SEZ Policies : Implications on IT- BPO industry

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3:00 pm To 5:00 pm, Tuesday, 07 August, 2012

PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited, 1st Floor, Tower ‘D’, The Millenia, 1 & 2 Murphy Road
Ulsoor, Bengaluru,Karnataka,India

We invite you to a session with the experts from PWC on SEZ policies, clarification and its implications faced by the IT – BPO companies in India.

The SEZ policy has suffered through policy flip-flop and roll-back of certain fiscal incentives over the years. Stakeholders and investors alike are often confused why there exists divergence between the SEZ policy and related fiscal policies. Coupled with socio-political overtones in land related issues, the SEZ regime has lost considerable sheen.

Policy makers continue to attempt remedial measures to achieve intended objectives. In this backdrop, it is worthwhile to understand the SEZ regulations and the Income-tax provisions and the disparity leading to denial of intended fiscal benefits.

The session would throw light on the differing interpretations and the need for aligning the legislations to achieve the intended objectives.

To gain a better understanding of the above , we look forward to your active participation.

Vikram Bapat is a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the USA.

Mr. Bapat has over 23 years of experience including finance roles with Tata Donnelley Ltd., Thermax and Venky’s Group Pune.

For the last sixteen years, his primary focus areas are International tax consulting for investment in or from India and Corporate taxation.

Besides continuing with his corporate and international tax work, he currently spearheads the “Special Economic Zones” practice within the Tax & Regulatory services of PwC. He has been involved in several thought leadership initiatives on the subject and is currently a member of a high powered working committee constituted by the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad on SME-SEZ linkages.

Mr. Bapat is an alumni of PwC’s leadership program, “Genesis Park”, a US based program that has been profiled by the Harvard Business School as one of the most innovative programs for leadership development that focuses on future leaders of the firm.

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