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...
(1) This Act may be called the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Act, 2019. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of March, 2019.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved to introduce a Bill, namely, the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that is the Bill to replace the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (12 of 2019). The Bill will be introduced in ensuing session of the Parliament.
The representations from stakeholders have been received in this Department for inclusion of Management and Business Consultant Services in the list of default authorized services. The matter was deliberated upon by the Board of Approval in its 85th meeting held and it was decided that Management and Business Consultant Services may be included in the list of default authorized services.
(1) This Ordinance may be called the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019,(2) It shall come into force at once. In section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, in clause (v) -(i) after the words local authority, the words or trust or entry as may be notified by the Central Government, shall be inserted;
Revitalising SEZs: From islands of exports to catalysts of economic and employment growth Proposed policy framework for employment and economic enclaves (3Es) in India The MOCI and Industry, Government of India, constituted a Committee headed by Mr. Baba Kalyani, Chairman and MD, Bharat Forge Ltd, to study the existing SEZ policy of India and prepare […]
Article discusses amendment in Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 vide Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2018 which were notified vide notification No. G.S.R. 909(E). dated 19th September, 2018.
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 […]
