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FP Archives|Dec 20, 2014, 05:47:10 IST

New Delhi: The curtain will come down on the Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB), the popular tax refund scheme for exporters from today.

A revised Duty Drawback will replace DEBP from 1 October.

Under DEPB, the government spends annually about Rs 8,500 crore for reimbursing exporters.

[caption id="attachment_96346" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="The main beneficiaries of DEPB are exporters of engineering, automobile and chemical products. Reuters"][/caption]

While on paper, the DEPB neutralises the import duty on raw materials for export items, even for those using domestic contents are allowed to avail this benefit, making it popular among the exporting community.

The main beneficiaries of DEPB are exporters of engineering, automobile and chemical products.

Its attractive rates and flexibility also made the scheme a popular one.

Exporters, however, expressed their disappointment over ending of the DEPB.

The Finance Ministry has worked out a compromise between the DEPB and Duty Drawback.

Exports of 1,100 items have now been entitled to lower tax refunds from 1 October, under Duty Drawback Scheme (DDS).

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