Sales tax deferral scheme-Provisions of section 43B of the Income-tax Act, 1961-Clarification regarding

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....red to entrepreneurs setting up industries in backward areas. Under these schemes, eligible units are permitted to collect sales tax and retain such tax for a prescribed period. After this period, the sales tax is to be paid to the Government either in lump sum or in instalments. 2. Section 43B of the Income-tax Act, 1961, introduced by the Finance Act, 1983, with effect from 1-4-1984 provides in....

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.... effect of diluting the incentive offered by the deferral schemes. 4. The matter has been examined in consultation with the Ministry of Law and the various State Governments. The Ministry of Law has opined that if the State Governments make an amendment in the Sales Tax Act to the effect that the sales tax deferred under the scheme shall be treated as actually paid, such a deeming provision will ....