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Proposed GST changes aim to make India's services exports more competitive

Proposed changes seek to widen the definition of services exports, ease rules around overseas branches and allow faster GST refunds through a risk-based mechanism

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The GST Council is also proposing changes to work done in India on goods belonging to a foreign client. It will also look into payments

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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has proposed widening the definition of export of services and easing refund rules. This move could benefit Indian information technology (IT), consulting, engineering and other service exporters by making it easier to claim back GST paid on business inputs.

The proposal seeks to remove some existing restrictions around overseas branches and services performed in India for foreign customers, while allowing faster refunds of GST paid on inputs. This is likely to make services exports more competitive.

Under the proposed mechanism, 90 per cent of eligible refund claims could be released upfront after a