Sun set clause on SEZ to stay - Rediff.com Business_2023

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,You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginThis move would greatly discourage investment in the SEZ,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, which have been touted as the vehicle of export-led growth of the economy and employment generation, sources said.
Nath expressed the fear that it would act as a disincentive in promoting the fledgling SEZ aimed at boosting exports and employment.
As of now, undertakings in SEZ are allowed 100 per cent income tax exemption? for a period of 10 years - 100 per cent tax holiday for first five years,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 50 per cent for next two years and 50 per cent of the profit ploughed back in the capital investment for next ten years.
Sun set clause on SEZ to stay : You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Business
The finance ministry on Monday defended the budget proposal on a sun set clause for tax sops to special economic zones, saying it is a normal practice in any kind of fiscal concessions.
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath  [ Images ] had on Friday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's  [ Images ] intervention to withdraw the budget proposal.
In the draft Special Economic Zones Bill, which was referred to group of ministers, this exemption was proposed to be extended to 20 years, implying 20 years from the date unit starts production.
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The industry is up in arms against the budget proposal to end tax holiday for SEZ units from 2009 onwards, saying it was against the spirit of the proposed central legislation on these zones which is to be taken up by the Cabinet after the group of ministers finalised its recommendations.
"The sun set clause is used for every exemption. It (the budget proposal) is part of any decision (on concessions)," revenue secretary K M Chandrasekhar said on the sidelines of a post-budget meeting with PHDCCI.