About Service Export Guide

Service Export Guide is a free reference for everyone in India who sells a service to someone outside India: freelancers, agencies, consultants, studios, IT and SaaS companies, tutors, creators and back-office teams.

Why this site exists

Exporting a service is easy to start and surprisingly hard to get right. A designer in Pune or an agency in Gurugram has to deal with GST zero-rating, a yearly Letter of Undertaking, RBI purpose codes, proof of foreign inward remittance, export realisation deadlines, presumptive taxation and foreign tax forms, usually without a finance team. The rules are spread across the IGST Act, CBIC circulars, RBI Master Directions, FEMA regulations and the Income-tax Act, and most explanations online are written for goods exporters.

We bring the parts that matter for services into one place, explain them in plain English, and link every claim to the rule it comes from.

What you will find here

Guides that each answer one question, with a short answer at the top and the sources at the bottom.
Guides by profession that apply the shared rules to video editors, marketing agencies, developers, designers and others.
Free tools such as the export-of-services checker, purpose code finder, export invoice generator and presumptive tax calculator. They run in your browser and do not store what you type.
Comparisons of the ways to receive money from abroad, using numbers from each provider's own pricing page.

How we work

Every page shows the date it was last reviewed and the official sources it relies on. Read our methodology and editorial policy for the details, including how we handle corrections.

What we are not

We are not chartered accountants, lawyers or a bank, and nothing on this site is tax, legal or financial advice. Your situation may have facts that change the answer. Use the site to understand the rules and prepare good questions, then confirm decisions with a qualified professional.

Contact

Found an error or want a topic covered? See the contact page.