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Issues: (i) Whether the assessee was entitled to the concessional tax rate under section 115BAA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 without filing Form 10-IC by the prescribed due date. (ii) Whether the assessee's alternate claim for application of the 25% tax rate, based on turnover criteria, required factual verification.
Issue (i): Whether the assessee was entitled to the concessional tax rate under section 115BAA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 without filing Form 10-IC by the prescribed due date.
Analysis: Section 115BAA grants a reduced corporate tax rate to domestic companies only upon exercise of the option in the prescribed manner within the time linked to section 139(1). Rule 21AE of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 prescribes Form 10-IC for availing the option. The assessee had not filed Form 10-IC by the extended due date for furnishing the return and had not filed it even by the time of decision. The Tribunal found no infirmity in denying the concessional rate on that basis.
Conclusion: The claim for tax at 22% under section 115BAA was rejected and the finding was against the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether the assessee's alternate claim for application of the 25% tax rate, based on turnover criteria, required factual verification.
Analysis: The alternate plea depended on the applicable turnover condition under the Finance Act, 2019 and required verification of the relevant financial figures. As the Revenue sought factual examination and the material required verification, the matter was restored to the Assessing Officer for appropriate verification and computation according to law after giving the assessee an opportunity of hearing.
Conclusion: The alternate claim was remanded for verification and was in favour of the assessee to that extent.
Final Conclusion: The appeal succeeded only on the alternate tax-rate issue, which was sent back for verification, while the main claim for concessional taxation under section 115BAA failed for non-compliance with the prescribed filing requirement.
Ratio Decidendi: The concessional tax regime under section 115BAA is available only on timely filing of the prescribed option form in the manner and within the time mandated by the statute and rules.
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