{"id":222768,"date":"2019-12-03T14:45:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T09:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=222768"},"modified":"2019-12-03T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T09:42:17","slug":"taxation-amendment-bill-2019-passed-by-lok-sabha-reduction-in-corporate-tax-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/12\/03\/taxation-amendment-bill-2019-passed-by-lok-sabha-reduction-in-corporate-tax-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Lok Sabha clears passage for &#8212; Taxation Amendment Bill, 2019 ; Reduction in Corporate tax rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lok Sabha passed the Taxation Amendment Bill, 2019 on Lok Sabha on 02-12-2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Corporate Tax Rates slashed to be slashed to 22% for domestic companies and 15% for new domestic manufacturing companies, according to the said bill.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>List of amendments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Section 92 BA<\/li>\n<li>Section 115 BA<\/li>\n<li>Insertion of Sections 115 BAA\u00a0<strong>[Tax on income of certain domestic companies]<\/strong>\u00a0&amp; Sections 115 BAB\u00a0<strong>[Tax on income of certain new domestic manufacturing companies]<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Section 115 JB<\/li>\n<li>Section 115 QA<\/li>\n<li>Amendment of Act No. 23 of 2019<\/li>\n<li>Amendment of Part II of First Schedule<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>*Please find the link for the Bill here:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/164.100.47.4\/BillsTexts\/LSBillTexts\/PassedLoksabha\/362-C_2019_LS_Eng.pdf\">Taxation Amendment Bill, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additional Information with respect to the amendments issued earlier by the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salient features of the amendments made by the Ordinance are provided in the following paras:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to promote growth and investment, a new provision was inserted in the IT Act to provide that with effect from the current financial year 2019-20, an existing domestic company may opt to pay tax at 22% plus surcharge at 10% and cess at 4%, if it does not claim any incentive\/deduction. The effective tax rate for these companies comes to 25.17% for these companies. They would also not be subjected to\u00a0<strong>Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to attract fresh investment in manufacturing and provide boost to \u2018Make in India\u2019 initiative of the Government, another provision was inserted to the IT Act, to provide that a domestic manufacturing company set up on or after 1st October, 2019 and which commences manufacturing by 31st March, 2023, may opt to pay tax at 15% plus surcharge at 10% and cess at 4% if it does not claim any incentive\/deduction. The effective rate of tax comes to 17.16% for these companies. They would also not be subjected to MAT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A company that does not opt for the concessional tax regime and avails the tax exemption\/incentive shall continue to pay tax at the pre-amended rate. 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