Clarification on issues related to furnishing of Bond/ Letter of Undertaking for Exports

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.... dated 11th August, 2017 on the above subject. A large number of communications have been received from the field formations and exporters citing variation in the interpretation of above referred notification and circulars. 2. Therefore, in exercise of powers conferred under section 168 (1) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, for the purpose of uniformity in the implementation of the Act, following issues are being clarified hereunder: a. Eligibility to Export under LUT: Notification No. 16/2017 - Central Tax dated 7th July, 20 1 7 specifies conditions to be fulfilled for export under Letter of Undertaking (LUT) in place of bond. In the extant Central Excise provisions, LUTs were limited to manufacturer exporters only. The i....

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....re as foreign inward remittances in FY 2016- 17 which is 5% of the export turnover. He will not be eligible for LUT facility as remittance received is less than 10% of export turnover, even though it is in excess of ₹ 1 crore. V. An exporter has received Rs. I Crore 10 lacs as foreign inward remittances in FY 2016-17 which is 20% of the export turnover. In this scenario, he will be eligible for LUT facility. It may however be noted that a status holder as specified in paragraphs 3.20 and 3.21 of the Foreign Trade Policy 20l5-2020 is eligible for LUT facility regardless of whether he satisfies the above conditions. b. Form for LUT: I3onds are furnished on non-judicial stamp paper, while LUTs are generally submitted on the letterh....

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....have been received with respect to receipts of proceeds of supplies in Indian Rupee especially with respect to exports to Nepal, Bhutan and SF2 developer/SEZ unit. Attention is invited to Para A (y) Part-I of RBI Master Circular no. 14/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015 (updated as on November 5, 2015) , which states "there is no restriction on invoicing of export contracts in Indian Rupees in terms of the Rules, Regulations, Notifications arid Directions framed under the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999. Further, in terms of Para 2.52 of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-2020), all export contracts and invoices shall be denominated either in freely convertible currency or Indian rupees but export proceeds shall be realized in freely convertible c....

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....oof of registration with a recognized Export Promotion Council. II. In the GST regime, registration is State-wise which means that the expression 'registered person' used in the said notification may mean different registered persons (distinct persons in terms of sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Act) if a person having one Permanent Account Number is registered in more than one State. It may so happen that a registered person may not satisfy the condition regarding foreign inward remittances in respect of one particular registration, because of splitting and accountal of receipts and turnover across different registered person with the same PAN. Rut the total amount of inward foreign remittances received by all the registered persons,....