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- Buyers Credit (56)
- Buyers Credit Accounting (1)
- Buyers Credit on Precious Metals (6)
- Currency Hedging (3)
- Form 15CA and Form 15CB (5)
- Income Tax (6)
- Letter of Comfort (LOC) / Letter of Undertaking (LOU) (5)
- Letter of Credit (LC) (2)
- LIBOR (7)
- Others (5)
- RBI Regulation & Circulars (18)
- Suppliers Credit (33)
- Withholding Tax (8)
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Articles
- Change in LIBOR Tenures and Impact on Trade Finance
- Swift Code & Messages Used in Buyers Credit Transaction
- Tax Residency Certificate Not Required in Prescribed Format
- Surcharge and Education Cess on Withholding Tax
- Transfer of Limits from One Bank to Another : Buyers Credit Rollover Process
- Buyers Credit on Import of Precious and Semi Precious Stone
- Myanmar Economic Sanctions – Background, Recent Relaxation & Trade Finance
- Buyers Credit on High Sea Sales Transaction
- Withholding Tax (WHT) is applicable on Suppliers Credit Transactions
- How to Calculate Total Cost of Buyers Credit
- Bank Finance for Purchase of Gold
- Buyers Credit with 6 Month Libor Reset
- Review of Trade Credit All-In-Cost Ceiling
- Impact of Libor Review on Trade Finance in India
- Pushing the reset button on LIBOR – Speech by Martin Wheatley
- Certificate of Tax Residency under DDTA (Withholding Tax)
- Buyers Credit on Jewellery
- Overdue Interest and Late Payment Charges on Buyers Credit
- Prepayment of Buyers Credit
- Trade Credit Extended Upto 5 Years for Infrastructure Firms
- Difference Between EURIBOR & EUR Libor
- Banks Insisting of Forward Booking for Buyers Credit Exposure
- 5% WHT as per Sec 194LC not applicable to Buyers Credit
- Form 15CA & 15CB Not Applicable on Interest payment to Indian Bank Branches
- Basel III – Future Impact of Trade Finance
- Suppliers’ Credit or Buyers’ Credit is not available for Merchanting Trade
- IMO Number and Its importance in case of Buyers Credit
- Country-wise Double Taxation Summary Chart on Interest
- Consequence of Non Deduction of Withholding Tax (WHT / TDS)
- Form 15CA and 15CB under Section 195 of Income Tax
- OFAC Countries & Implication on Buyers Credit
- Review of all-in-cost ceiling – Trade Credit
- Buyers Credit All-In-Cost Ceiling may move back to L+200bps from 01/04/2012
- Buyers Credit for Imports Under Direct Documents
- Difference between Buyers Credit and Letter of Credit (LC)
- Comprehensive Guidelines on Foreign Exchange Derivatives
- Recent Changes to India’s Currency Forward Contract Norms for Hedging
- RBI Increase Buyers Credit All-in-Cost Ceiling
- Buyers Credit Accounting Entries
- Infrastructure Companies – Bridge Finance before availing ECB
- Buyers Credit on Capital Goods
- Buyers Credit Interest Rate (LIBOR + Margins)
- Bankwise Letter of Comfort / Undertaking Charges
- Buyers Credit on Gold Import
- LIBOR Rates: Brief, History, Currencies, Maturities
- Transaction where Buyer’s Credit is Restricted
- Sample format of Letter of Undertaking / Comfort (LOU / LOC)
- Import of Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Silver
- Buyer’s / Supplier’s Credit on Rough, Cut and Polished Diamonds
- Buyer’s Credit Rollover
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- Procedure for Buyers Credit in India
- RBI Trade Credit (Buyers/Suppliers Credit) Circular Extract
- WHT (Withholding Tax) on interest on Buyers Credit
- Letter of Comfort / Undertaking (LOC/LOU) Charges
- Buyer’s Credit in Cross Currency
- Supplier’s Credit India – Meaning & Process
- Difference between Buyer’s Credit and Supplier’s Credit
- Buyer’s / Supplier’s Credit Consultants
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Buyer’s Credit Rollover
Process to be followed for Buyers Credit Rollover from Existing Bank and Rollover from Other Banks and documentation required for each of this case. Article also provides details about regulation and other factors to be consider while doing rollover of buyers credit. Continue reading
Posted in Buyers Credit
Tagged Business, Buyers Credit, Capital good, Comfort letter, Finance, Import Finance, India, London Interbank Offered Rate, Updates, Working Capital
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Buyer’s Credit from Mauritius Based Foreign Bank
To avail Buyer’s / Supplier’s Credit…E: sanjaymandavia@gmail.com, M: +919825560186 Since last week or so, Foreign bank branches based out of Mauritius are either not able to quote or are quoting above the RBI prescribed ceiling for 6 months LIBOR + 200 … Continue reading
Buyer’s / Supplier’s Credit Consultants
Person / Firm who co ordinates with Indian Overseas Branches or Foreign Bank and arranges best possible quote for transactions. They do not directly represent any of these bank. They are also known as Buyers Credit Brokers & Buyers Credit Agents. Scope of Activity, Technical Aspect, arranging quote and get funding done. Continue reading
Posted in Buyers Credit, Suppliers Credit
Tagged article, Business, Buyers Credit, Comfort letter, Finance, Import, Import Finance, India, Updates
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Difference between Buyer’s Credit and Supplier’s Credit
Difference between buyers credit and suppliers credit are based on criteria like, Mode of payment, LC clauses, arrangement process, and cost involved. Continue reading
Supplier’s Credit India – Meaning & Process
Supplier’s Credit relates to credit for imports into India extended by the overseas suppliers or financial institutions outside India.Usance Bills under Letter of Credit (LC) issued by Indian bank branches on behalf of their importers are discounted by Indian bank overseas branches or Foreign bank. Paying your suppliers at sight against Usance bills under letter of credits. Continue reading
Buyer’s Credit in Cross Currency
Note: Since the time this article was written, 6 Month Euribor has come down from 1.79% (July 2011) to 0.325%. Concept of cross currency still holds but the example would change. Please take below example as reference only. Continue reading
Posted in Buyers Credit, LIBOR
Tagged article, Business, Buyers Credit, Forward Premium, Import Finance, India, London Interbank Offered Rate, Updates
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Letter of Comfort / Undertaking (LOC/LOU) Charges
Normally importers would tend to look at Interest Cost provided by Foreign bank (Indian bank overseas branches or Foreign bank) on deciding which offer to accept. But this is a wrong approach. Importers should look at overall cost. Overall cost would be Foreign bank interest cost and LOU charges of your bank. Continue reading
