Vide the Finance Act, 2020 the government has finally heard the cries of these companies by re-introducing the conventional system of taxation of dividend. At the same time, we should not be forgetful of the reason behind introducing the DDT system. The administrative defunct and the long process against the simplistic procedure under the DDT definitely made things more smooth and transparent.
A major change was brought in the year 2019, when our Hon’ble Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman promulgated the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Ordinance Act, 2019 in which a completely new corporate tax regime prescribing fixed rates, as opposed to the conventional trend of prescribing the rates under Finance Act was brought into effect.
