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 NO. S.O.3043(E), DATED 24-12-2010- Central Government is satisfied that requirements under sub-section (8) of section 3 of the said Act, and other related requirements are fulfilled and it has granted letter of approval under sub-section (10) of section 3 of the said Act for development operation and maintenance of the sector specific Special Economic Zone for at District – Gurgaon in the State of Haryana on 26th July, 2007 and 27th February, 2009;
In a big relief for the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) developers in the state, the Haryana government today said it would exempt them from local taxes and cess, as given to SEZ units. “We will extend exemption (from taxes, duty) to SEZ developers als
The government has given more time to 20 SEZ developers, including Tata Consultancy Services and Mahindra World City, to execute their projects. At a meeting on January 14, the Board of Approval (BoA) headed by Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar also
Section 13 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 – Constitution of Approval Committee for such SEZ notified during 2006 to 2008 without simultaneously notifying constitution of Approval Committee and deemed status of Inland Container Depot for SEZs NOTIFICATION NO. S.O. 3042(E), DATED 24-12-2010 Whereas, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by […]
SEZ : Amendment to the Instruction No. 69 containing guidelines to regulate functioning of plastics/Used clothing units in SEZs INSTRUCTION NO. 74, DATED 31-12-2010 I am directed to refer to Instruction No. 69 dated 4th November, 2010 of this Department on the subject mentioned above. It has been decided to amend para 2(iii) of the […]
SEZ : Creation of Single Window Mechanism for granting various statutory approvals under Environmental and Regulation INSTRUCTION NO. 73, DATED 29-12-2010 The undersigned is directed to enclose a copy of D.O. letter No. 23-16/2009-HSMD, dated 23-11-2010 from Shri Rajiv Gauba, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests along with a copy of minutes of meeting […]
The Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued Instruction Nos. 65 and 66 on 27 October, 2010 and Nos. 67 and 68 on 28 October, 2010 to Development Commissioners (
Section 11 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 – Development Commissioner – Rescission of all previous notifications appointing Director, Software Technology Parks of India as Development Commissioner of IT & ITES SEZs NOTIFICATION (F.5/15/2010- SEZ), DATED 20-12-2010 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Special Economic Zones […]
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance has criticised the government for not doing a review of the tax exemptions given to Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and an evalutation of the losses due to these. In April, the committee had asked the government for a study group on the issue.The finance ministry, in its response, said it had initiated steps to constitute a study group but wouldn’t say by when.
NOTIFICATION NO. S.O. 2686(E), DATED 29-10-2010 – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, the Central Government hereby rescinds all previous notifications appointing Director, Software Technology Parks of India-Bangalore as Development Commissioner of Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services Special Economic Zones, in the State of Karnataka.
