How will our exports be treated under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime?
Exports will be treated as zero-rated supplies. No tax will be payable on exports of goods or services. However, you can take input tax credit (ITC). You will have the option to pay tax on the export goods/services and claim refund of Integrated GST (IGST) or export under Bond without payment of IGST and claim refund of ITC. However, no refund of unutilised ITC will be allowed in cases where the goods exported out of India are subjected to export duty or when you avail of drawback
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