Is It Legal to Buy and Sell Duty Credit Scrips in India?
Duty-credit scrips are transferable by design. What makes a sale legal, how transfers run on ICEGATE, and why a screened, on-ledger trade is the clean path.
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Duty credit, in plain English.
How a scrip is priced, when to sell, and how to cover customs duty for less. Field guides and market notes for exporters and importers, from the Scriphouse desk. New here? Start with duty-credit scrips explained end to end.
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StrategiesLegal
StrategiesVS
Scriphouse vs a Scrip Broker: An Exchange, Not a Desk
One number with nothing behind it versus a firm price on your own scrip with its reasons shown, and settlement on trust versus settlement nobody goes first on.
StrategiesGST
GST and Duty-Credit Scrips: the HSN 4907 Exemption, the Fee, and Net Realisation
Why a scrip sale is GST-exempt under HSN 4907, how the fee alone carries GST, and what the net-realisation statement puts on record.
StrategiesLegacy
MEIS, SEIS, and Legacy Duty-Credit Scrips: Where They Stand Now
How MEIS and SEIS worked, why they closed, and how legacy scrips still transfer and discharge duty until they expire.
StrategiesScreened
How Scrip Provenance Screening Works: The Chain Behind a Clean Scrip
The shipping-bill chain, IEC history, KYC, and live ledger status behind a listable scrip, and the September 2022 rule that protects a bona-fide transferee.
PlaybooksSCAM
Duty-Credit Scrip Scams, and How to Avoid Them
Fake ledger screenshots, double-sold scrips, and off-ledger cash deals, and how screening, DvP settlement, and an on-ledger transfer defeat each one.
StrategiesRate
How RoDTEP Rates Are Calculated: Schedule, Caps, and Scroll Value
How the RoDTEP rate schedule, the per-unit cap, and FOB value combine into the scroll value that becomes your duty-credit scrip.
StrategiesT+0
Same-Day T+0 Scrip Settlement Explained: How the Money and the Scrip Move
Delivery-versus-payment, step by step: buyer funds are secured first, the scrip transfers on ICEGATE, the payout releases with a UTR, and a failure unwinds the same day.
PlaybooksSAVE
How Importers Save with Duty-Credit Scrips
The importer value in plain numbers: the cheapest bundle assembled from whole scrips to cover the duty, under cash duty, capped at face.
PlaybooksDuty-Pay
How to Pay Customs Duty with Duty Credit Scrips
A scrip discharges basic customs duty at full face value but is bought below face. Here is the flow from an Active scrip in the ledger to the duty coming off it, and the one restriction that decides what it is worth.
PlaybooksLedger
The Electronic Duty Credit Ledger on ICEGATE, Explained
How RoDTEP and RoSCTL scrips sit in the ICEGATE ledger, what the statuses mean, and how a transfer from seller to buyer works.
PlaybooksRegister
ICEGATE Registration for Scrip Holders: A Step-by-Step Guide
What you need to register on ICEGATE, how the IEC-linked account and Electronic Duty Credit Ledger work, and how Scriphouse connects once you are set up.
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