Corporate Law : Learn how GIFT City IFSC operates, the approval process, tax benefits, compliance obligations, and why only approved SEZ units rec...
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...
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 Ahmedabad held that non-submission of Forms A-1 and A-2 is only a procedural lapse. It allowed the exemption as the service...
Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that the SEZ Act grants a statutory exemption overriding conditions in service tax notifications. It allowed the...
Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that omission of input services from the SEZ Approved List was only a procedural lapse. It allowed the refun...
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 ...
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...
Article discuss about practical implication of claiming of refund for ITC available in Electronic Credit ledger for input and input services used in making supplies to SEZ Unit / Developer if no GST has been charged on invoice.
CESTAT Mumbai held that refund claim of service tax paid on input services which are wholly consumed within SEZ cannot be denied.
A Unit in an International Financial Services Centre, authorised to undertake aircraft leasing activity, if allowed by the International Financial Services Centre Authority not to maintain separate office, may utilise office space or manpower or both, of another unit set up in International Financial Services Centre authorised to undertake aircraft leasing activity, as may be approved by the Authority
No. K.43013(18)/2/2022-SEZ Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce (SEZ Division) Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi Dated the 15th February, 2023 To The Development Commissioner All SEZs Subject: Challenges faced by trade w.r.t monitoring of BLUT and requirement for additional BLUT —reg. Sir, I am directed to refer to representations received from […]
Find out whether the supply from SEZ to EOU is considered an import and whether Customs Duties are applicable. Our article covers key concepts of SEZ and provisions of the SEZ Act, 2005.
DTA units will be required to register with regional STPI under ‘non-STPI category’ and required to submit the SOFTEX Forms on periodical basis. For Registration application required to be submitted online with the requisite fee and usually the same is approved within a period of ten working days.
Bombay High Court held that once the application for SEZ LOP is accepted and LOP is issued, the Unit attains the SEZ Status and therefore entitled to all the exemptions provided under section 26 of the SEZ Act which also includes exemption from payment of duties of customs.
ITAT Mumbai held that exemption u/s 10AA of the Income Tax Act available in case imported goods are re-exported by a unit duly approved by development commissioner of concerned SEZ.
Explore the nuances of Supply from Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) or vice versa under GST. Understand the implications of Section 7 of IGST Act, 2017 and provisions related to export, import, and zero-rated supply. Stay informed to navigate cross-border transactions effectively.
Rule 29A. Procedure of import or export or procurement from or supply to Domestic Tariff Area of aircraft by a Unit in International Financial Services Centre
