Allowed set off of MAT Credit inclusive of Surcharge, Education Cess

Last updated: 26 July 2021

Court :
ITAT Mumbai

Brief :
In M/s. Tata Motors Ltd. v. DCIT(LTU)-2 [ITA No. 2397/Mum/2019 decided on June 25, 2021], M/s. Tata Motors Ltd. ('the Appellant') filed an appeal against the order of Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-1, Mumbai ('the Respondent') computing set-off of Minimum Alternate Tax ('MAT') credit under Section 115JAA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the IT Act') excluding surcharge and cess resulting in short grant of MAT credit of Rs. 21,70,98,794/-.

Citation :
ITA No. 2397/Mum/2019 decided on June 25, 2021

In M/s. Tata Motors Ltd. v. DCIT(LTU)-2 [ITA No. 2397/Mum/2019 decided on June 25, 2021], M/s. Tata Motors Ltd. ('the Appellant') filed an appeal against the order of Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-1, Mumbai ('the Respondent') computing set-off of Minimum Alternate Tax ('MAT') credit under Section 115JAA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('the IT Act') excluding surcharge and cess resulting in short grant of MAT credit of Rs. 21,70,98,794/-.

The Hon’ble ITAT, Mumbai relied on Srei infrastructure Finance Ltd., v. DCIT [395 ITR 291 (Calcutta)] and M/s. Scope International Pvt. Ltd. [TCA No. 588 of 2019 dated August 16, 2019] and directed the Respondent to allow set off of MAT credit inclusive of surcharge and education cess and recompute the tax payable by the Appellant for the year under consideration.