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Redundancy of Minimum Alternate Tax: A Missed Step towards Simplification

Income Tax : Redundancy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) in India's evolving tax landscape, focusing on its history, challenges & potential simpl...

February 16, 2025 537 Views 0 comment Print

Decoding MAT: Unraveling Minimum Alternate Tax Landscape in India

Income Tax : Unveiling the intricacies of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) in India. Understand its purpose, computation, and recent developments. N...

February 5, 2024 1176 Views 0 comment Print

MAT Credit Short Notes and Presentation in Financial Statements

Income Tax : MAT credit should be accounted in books as it satisfies definition of Asset as per Framework for preparation and presentation of F...

April 30, 2023 159381 Views 10 comments Print

Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) & Alternate Minimum Tax (AMT)

Income Tax : MAT stands for Minimum Alternate Tax and AMT stands for Alternate Minimum Tax. Initially the concept of MAT was introduced for com...

June 3, 2022 103439 Views 5 comments Print

Importance of Minimum Alternate Tax In Tackling Tax Avoidance

Company Law : MAT or minimum alternative tax refers to a tax paid to by a company in advance. We should note that companies must pay tax accordi...

February 28, 2022 2544 Views 0 comment Print


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Cabinet approves Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019

Income Tax : In order to attract fresh investment in manufacturing and provide boost to 'Make-in India' initiative of the Government, another p...

November 20, 2019 1350 Views 0 comment Print

Clarify on MAT u/s 115JB: ICAI

Income Tax : The computation of book profit under section 115JB is a complicated and vexed issue with diverse interpretations possible on vario...

January 20, 2018 9048 Views 1 comment Print

CBDT relaxes MAT provisions for companies facing Insolvency

Income Tax : Relaxation in the provisions relating to levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) in case of companies against whom an application for ...

January 8, 2018 1737 Views 0 comment Print

Relevant part of recommendations of MAT-Ind AS Committee’s Report

Income Tax : Relevant part of MAT-Ind AS Committee Report dated 17th June, 2017 containing recommendations regarding amendment to the provision...

July 27, 2017 2244 Views 0 comment Print

ASSOCHAM advocates MAT exemption for sick companies under debt restructuring

Income Tax : Apex Industry body ASSOCHAM has advocated continuation of the exemption from MAT (Minimum Alternative Tax) by the insertion of a s...

April 27, 2017 888 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 115J not authorizes AO to go beyond audited financial statement: SC

Income Tax : The Supreme Court examined tax issues in Apollo Tyres Ltd. vs. CIT, including the role of assessing officers under Section 115-J a...

February 18, 2025 387 Views 0 comment Print

Loss on sale of investment not deductible from book profits u/s 115JB

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that as capital profit are to be excluded while computing book profit u/s 115JB, similarly, the adjustment of lo...

August 24, 2023 1506 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) not leviable as tax was payable on book profits u/s 115JB

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act alleging inaccurate particulars not leviable as assessee was subj...

April 14, 2023 813 Views 0 comment Print

Advance from customers cannot be added in computation of Book Profit

Income Tax : ITAT held that if advances received by the assessee from customers on which TDS Credits has been claimed, has been offered as inco...

January 6, 2023 1710 Views 0 comment Print

Receipt not in character of Income to not form part of book profit under Section 115JB

Income Tax : PCIT-4 Vs Krishi Rasayan Exports Pvt. Ltd (Calcutta High Court) Whether the interest subsidy and excise refund would be treated as...

September 14, 2022 492 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT clarification on MAT Credit on exercise of section 115BAA option

Income Tax : Representations have been received from the stakeholders seeking clarification on following issues relating to exercise of option ...

October 2, 2019 34698 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies revised Form no. 29B for MAT audit with Annexures

Income Tax : Details of the amount required to be increased or decreased in accordance with sub-section (2A) of section 115JB- [Applicable only...

