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The effective tax rate for these companies shall be 25.17% inclusive of surcharge &amp; cess. Also, such companies shall not be required to pay Minimum Alternate Tax.<\/li>\n<li>In order to attract fresh investment in manufacturing and thereby provide boost to \u2018Make-in-India\u2019 initiative of the Government, another new provision has been inserted in the Income-tax Act with effect from FY 2019-20 which allows any new domestic company incorporated on or after 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0October 2019 making fresh investment in manufacturing, an option to pay income-tax at the rate of 15%. This benefit is available to companies which do not avail any exemption\/incentive and commences their production on or before 31st March, 2023. The effective tax rate for these companies shall be 17.01% inclusive of surcharge &amp; cess.\u00a0 Also, such companies shall not be required to pay Minimum Alternate Tax.<\/li>\n<li>A company which does not opt for the concessional tax regime and avails the tax exemption\/incentive shall continue to pay tax at the pre-amended rate. However, these companies can opt for the concessional tax regime after expiry of their tax holiday\/exemption period. After the exercise of the option they shall be liable to pay tax at the rate of 22% and option once exercised cannot be subsequently withdrawn. Further, in order to provide relief to companies which continue to avail exemptions\/incentives, the rate of Minimum Alternate Tax has been reduced from existing 18.5% to 15%.<\/li>\n<li>In order to stabilise the flow of funds into the capital market, it is provided that enhanced surcharge introduced by the Finance (No.2) Act, 2019 shall not apply on capital gains arising on sale of equity share in a company or a unit of an equity oriented fund or a unit of a business trust liable for securities transaction tax, in the hands of an individual, HUF, AOP, BOI and AJP.<\/li>\n<li>The enhanced surcharge shall also not apply to capital gains arising on sale of any security including derivatives, in the hands of Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs).<\/li>\n<li>In order to provide relief to listed companies which have already made a public announcement of buy-back before 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0July 2019, it is provided that tax on buy-back of shares in case of such companies shall not be charged.<\/li>\n<li><a name=\"_gjdgxs\"><\/a>The Government has also decided to expand the scope of CSR 2 percent spending. Now CSR 2% fund can be spent on incubators funded by Central or State Government or any agency or Public Sector Undertaking of Central or State Government, and, making contributions to public-funded Universities, IITs, National Laboratories and Autonomous Bodies (established under the auspices\u00a0 of ICAR, ICMR, CSIR, DAE, DRDO, DST, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) engaged in conducting research in science, technology, engineering and medicine aimed at promoting SDGs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The total revenue foregone for the reduction in corporate tax rate and other relief estimated at Rs. 1,45,000 crore.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ministry of Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>[Notification dt. 20-09-2019]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government has brought in the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2019 to make certain amendments in the Income-tax Act, 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