Deduction eligibility expanded to resident non-company assessees, subject to audited accounts and prescribed audit report.

Amendment extends deduction eligibility from Indian companies to resident assessees other than companies, replaces Central Government references with the Board, adds a transitional proviso transferring pending and preserving prior approvals to the Board, and requires non-company/non-co-operative assessees to submit a prescribed auditor's report with their return based on an audit by an accountant as defined under the audit provision to claim the deduction.

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