Extension of date of incorporation for eligible start up for exemption



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The government has extended the incorporation deadline for eligible startups seeking tax exemptions under Section 80-IAC. Previously, startups needed to be incorporated between 1st April 2016 and 1st April 2022. This has now been extended to 31st March 2023 to account for COVID-19 related delays. This change, effective from 1st April 2022, allows more businesses to benefit from the 100% profit deduction for three consecutive years.

1. The existing provisions of the section 80-IAC of the Act inter alia, provide for a deduction of an amount equal to one hundred percent of the profits and gains derived from an eligible business by an eligible start-up for three consecutive assessment years out of ten years, beginning from the year of incorporation, at the option of the assesses subject to the condition that,- (i) the total turnover of its business does not exceed one hundred crore rupees, (ii) it is holding a certificate
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The incorporation deadline for eligible startups has been extended to 31st March 2023.

Section 80-IAC of the Act provides a deduction of one hundred percent of profits and gains for eligible startups.

The startup must have a total turnover not exceeding one hundred crore rupees, hold a certificate of eligible business from the Inter-Ministerial Board of Certification, and be incorporated within the specified period.

The exemption allows for a deduction of one hundred percent of profits for three consecutive assessment years out of ten.

This amendment takes effect from 1st April 2022 and applies to the assessment year 2022-23 and subsequent years.




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