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2015 (10) TMI 634 - HC - Income TaxEntitlement to the benefit of Section 10A - sales effected to other STP - whether it does not amount to a deemed export - ITAT denied the benefit - whether the computer software sales to M/s. Texas Instruments India Ltd. do not fall under the expression export turnover for the purpose of deduction under Section 10A? - Held that - If a assessee wants to claim the benefit of Section 10A firstly he must export articles or things or computer software. Secondly the said export may be done directly by him or through other exporter after fulfilling the conditions mentioned therein. Thirdly such an export should yield foreign exchange which should be brought into the country. If all these three conditions are fulfilled then the object of enacting Section 10A is fulfilled and the assess ee would be entitled to the benefit of exemption from payment of Income Tax Act on the profits and gains derived by the Undertaking from the export. Clause 6.11 of Exim Policy dealing with entitlement for supplies from the DTA states that supplies from the DTA to EOU/EHTP/STP/BTP units will be regarded as deemed export besides being eligible for relevant entitlements under paragraph 6.12 of the Policy. They will also be eligible for the additional entitlements mentioned therein. What is of importance is when a supply is made from DTA to STP it does not satisfy the requirements of export as defined under the Customs Act. However for the purpose of Exim Policy it is treated as deemed export . Therefore when Section 10A of the Act was introduced to give effect to the Exim Policy the supplies made from one STP to another STP has to be treated as deemed export because Clause 6.19 specifically provides for export through Status Holder. It provides that an EOU/EHTP/STP/BTP unit may export goods manufactured /software developed by it through other exporter or Status holder recognized under this policy or any other EOU/EHTP/STP/SEZ/BTP unit. What follows from this provision is that to be eligible for exemption from payment of income tax export should earn foreign exchange. It does not mean that the undertaking should personally export goods manufactured / software developed by it outside the country. It m ay export out of India by itself or export out of India through any other STP Unit. Once the goods manufactured by the assessee is shown to have been exported out of India either by the assessee or by another STP Unit and foreign exchange is directly attributable to such export then Section 10A of the Act is attracted and such exporter is entitled to benefit of deduction of such profits an d gains derived from such export from payment of income tax. Therefore the finding of the authorities that the assessee has not directly exported the computer software outside country and because it supplied the software to another STP unit which though exported and foreign exchange received was not treated as an export and was held to be not entitled to the benefit is unsustainable in law. The assessee is held to be entitled to deduction of such profits and gains derived from the export of the computer software - Decided in favour of assessee.
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