of SEZ Act and accordingly the profits and gains derived from such services rendered from SEZ would be eligible for deduction u/s. 10AA of the Income Tax Act.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that service provided to SEZ units are exempt from service tax vide notification no. 09/2009-ST dated 03.03.2009. Exemption benefit cannot be denied for procedural requirement.
