- All Private Limited Companies / Public Limited Companies / Proprietorship / Partnerships / One Person Company /LLP's, which are into the development of Export-oriented Computer Software/IT Enabled Services, can register themselves as NON-STPI unit under STPI to avail Softex certification.
- In order to become a NON-STPI unit under STPI, the company has to register itself with STPI on submission of application form along with the supporting documents, to the jurisdictional Director, STPI along with applicable processing fee of Rs.1000/- (one thousand only) + service tax in the form of demand draft in favor of the Director STPI.
- Registered Non-STPI units will be issued a Certificate of Registration (Annexure-II) with a validity of three years by the respective STPI center. Renewal of registration will have to be applied three months prior to the expiry of the registration.
- After being registered with STPI, the Non-STPI units will have to submit the quarterly report (Annexure-III) and annual reports (Annexure-IV) to their respective STPI centers.
- Once Non-STPI units get registered with STPI they will be entitled to submission of Softex forms for certification as per prevailing guidelines of RBI. However, Non-STP units should also register each of their export contracts (Annexure V) prior to submission of Softex forms against that contract without paying any charges to STPI.
- Service charges for Non-STPI units (Annexure VI) will be determined on the basis of the value of the contracts registered.
- STPI shall retain 20% of the service charges deposited in case Softex forms are required to be returned in the event of Non-Certification of submitted Softex forms (due to non-submission of required details).
- Once the Non-STPI units cross the limit of a particular slab of the value of Softex certified in a financial year they will be required to deposit the charges for the next slab with due adjustment to the already paid amount.
Non-STPI Registration
today!Any company/partnership firm/proprietorship, which is into development of Export-oriented Computer Software/IT Enabled Services, can register itself as NON-STP unit under STPI to avail Softex certification.
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What is Non-STPI Registration?
Who is eligible to become a NON-STPI Unit under STPI and How?
Any business entity with principle objective of Export-oriented Computer Software/IT Enabled Services can register as NON-STPI unit under STPI to avail the certification.
To register a NON-STPI unit under STPI, the company has to get register itself with STPI on submission of application form along with the required documents, to the jurisdictional Director, STPI along with applicable processing fee of Rs.1000/- + service tax in the form of demand draft in favor of the Director STPI.
Is it mandatory to get registered as NON-STPI Unit under STPI?
- As per the RBI Circular No. RBI/2013-14/14 on 1st July 2013 (Para B 15), RBI Circular No.80 on 15th February 2012 and RBI Circular No.43 on 13th September 2013, every company with principle business IT/ITES exports through data communication links needs to submit the Softex Form for certification.
- For getting the Softex certification by STPI (which is the Designated Authority), the companies have to become STP members by registering under STP or as NON-STP unit with STPI. However, the companies registered under STP scheme will have several other benefits other than getting their Software Exports certified.
Service Charges for certification of Softex by STPI?
The Service charges for different export values are as mentioned below:
Note: Applicable taxes at actuals are extra
S/N |
Export Turnover for the year |
Non-STP Units Annual Fee |
1 |
Up to Rs.12.50 Lakhs |
4,000.00 |
2 |
Above Rs.12.50 Lakhs – Rs.25 Lakhs |
8,000.00 |
3 |
Above Rs.25 Lakhs – Rs.50 Lakhs |
16,000.00 |
4 |
Above Rs. 50 Lakhs – Rs. 3 Crore |
55,000.00 |
5 |
Above Rs. 3 Crore – Rs. 10 Crore |
1,10,000.00 |
6 |
Above Rs.10 Crore – Rs. 25 Crore |
2,25,000.00 |
7 |
Above Rs.25 Crore – Rs. 50 Crore |
2,50,000.00 |
8 |
Above Rs. 50 Crore – Rs. 100 Crore |
3,50,000.00 |
9 |
Above Rs. 100 Crore – Rs. 500 Crore |
5,75,000.00 |
10 |
Above 500 Crore – Rs. 1000 Crore |
6,00,000.00 |
11 |
Above Rs. 1000 Crore |
6,50,000.00 |
Documents for obtaining permission of SOFTEX:
- Name and Address of the Exporter
- Letter of permission number and date
- Name of authorized data com service provider
- Import Export Code number
- Software Export Declaration
- Details of Export of Software during the period
- Period of submission i.e. Month name
- SOFTEX Number
- Name of Client
- Address of Client
- Country of Export
- Invoice Number
- Invoice Date
- Project Code or Contract or Agreement or PO & Date
- Type of Software Exported
- Invoice Currency
- Offshore Invoice Value
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