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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 459 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 1170 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 158661 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 102935 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 1347 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 9036 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 1731 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 2235 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 885 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 294 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 1497 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 810 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 1698 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 486 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 34596 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 125256 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 12861 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 1962 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 1737 Views 0 comment Print


टैक्स हैवन देशों पर लगाम कसेगा ग्लोबल मिनिमम कार्पोरेट टैक्स

November 1, 2021 1779 Views 0 comment Print

हाल में ही आर्थिक सहयोग और विकास संगठन ( ओईसीडी) के 136 देशों ने हस्ताक्षर कर ग्लोबल मिनिमम कार्पोरेट टैक्स दर लगाने का रास्ता साफ कर दिया है. इसका सबसे बड़ा फायदा टैक्स हैवन देशों पर लगाम कसने का होगा जो बहुराष्ट्रीय कंपनियों को टैक्स की कम दरों के कारण अपने देश में आफिस खुलवाते […]

All about Form 29B – Section 115JB report for computing book profits of Company

June 28, 2021 87984 Views 0 comment Print

Form 29B is a report under Section 115JB for computing the book profits of the Company. The same is to be furnished by a CA for a Company to which Section 11JB applies. This helps the assessee ensure correct computation of book profits to avail the resultant MAT credit arising out of the tax computed in accordance with the Income Tax Act.

Rationalisation of provisions of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT)

February 2, 2021 4980 Views 0 comment Print

Section 115JB of the Act provides for MAT at the rate of fifteen per cent of its book profit, in case tax on the total income of a company computed under the provisions of the Act is less than the fifteen per cent of book profit. Book profit for this purpose is computed by making […]

Reduction of lower of unabsorbed depreciation or business loss as per books of accounts in computation of book profits u/s 115JB

January 13, 2021 22947 Views 1 comment Print

Go Airlines (India) Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) We are concerned with the computation of book profits u/s.115JB of the Act wherein one of the items eligible for reduction would be the lower of brought forward cash loss or brought forward depreciation loss as per books of accounts. We find that provisions of Sections 32(2) […]

Section 115BAA: Whether to continue or forego MAT/AMT Credit?

January 3, 2021 7365 Views 2 comments Print

Section 115BAA: Whether to continue or forego MAT/AMT Credit? Section 115BAA states that domestic companies have the option to pay corporate tax at the reduce rate of 22% from FY 2019-20 onwards. Isn’t it a great benefit for the domestic companies to save around 3% on their tax expenses? But wait this benefit comes with […]

New Corporate Taxation regime (Section 115BAA) & MAT

August 14, 2020 38322 Views 0 comment Print

Section 115BAA was introduced by way of a mid year budget in FY 2019-20 and is applicable to certain domestic companies from 1st April 2020. The new section gives a one-time option to Domestic Companies to pay tax on their taxable income at 22% (instead of 25%/30%) and additional surcharge of 10% irrespective of taxable […]

Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) for Ind AS 115 complaint companies

July 23, 2020 2565 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) for Ind AS 115 complaint companies. Learn how to compute book profit and navigate the provisions of section 115JB.

Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) | Section 115JB | Income Tax Act 1961

June 28, 2020 843773 Views 27 comments Print

Law makers observed that there is many companies which are disclosing massive profit in the accounts as laid in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) before the shareholder but at the same time these companies also showing profit nil or bit above nil for the income tax purpose.

Ind AS Accounting for foregoing MAT Credit pursuant to Section 115BAA

June 26, 2020 30015 Views 2 comments Print

Consider a situation where RST Limited was a loss making company. Ind ASs were adopted by this company from the year 2016-17. Since FY 2014-15 it has started to profits it was having accumulated MAT credit of Rs. xyz crores lying in the books of accounts as on 31.03.2019.

Minimum Alternate Tax & Alternate Minimum Tax- Provisions

June 24, 2020 103800 Views 13 comments Print

Article summarizes the provisions of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) and Alternate Minimum Tax (AMT). The article gives theoretical insights along with examples for sound understanding of the provisions.

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