Goods and Services Tax : Conclusion This article delves into various transactions related to an SEZ entity. The article has been prepared keeping in min...
Goods and Services Tax : Critical analysis of the 55th GST Council meeting recommendations on ITC rules, vouchers, SEZ trade, hotel services, used cars, an...
Goods and Services Tax : Key GST compliance tasks for FY 2023-24 before filing October 2024 returns, including ITC, e-invoicing, reconciliations, and rever...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore GST compliance for SEZs, including zero-rated supplies, invoicing, and documentation. Understand SEZ tax benefits and refu...
Goods and Services Tax : Get the latest updates on GST portal advisories issued in July-August 2024, including changes in registration, refund processes, a...
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...
Corporate Law : 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. ...
Corporate Law : Department of Commerce decided to provide relaxations on compliances to be met by units / developers / co‐developers of Special ...
Custom Duty : CESTAT Delhi held that duty has to be paid when goods imported into an SEZ are not used for the authorised operations but are sold...
Custom Duty : The Officers found that factory was operational. On being demanded, Sujit Kumar Bera produced all the gold available in the factor...
Custom Duty : The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) unit of Flextronics Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd. ('Flextronics SEZ unit’) imported the goods, ...
Income Tax : Madras High Court held that lease rent received from letting out property in industrial park is chargeable to tax under the head ...
Custom Duty : Delhi High Court held that rejection of Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) benefit merely because amended shipping bills...
Corporate Law : Instruction No. 118 mandates weekly Jan-Sunwai sessions via VC for SEZ grievance redressal, ensuring timely resolutions and monthl...
Finance : IFSCA introduces a Single Window IT System for application processing in GIFT IFSC, simplifying registrations with various regulat...
DGFT : DGFT clarifies that SEZ units can import specific items exempt from recent restrictions under ITC codes as per Policy Circular No....
Goods and Services Tax : Discover the CBIC July 2024 newsletter highlights including NTRS 2024 findings, RoDTEP benefits for SEZs, and a crackdown on gold ...
Custom Duty : Understand the latest SEZ Division clarification for Non-IT/ITES SEZ Units effective from July 1, 2024. Learn about ICEGATE, RODTE...
Considering the genuine difficulty faced by the Trade in this respect, the instructions contained in Trade Circular No.8T of 2005 are being modified. Sales Tax authorities are instructed to also allow declarations in Form ‘I’ issued by Sales Tax authorities of other States. This will be applicable for a period of one year and the issue will be reexamined after that.
F.No.C.3/6/2009-SEZ Government of India Ministry of Commerce and Industry Department of Commerce Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi Dated the 3rd June , 2009 INSTRUCTION NO. 13 Subject: Clarification on Lease of space on shift basis in IT/ITES SEZ & Disaster Management / Recovery Centre Reference has been received as to whether a Developer can lease space […]
The government gave in-principle approval to DLF on Tuesday to withdraw four of its IT, ITES special economic zones, which the realty major did not want to build in the face of slowdown in the real estate business. However, the board of approval in the commerce ministry asked the DLF to return all the tax […]
NEW DELHI: The government has decided not to apply an area limit of 5,000 hectares for special economic zones (SEZs) if two or more such zones are merged, clearing the way for big SEZs in the country. In an amendment to the SEZ rules, the government has also allowed developers more freedom on selecting the […]
The three-year long wait of companies to avail full income tax benefits on export profits from their SEZ units will come to an end in two months. Official sources said the government has firmed up plans to bring changes in Section 10AA of the Income Tax Act in the forthcoming Union Budget to rectify an anomaly in the wording of the Section that adversely affected SEZ units.
Circular No. 114/08/2009-ST Dated: May 20, 2009. F.No.354/163/2006-TRU Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, (Tax Research Unit),Room No.153, North Block, New Delhi, Subject: Refund of service tax paid on taxable services taxable services which are provided in relation to the authorised operations in a Special Economic Zone – Reg. Notification No.9/2009-Service Tax, dated 3.3.2009 was issued to provide refund of […]
Through Notification No. 9/2009 – ST dated March 3, 2009, the Central Government had provided for an exemption from service tax by way of refund in respect of taxable services in relation to authorized operations that are received by a developer of or a unit in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The same has now been amended by a Notification1 (‘subject Notification’) to restore the exemption in respect of services consumed within the SEZ, without following the refund route.
Developers of special economic zones (SEZ) and units operating in them will have to wait until a new government is formed to get a keenly-awaited exemption on service tax payments for services availed inside the zones. The Election Commission (EC) has refused to allow the finance ministry to pass a notification allowing the exemption while elections are on because it could result in direct benefits […]
The government is likely to exempt the services provided inside the Special Economic Zones from service tax, a move for which it is expected to seek approval from the Election Commission. Hitherto, service providers were paying taxes first and than claiming refunds, an issue on which the Commerce Ministry has written to the Ministry of Finance suggesting exemption from taxes.
The Central Government has issued a Notification („subject Notification?) granting exemption from service tax in respect of the taxable services which are provided in relation to the authorized operations in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and are received by a developer or a unit of an SEZ. This Notification supercedes the earlier exemption granted in […]
