Notification of Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure Sub-sectors for the purposes of section 10(23FE) of the Income-tax Act, 1961

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This notification from the Ministry of Finance specifies the updated Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure Sub-Sectors relevant to Section 10(23FE) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961. Businesses operating within these specified sub-sectors may be eligible for benefits under the Act. The list is based on a previous notification from August 2018, with a clarification that businesses already covered by item (b) of the section are excluded. This new list comes into effect from April 1, 2021, and applies to assessment year 2021-22 and onwards.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Revenue)

(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 6 th July, 2020

INCOME – TAX

S.O. 2227E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by item (b) of sub-clause (iii) of clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby specifies business, for the purposes of said item (b), to be the business which is engaged in the infrastructure sub-sectors mentioned in Updated Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure Sub-sectors in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number, F.No.13/3/2017-INF dated 13th August, 2018.

2. The reference to the infrastructure sub-sectors in the said Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure Sub-sectors shall not include the business already provided in the said item (b).

3. This notification shall come into force from the 1st day of April, 2021 and shall be applicable for assessment year 2021-22 and subsequent assessment years.

[Notification No. 44/2020/F. No. 370142/24/2020-TPL]

NEHA SAHAY, Under Secy. (Tax Policy and Legislation Division)

FAQ :

This notification specifies the Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure Sub-Sectors for the purposes of section 10(23FE) of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

This notification comes into force from the 1st day of April, 2021.

This notification is applicable for assessment year 2021-22 and subsequent assessment years.

The specified sub-sectors are based on the Updated Harmonised Master List of Infrastructure Sub-Sectors published in the Gazette of India on 13th August, 2018.

No, the reference to the infrastructure sub-sectors shall not include businesses already provided for in item (b) of the said section 10(23FE).