CASE STUDIES / SANDEEP-CHENNAI
[CS-07]
I just wanted to do my work -
not decode section 44ada.
A conversation with
Sandeep G.
Instagram Marketing Agency Owner
Challenge
"Didn’t realize my agency could claim ITC on tools & equipment."
Campaign tools, schedulers, and laptops were treated as simple costs, not credits or depreciable assets.
Paid GST where zero-rated export applied
Left credits and refunds unclaimed
Margins were thinner than they needed to be purely due to compliance setup.
The TaxTap Moment
"Taxtap set up GST correctly for service exports, enabling ITC on SaaS and capital purchases for my Insta marketing agency working with foreign clients."
They realigned GST around ‘export of services’.
Filed LUT to treat invoices as zero-rated exports
Reclassified invoices with correct place-of-supply
Mapped SaaS and laptops for ITC and depreciation
Prepared a quarterly refund workflow (where applicable)
Numbers?
ITC utilization improved cash margins
Zero GST liability on eligible export invoices (post-LUT)
"Expenses finally started paying me back instead of just draining cash."
The Reality Before Taxtap
Global clients, local filing mindset.
1. No Export Classification
Invoices treated as domestic.
2. No ITC Strategy
SaaS/hardware not optimized.
How Taxtap Helped
Compliance built to match the actual business model.
✅ Export Setup
- LUT, invoice reclassification
✅ ITC & Refunds
- Claims and documentation pack
"With the right GST setup, my tools became an advantage, not a burden."
Lessons for Freelancers in Similar Situations
Service exports qualify for zero-rated GST with LUT
ITC applies to SaaS and eligible capital assets
You do the earning.
We do the filing.
Handled — by real CAs, not robots.
start now, and
forget about taxes
