Circular : No. 564-Income Tax Under the provisions of section 80HHC of the Income-tax Act, 100 per cent deduction is allowed to exporters in respect of profits derived from export of goods or merchandise. As a measure to provide incentive to supporting manufacturers selling goods or merchandise to an Export House/Trading House for export, the benefit of deduction under section 80HHC was extended with effect from 1-4-1989 to such supporting manufacturers.
