Income Tax : Unveiling the intricacies of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) in India. Understand its purpose, computation, and recent developments. N...
Income Tax : MAT credit should be accounted in books as it satisfies definition of Asset as per Framework for preparation and presentation of F...
Income Tax : MAT stands for Minimum Alternate Tax and AMT stands for Alternate Minimum Tax. Initially the concept of MAT was introduced for com...
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...
Income Tax : Minimum Alternative Tax (Section 115JB) MAT Stands for Minimum Alternative Tax, he objective of introduction of MAT is to bring in...
Income Tax : In order to attract fresh investment in manufacturing and provide boost to 'Make-in India' initiative of the Government, another p...
Income Tax : The computation of book profit under section 115JB is a complicated and vexed issue with diverse interpretations possible on vario...
Income Tax : Relaxation in the provisions relating to levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) in case of companies against whom an application for ...
Income Tax : Relevant part of MAT-Ind AS Committee Report dated 17th June, 2017 containing recommendations regarding amendment to the provision...
Income Tax : Apex Industry body ASSOCHAM has advocated continuation of the exemption from MAT (Minimum Alternative Tax) by the insertion of a s...
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...
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...
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...
Income Tax : PCIT-4 Vs Krishi Rasayan Exports Pvt. Ltd (Calcutta High Court) Whether the interest subsidy and excise refund would be treated as...
Income Tax : ACIT Vs Genus Electrotech Limited (ITAT Delhi) Held that sales tax incentive subsidy and excise duty incentive are in the nature o...
Income Tax : Representations have been received from the stakeholders seeking clarification on following issues relating to exercise of option ...
Income Tax : Details of the amount required to be increased or decreased in accordance with sub-section (2A) of section 115JB- [Applicable only...
Income Tax : Clarifications with FAQs on computation of book profit for the purposes of levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under section 115JB...
Income Tax : CBDT press release on Issues arising from the implementation of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) provisions relating to Indian Accounti...
Income Tax : References are being received by the Board that in certain cases appellate authorities are dismissing appeals without going into t...
Brief facts leading to the reference are as under. The respondent assessee is a company registered under the Companies Act. For the assessment year 20032004, the assessee had filed return of income declaring nil income. The Assessing Officer framed the order of assessment on 27.03.2006
Details of the amount required to be increased or decreased in accordance with sub-section (2A) of section 115JB- [Applicable only where the financial statements of the company are drawn up in compliance with the Indian Accounting Standards specified in Annexure to the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 for the previous year or any part thereof]
Several companies that were having large profit from business and distributing substantial portion of the income to their shareholders as dividend, were reducing their tax liability by availing various deductions and exemptions available in the Act.
I am sharing MAT Summary of just 4 pages covering almost all the provisions relating to MAT (Minimum Alternate Tax). This Summary is relevant to A.Y. 2017-18 and include amendments made by Finance Act 2016.
Relevant part of MAT-Ind AS Committee Report dated 17th June, 2017 containing recommendations regarding amendment to the provisions of the section 115JB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in respect of Ind AS Compliant Companies.
Clarifications with FAQs on computation of book profit for the purposes of levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under section 115JB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) compliant companies.
CBDT press release on Issues arising from the implementation of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) provisions relating to Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) compliant companies.
References are being received by the Board that in certain cases appellate authorities are dismissing appeals without going into the merits of the case by relying on the definition of `tax effect’ as defined in Circular No. 21/2015, which prescribes the monetary limit for filing appeals before various appellate authorities.
The year ending 31 March, 2017, witnessed many companies preparing their financial statements as per the Indian Accounting Standards (‘Ind-AS’) for the first time. Ind-AS is a set of accounting standards that converge with the International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’) and require companies to adopt fair value accounting. The first time adoption of Ind-AS requires […]
1. Background With companies having net worth exceeding INR 500 crores required to converge their financials with the Indian Accounting Standards (IND AS) for financial years beginning on or after 1 April, 2016, the Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) implications for section 115JB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (ITA) were a big mystery. The Finance […]
