Supreme Court: Breach of Contract is Not Cheating Unless Fraud Existed From the Outset  ||  Supreme Court: Specific Performance of an Agreement to Sell May be Denied After a Long Delay  ||  Supreme Court: Section 498A IPC Applies to Live-In Relationships in Nature of Marriage  ||  Supreme Court Awards Rs.83.38 Lakh to Child Left Paralysed, Stressing Impact on the Victim’s Future  ||  J&K and Ladakh High Court: Private Trust Cannot Oppose Wakf Takeover Without Legal Authority  ||  P&H HC: Courts Cannot Grant Protection to a Minor’s Live-In Relationship Prohibited By Law  ||  Chhattisgarh High Court: NEET OMR Tampering Allegations Cannot Rest on Mere Suspicion  ||  Allahabad High Court Upholds Conviction, Says a Reliable Dying Declaration Alone Can Sustain Guilt  ||  Bombay HC Criticises ITAT for Delays in Pronouncing Orders Beyond 90-Day Limit  ||  P&H High Court Criticises Punjab For Spending on Freebies and Ads While Delaying Employee Dues    

Approval of Eligible Projects or Schemes under Section 35AC of the Income Tax Act, 1961- (Press Information Bureau) (19 Aug 2016)

MANU/PIBU/0710/2016

Direct Taxation

Section 35AC of the Income Tax Act 1961, inter alia provides for a deduction in computing the business income of an assessee, of the amount paid by him to a Public Sector company or a local authority or to an association or institution approved by the National Committee for carrying-out any eligible project or scheme.

Section 35AC of the Income Tax Act, as amended by the Finance Act, 2016, provides that no deduction under this Section shall be allowed in respect of any assessment year commencing on or after 1st April, 2018. Accordingly, the benefit of deduction under Section 35AC of the I.T. Act is available only up to previous year ending 31-03-2017 (Assessment Year 2017-18) in respect of the payments made to association or institution already approved by the National Committee for carrying-out any eligible project or scheme. In view of the above, it may be noted that requests received after 31st December, 2016 for the grant/modification/extension of approval beyond 31st March, 2017 under Section 35AC of the Income-Tax Act shall not be considered/entertained by the National Committee.

Tags : PROJECTS   APPROVALS  

Share :        

Disclaimer | Copyright 2026 - All Rights Reserved