revaluation reserve

This ruling provides guidance that withdrawal from a revaluation reserve is permitted to be reduced from the book profit, computed under the MAT provisions, only in a case where the book profit was increased by the amount of revaluation reserve in the year of creation. Full Article

Prior to insertion of the proviso to clause (i) of the Explanation of section 115JB the assessee was entitled to reduce the sum from revaluation reserve while computing book profit under section 115JB; however, after the insertion of the proviso to clause (i) of Explanation to section 115JB, the assessee has been deprived from this benefit by clearly mandating that in case the amount of such reserve has not been added back by the assessee in relevant assessment year i.e... Full Article