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GST on Special Economic Zone & one case study on SEZ relating to impacts of GST on Supply of Services provided by SEZ Developer to SEZ Unit/s Section 2 (19) of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 “Special Economic Zone” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (za) of section […]
1. Refund application filing for multiple tax period is available for below grounds of refund:a. Export of Goods & Services-Without payment of Taxb. Supplies made to SEZUnit/SEZDeveloper-Without payment of Tax2. Refund application can be filed using refund application Form GST-RFD-01A & selecting a particular tax period 3. The multiple tax period application has following restrictions: a. Multiple tax period selection should be within financial year
(1) These rules may be called the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2018. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
1. Introduction to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) In India A special economic zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws that are more liberal than a country’s domestic economic laws. The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy in India first came into inception on April 1, 2000 to overcome the shortcomings experienced on account […]
Centre will come out with amendments to Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Rules, 2006 synchronised with Goods and Services Tax (GST) laws by end of this month, a top official in the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
Supplies to SEZ unit/ Developer are Zero-rated Supply: In terms of Section 16 of the IGST Act, 2017, the following supplies of goods or services are considered as zero-rated supply. (Relevant provision of Section 16 is reproduced here in below):
An entrepreneur, who begins to manufacture or produce articles or things or provide any services during the period beginning from 1st April, 2005 to 31st March, 2020, shall be eligible to take a deduction under section 10AA with respect to the export turnover of his unit located in SEZ.
The BoA was appraised that consequent to implementation of GST Act, some State Government are not extending the benefits of IGST exemption for default services, Since, SEZs are exempt from IGST and the above matter was placed before 80th BoA meeting held on 17th November, 2017. The BoA, after deliberations, approved the reiteration of the default authorized operations as approved, earlier.
Issue – 1 : All Suppliers to SEZ Units / SEZ Developers Need to Compulsorily Register under GST- Supplies to SEZ Units / SEZ Developers is treated as Inter-State Transaction as per provisions of Sec 7(5) of IGST Act, 2017. Therefore all such suppliers are Compulsorily Registration under GST irrespective of their Turnover as per Sec 24 of CGST Act.
Defining export of service has been very tricky due to intangible nature of service transaction and contradictory provisions in GST Law. Due to this nature of services, there has been constant confusion regarding meaning of export of services and its ramifications in various types of transactions. Let us discuss here one such case of supply of services to SEZ unit / SEZ Developers.
