Initial Assessment year for Section 80IA(5) means first year of claim of deduction

CIT Vs Roots Multiclean Ltd. (Madras High Court)

It is abundantly clear from sub-section (2) of Section 80IA that an assessee who is eligible to claim deduction u/s 801A has the option to choose the initial/ first year from which it may desire the claim of deduction for ten consecutive years, out of a slab of fifteen ( or twenty) years, as prescribed under that sub-section. It is hereby clarified that once such initial assessment year has been opted for by the assessee, he shall be entitled to claim deduction u/s 801A for te

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