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India’s Offshore Gateway: GIFT City’s Financial Architecture

Corporate Law : Learn how GIFT City IFSC operates, the approval process, tax benefits, compliance obligations, and why only approved SEZ units rec...

July 5, 2026 330 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Form 33: SEZ Unit Particulars for Section 144 Deduction

Income Tax : Taxpayers must file Form 33 to claim SEZ deduction on profits. Proper reporting of reserve utilisation and asset purchase is essen...

March 24, 2026 468 Views 0 comment Print

Budget proposed allowing SEZ to supply DTA – Benefits and Challenges

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...

February 7, 2026 1356 Views 0 comment Print

Repositioning SEZs for Domestic Manufacturing and Growth

Corporate Law : SEZ clearances to the DTA attract customs duty on full value, including domestic addition. The takeaway is SEZs are disadvantaged ...

January 18, 2026 666 Views 0 comment Print

GST Implications on Non-Refundable Tender Fees & SEZ-Related Services

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...

January 14, 2026 2409 Views 1 comment Print


Latest News


SEZ Rules for Semiconductor & Electronics Component Manufacturing

Corporate Law : India's government amends SEZ rules, reducing land requirements and easing norms to boost semiconductor and electronics component ...

June 10, 2025 870 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on SEZ Compliances for IFSC Units

Corporate Law : Learn about SEZ provisions for IFSC units, mandatory approvals, and the role of IFSCA Administrator under SEZ Act for unified regu...

March 30, 2025 4845 Views 0 comment Print

7 Recent recent updates on the GST portal – June 2023

Goods and Services Tax : GST portal updates, geocoding of principal place of business, user ID generation, registration cancellation, AATO enablement, annu...

June 17, 2023 12285 Views 0 comment Print

New Legislation to Replace Special Economic Zones Act

Corporate Law : The Special Economic Zones Act will be replaced with a new legislation that will enable the states to become partners in Developme...

February 1, 2022 705 Views 0 comment Print

378 SEZs are presently notified, out of which 265 are operational

Income Tax : Ministry of Commerce & Industry 378 SEZs are presently notified, out of which 265 are operational Posted On: 10 MAR 2021 The S...

March 10, 2021 975 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SEZ Service Tax Exemption Cannot Be Denied for Delayed Forms A-1/A-2: CESTAT Ahmedabad

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...

July 4, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Service Tax on Authorised SEZ Operations Refundable Despite Notification Conditions: CESTAT Delhi

Service Tax : CESTAT Delhi held that the SEZ Act grants a statutory exemption overriding conditions in service tax notifications. It allowed the...

July 4, 2026 114 Views 0 comment Print

SEZ Service Tax Refund Cannot Be Denied for Technical Omission From Approved List: CESTAT Bangalore

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that omission of input services from the SEZ Approved List was only a procedural lapse. It allowed the refun...

July 4, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Sets Aside ₹5.31 Crore Service Tax Demand on SEZ Sub-Contractor Due to SEZ Exemption

Service Tax : CESTAT Bangalore held that services rendered by a sub-contractor for authorized operations within an SEZ are eligible for exemptio...

May 21, 2026 387 Views 0 comment Print

Unclear CA Certificate: CESTAT Remands SEZ Refund Claim for Dual Benefit Verification

Service Tax : The tribunal remanded the case after finding insufficient evidence to prove that refund and Cenvat credit were not claimed on the ...

May 3, 2026 261 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Customs Duty Exemption Allowed for SEZ Units Due to Production Cut-Off Compliance

Custom Duty : The notification grants customs duty relief to SEZ units clearing goods to DTA, provided production began before 31 March 2025. It...

March 31, 2026 2073 Views 0 comment Print

Revised user charges for SEZ-Online services with effect from 01.01.2026

Corporate Law : The Commerce Ministry revised SEZ-Online user charges after migration of transactions to ICEGATE reduced operational viability. Ne...

February 12, 2026 1338 Views 0 comment Print

SEZ Reorganization Rules Clarified for IFSC Units

Corporate Law : The issue concerned regulatory handling of restructuring in IFSC units. The instruction clarifies that IFSCA will intimate SEZ aut...

January 5, 2026 951 Views 0 comment Print

SEZ Guidelines: Conversion of Non-Processing Area to Processing Area for IT/ITES SEZs

Corporate Law : Instruction 121 from the SEZ Division details the process for IT/ITES SEZ developers to convert demarcated Non-Processing Area (NP...

October 17, 2025 771 Views 0 comment Print

SEZ-DTA Service Exports Exempt from SOFTEX Filing

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...

October 7, 2025 1641 Views 0 comment Print


Govt notifies inclusion of new members in CSEZ Authority

September 17, 2020 459 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with sub-section (5) of Section 31 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, dated 28th May, 2018, for inclusion of new members in CSEZ Authority, namely:

Impact of Corona on Sezs

September 16, 2020 567 Views 0 comment Print

Along with IT/ITES Units, Non IT/ITES Units in SEZs have also been allowed to take desktop/laptop outside SEZs to work from home. This has enabled exports especially in IT/ITES sector to register a positive growth despite lockdown.

CESTAT Allowed Refund alongwith Interest against Service Tax Paid for Services Received in SEZ

September 10, 2020 1485 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is regarding rejection of refund claimed by the appellant being service tax paid for the services received in the SEZ.

Section 10AA Deduction eligible on Manufacturing Activity as per SEZ Act

August 15, 2020 2370 Views 0 comment Print

whether the tribunal is correct in holding that the assessee is carrying on manufacturing activity as per SEZ Act, 2005 and hence eligible for deduction U/s.10AA?

Income from Letting out Property in Industrial park/SEZ including amenities Taxable as Business Income

August 14, 2020 1446 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the income derived from letting out of the property in an industrial park/SEZ including the amenities would be business income in the hands of the owner of the property?

Import of diamonds for re-export qualify for section 10AA deduction

July 27, 2020 1353 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the AO is correct in disallowance of the deduction claim u/s 10AA by stating that the import of diamonds for re-export is not eligible for such deduction?

Expenses cannot be excluded from Export Turnover u/s 10AA merely because it is in Foreign Currency

July 17, 2020 3513 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the foreign currency expenditure need to be excluded from the ‘export turnover’ of the assessee for the purpose of computing deduction under Section 10AA of the Act?

Cenvat Credit of ITC attributable to taxable output & use of Formula

July 6, 2020 3651 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether ITC attributable to taxable output included in formula of determining ITC of exempted goods or services?

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Unit

July 5, 2020 105396 Views 5 comments Print

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) is a society established in 1991 by the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with the objective of encouraging, promoting, and boosting the export of software from India. It has two units i.e. Non – STP Unit and STP Unit.

Supply to SEZ Unit under GST-Detailed Analysis

June 24, 2020 101430 Views 4 comments Print

A Special Economic Zones ( SEZs ) are established worldwide by each and every country. SEZs are located within a country’s national borders. There is 240 operational SEZs as on 31-12-2019 in India. The Government aims to establish SEZs are growth in trade, increased investments, job creations and attract FDI etc.. To encourage entrepreneurs to […]

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