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Chapter VIII · Deductions to Be Made in Computing Total Income

139Deductions in respect of profits and gains by an undertaking or enterprise engaged in development of Special Economic Zone.

Section 139 · Chapter VIII · C.—Deductions in respect of certain incomes · page 176 of the Act

In respect of any tax year, where—

(a) the gross total income of an assessee, being a Developer, includes any profits and gains derived by an undertaking or an enterprise from any business of developing a Special Economic Zone, notified on or after the 1st April, 2005 under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) referred to in section 80-IAB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961); and

(b) such assessee is eligible to claim a deduction from the profits and gains derived from such business for such tax year under the provisions of the said section, as if the said Act had not been repealed, there shall be allowed, in computing the total income of the assessee, a deduction from the profits and gains derived from such business, subject to the conditions that—

(i) the amount of deduction is calculated as per the provisions of section 80-IAB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961); and

(ii) the deduction under this Act shall be allowed only for such tax years, as would have been allowed under section 80-IAB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), as if the said Act had not been repealed.

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