SEIS (Services Export from India Scheme)

Overview

What It Is?

SEIS is a type of export benefit available to service exporters under Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20. SEIS shall apply to service providers located in India instead of Indian Service providers. Under this benefit, rewards are provided to exporters of notified services in the form of scrips which can be used for payment of customs duty for import of inputs or goods also notified FTP 2015-20.

The scrips are issued on the basis of a certain percentage of Net Foreign Exchange earned for the year after filing an E-com application for the same with DGFT (Directorate General of Foreign trade)

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The benefit is available to exporters of various services who are eligible as per notified in Appendix 3D.
Any other service which is not notified in the Appendix will not be eligible for the benefits of SEIS.

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Service Providers of notified services, located in India, shall be rewarded under SEIS, subject to conditions as may be notified. Only Services rendered in the manner as per Para 9.51(i) and Para 9.51(ii) of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 shall be eligible. Such service provider should have minimum net free foreign exchange earnings of US$15,000 in the year of rendering the services to be eligible for Duty Credit Scrip. For Individual Service Providers and sole proprietorship, such minimum net free foreign exchange earnings criteria would be US$10,000 in financial year when the services have been rendered.
We calculate Net foreign exchange earnings accordingly: Net Foreign Exchange = (Gross Earnings for Foreign exchange – Total expenses/payments/remittances relating to service in Financial year)
Yes, IEC is the first step in the process and on the basis of this RCMC is issued and both are necessary for SEIS benefits.

Payment in Indian Rupees for service charges earned on specified services, shall be treated as receipt in deemed foreign exchange as per guidelines of Reserve Bank of India. The list of such services is indicated in Appendix 3D.

Duty Credit Scrips shall be granted as rewards under Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS). The Duty Credit Scrips and goods imported against them shall be freely transferable. The Duty Credit Scrips can be used for:
Payment of Basic Customs Duty and Additional Customs Duty specified under sections 3 (1), 3(3) and 3(5) of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 for import of inputs or goods, including capital goods, as per DoR Notification, except items listed in Appendix 3A.

Duty Scrips issued on or after 01.01.2016 shall be valid for a period of 24 months from the date of issue and must be valid on the date actual debit of duty is made.

The ANF-3B form have a category “Service Category Information” where we need to classify the multiple services which are provided by the exporter and eligible for claim of SEIS benefits and then input the figures accordingly.
Yes, but as per para 9.02 of FTP 2015-20 which clarifies certain limitations and late cut applicable.

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