Duty Exemption to Software for Data Processing Machines Only - software for Telecom, Medical, etc. Applications Not Eligible

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....oftware- Scope of exemption under S. No. 173 of notification No. 11/ 97-Cus., dated 1.3.97 - reg. I am directed to state that references have been received from the assessees and the field formations regarding the scope of 'Computer software' for the purposes of exemption under S.No. 173 of notification No. 11/97-Cus. dated 1.3.97. References have also been received from the field forma....

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....is to 'computer software' and not to software' in general and is to be interpreted strictly on its own terms. 4. Having regard to the discussion above, it is clarified that for the purposes of the exemption under S.No. 173 of notification No. 11/97-Cus. dated 1.3.97, 'computer software' is to be taken to mean any representation of instructions, data, sound or image including....