August 18, 2017 125265 Views 5 comments Print

FAQs on computation of book profit to levy MAT for Ind AS companies

Income Tax : Clarifications with FAQs on computation of book profit for the purposes of levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under section 115JB...

July 25, 2017 12906 Views 0 comment Print

Issues on implementation of MAT provisions for Ind AS companies

Income Tax : CBDT press release on Issues arising from the implementation of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) provisions relating to Indian Accounti...

July 25, 2017 1971 Views 0 comment Print

Modification in Circular related to Tax Effect for Appeal Filing

Income Tax : References are being received by the Board that in certain cases appellate authorities are dismissing appeals without going into t...

July 14, 2017 1749 Views 0 comment Print


MAT Credit eligible on Surcharge, Education Cess & Additional Surcharges

August 16, 2022 3279 Views 0 comment Print

MAT credit u/s. 115JA cannot be denied on Surcharge, education cess and additional surcharge – secondary and higher education cess

Addition of disallowed prior period expenses not permitted in book profit computation

August 5, 2022 3282 Views 0 comment Print

Prior period expenses charged to profit and loss account cannot be deducted from profit of year for computing book profit under Section 115JB

Carbon Credits is capital receipt not exigible to tax under Normal & MAT

July 31, 2022 861 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs A.D. Hydro Power Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) ITAT held that Carbon Credits is capital receipt not exigible to tax under normal provisions of the Act and also while computing the book profits under Section 115JB of Income Tax Act, 1961. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF ITAT DELHI 1. These appeals are filed by […]

Section 14A disallowance not considerable for Book Profit computation

June 5, 2022 2220 Views 0 comment Print

Tega Industries Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) Assessee has contended that disallowance under section 14A ought not to have been considered for computing the book profit under section 115JB of the Act, we find merit in the assessee’s contention. Special Bench of Delhi Tribunal in the case of ACIT –vs.- Vireet Investment Pvt. Limited (165 […]

Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) & Alternate Minimum Tax (AMT)

June 3, 2022 103439 Views 5 comments Print

MAT stands for Minimum Alternate Tax and AMT stands for Alternate Minimum Tax. Initially the concept of MAT was introduced for companies and progressively it has been made applicable to all other taxpayers in the form of AMT. In this part you can gain knowledge about various provisions relating to MAT and AMT. First of all we will understand the provisions of MAT and thereafter the provisions of AMT.

Importance of Minimum Alternate Tax In Tackling Tax Avoidance

February 28, 2022 2544 Views 0 comment Print

MAT or minimum alternative tax refers to a tax paid to by a company in advance. We should note that companies must pay tax according to the provisions of the income tax act, the profit and loss account is calculated as per companies act,2013. So prior to MAT what happened was; companies having profits used […]

MAT (Minimum Alternative Tax Section 115JB)

January 30, 2022 10203 Views 0 comment Print

Minimum Alternative Tax (Section 115JB) MAT Stands for Minimum Alternative Tax, he objective of introduction of MAT is to bring into the tax net “zero tax companies” which in spite of having earned substantial book profits and having paid handsome dividends, do not pay Any tax due to various tax concessions and incentives provided under […]

Provisions of section 115JB not applicable to banking company

January 18, 2022 2121 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT hold that the provisions of sec.115JB are not applicable to a banking company i.e. the assessee herein also. Having held that the provisions of sec.115JB are not applicable to the assessee, we are of the opinion that grounds No.19 to 22 need no adjudication at this stage.

Capital subsidy liable to be excluded from computation of book profit

November 4, 2021 6300 Views 0 comment Print

Sunrise Biscuit Co. Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Gauhati) VAT subsidy received by the Assessee – subsidy received for substantial expansion of the undertaking – subsidy is capital in nature – capital subsidy liable to be excluded from the computation of books profit Facts- The assessee has received subsidy of INR 8,78,84,902/- from the Industrial […]

Minimum Alternate Tax

November 1, 2021 65379 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the concept of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) and its implications for companies. Learn how MAT limits tax exemptions and ensures a minimum tax payment to the government.

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