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...
Notification 18/2017 – of IGST rates – exempts services imported by a unit or a developer in the Special Economic Zone for authorised operations, from the whole of the integrated tax leviable thereon under section 5 of the Integrated Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017). No IGST on the import of services by the SEZ unit or developer.
Though imposition of Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) in 2011 slowed down growth of special economic zones (SEZs), but implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) provides wonderful opportunity for making investments in Indian SEZs, a top Commerce Ministry official said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
The article primarily deals with the procurements made by the SEZ units from the DTA suppliers and the tax ability thereon. It contains a summarized procedure for availing supplies at zero rate of tax by the SEZ units and also discusses the refund mechanisms available in the hands of the supplier.
DGFT exists as on date & the DGFT is the policymaker & Customs simply an implementer. However, under the new GST regime, there seems that the authority of the DGFT is totally undermined as if that authority does not exist anymore. However, it appears that the DGFT in itself has brought upon them this situation.
A Mobile app named “SEZ India” has been launched by the Commerce Secretary on 06.1.2017. App would help SEZ Units and Developers to find information easily and track their transactions on SEZ Online System.
5A. Infrastructure requirements relating to information technology, Bio-technology, Research and Development facilities, Fabless Semi-conductor Industry and Electronic Manufacturing Services
Amendment to Instruction No. 9 regarding Procedure for Reimbursement of Duty (ROD) in lieu of drawback for supply of goods to SEZ Developers against Indian Rupees.
Instruction regarding documents to be forwarded for full notification/additional area notification/partial de-notification/full de-notification/change of name of developer or co-developer and shifting of unit from one SEZ to another SEZ-reg.
Q 1. What is an EEFC Account and what are its benefits? Ans. Exchange Earners’ Foreign Currency Account (EEFC) is an account maintained in foreign currency with an Authorised Dealer Category – I bank i.e. a bank authorized to deal in foreign exchange. It is a facility provided to the foreign exchange earners, including exporters, […]
APR refers to an annual performance report to be prepared by an SEZ unit post commencement of production by it. The preparation of APR has to be done independently by each SEZ unit located in SEZ area. An APR, which has to be duly certified by an independent Chartered Accountant
