No windfall tax on diesel, ATF exports from Reliance SEZ refinery

The reimposed windfall export taxes on diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) will not apply to Reliance Industries Ltd’s SEZ refinery due to judicial rulings, a senior official said on Thursday.
Effective March 26, the government revised fuel levies, reintroducing export duties of Rs 21.50 per litre on diesel and Rs 29.50 per litre on ATF, while keeping petrol exports exempt. The move coincided with a Rs 10 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel.
Initially, it was not clear if exports from Reliance’s special economic zone (SEZ) refinery – one of the largest contributors to India’s refined product exports – would retain exemptions similar to those under the 2022 windfall tax regime.
“As per judicial prouncements on this issue, the special additional excise duty and additional excise duty are not applicable on SEZ refineries,” Jainendra Singh Kandhari, Joint Secretary in the Tax Research Unit (TRU-1) of the Department of Revenue, said at a media briefing.
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