16 October 2025
Sir, I have a partnership firm, working as a Channel Partner and provide Sales and Installation of Solar Rooftop Panel to customers. Can I get benefit under section 80-IA? Kindly guide me...
16 October 2025
If your partnership firm is only acting as a sales intermediary (i.e., just supplying and installing panels without actually owning or operating a power generation plant), eligibility for section 80-IA deductions might not apply. The main qualifying activity is "generation or distribution of power" rather than just the sales or installation service.
As a Channel Partner, if your direct business profits are from owning, operating, or generating power using solar rooftop systems, you should be eligible, but if you merely install solar panels on behalf of others who generate power, the benefit usually accrues to the system owner, not to you as an intermediary.