Compliance and regulation
Customs rules, licences, schemes and the filings behind an Indian shipment, written as mechanism. Rules change: confirm the current position before acting.
RoDTEP Explained: What Exporters Need to Know Before 30 September 2026
RoDTEP rates run only to 30 September 2026 and no notification has been issued for exports on or after 1 October. What the expiry means, the…
Read the article 22 September 2026 · 6 min readGST and HSN on Air Freight and Ocean Freight
How GST on ocean freight and air freight actually works: SAC vs HSN, import and export legs, the reverse charge question, and how to read a…
Read the article 18 September 2026 · 6 min readTDS on Freight Charges: What an Indian Shipper Must Deduct
TDS on freight charges explained: who deducts it, on what value, the transporter declaration, forwarder invoices, and why TDS and GST are not the same.
Read the article 18 September 2026 · 6 min readSCMTR: what the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations ask of Indian shippers
SCMTR moves India from paper manifests to advance electronic declarations, and it pushes a data deadline back onto the shipper. What the regulations ask for, who…
Read the article 17 September 2026 · 6 min readHSN Code and GST on Freight Charges: How Indian Shippers Get It Right
Searching freight charges HSN code? Freight is a service, so it takes a SAC under 9965 or 9967. How classification, place of supply and reverse charge…
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