Section 80-ID of the Income-tax Act provides for 100 per cent deduction for five years, of profits derived by an undertaking from the business of a two-star, three-star or four-star category hotel or from the business of building, owning and operating a convention centre located in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the districts of Faridabad, Gurgaon, Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad, provided such hotel has started functioning or such convention centre is constructed during the period 1.4.2007 to 31 .3.2010.
To provide some more time for these facilities to be set up in light of the Commonwealth Games in October, 2010, it is proposed to amend clauses (i) and (ii) of section 80-ID to extend the date by which the hotel has to start functioning or the convention centre has to be constructed, from the present 31st March, 2010 to 31st July, 2010.
This amendment is proposed to take effect from 1st April, 2011 and will, accordingly, apply in relation to the assessment year 2011-12 and subsequent years.
