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Cabinet approves scheme for “Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP)” to boost exports Scheme for enhancing Exports to International Markets

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..... Cabinet approves scheme for “Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP)” to boost exports Scheme for enhancing Exports to International Markets - News and Press Release Dated:- 13-3-2020 - News - Cabinet approves scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) to boost exports Scheme for enhancing Exports to International Markets To mak .....

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..... e Indian exports cost competitive and create a level playing field for exporters in International market RoDTEP scheme is WTO compliant, will reimburse taxes/duties/levies at the central, state and local level, which are currently not being refunded To give a boost to employment generation in various sectors Items will be shifted in a phased manner from exist .....

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..... ing scheme MEIS to RoDTEP with proper monitoring audit mechanism The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for introducing the Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) under which a mechanism would be created for reimbursement of taxes/ duties/ levies, at the central, state and local l .....

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..... evel, which are currently not being refunded under any other mechanism, but which are incurred in the process of manufacture and distribution of exported products. This scheme is going to give a boost to the domestic industry and Indian exports providing a level playing field for Indian producers in the International market so that domestic taxes/duties are not exported. Under .....

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..... the Scheme an inter-ministerial Committee will determine the rates and items for which the reimbursement of taxes and duties would be provided. In line with Digital India , refund under the Scheme, in the form of transferable duty credit/electronic scrip will be issued to the exporters, which will be maintained in an electronic ledger. The Scheme will be implemented with end to end digitizatio .....

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..... n. The refunds under the RoDTEP scheme would be a step towards zero-rating of exports, along with refunds such as Drawback and IGST. This would lead to cost competitiveness of exported products in international markets and better employment opportunities in export oriented manufacturing industries. In line with the vision of Prime Minister, various export orient .....

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..... ed industries are being reformed and introduced to better mechanisms so as to increase their productivity, boost exports and contribute to the overall economy. Salient features: At present, GST taxes and import/customs duties for inputs required to manufacture exported products are either exempted or refunded. However, certain taxes/duti .....

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..... es/levies are outside GST, and are not refunded for exports, such as, VAT on fuel used in transportation, Mandi tax, Duty on electricity used during manufacturing etc. These would be covered for reimbursement under the RoDTEP Scheme. The sequence of introduction of the Scheme across sectors, prioritization of the sectors to be covered, degree of benefit to be given o .....

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..... n various items within the rates set by the Committee will be decided and notified by the Department of Commerce (DoC). The rebate would be claimed as a percentage of the Freight On Board (FOB) value of exports. A monitoring and audit mechanism, with an Information Technology based Risk Management System (RMS), would be put in to physic .....

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..... ally verify the records of the exporters. As and when the rates under the RoDTEP Scheme are announced for a tariff line/ item, the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) benefits on such tariff line/item will be discontinued. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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