Treatment of accumulated losses and unabsorbed depreciation allows continuity on corporate reorganisations subject to compliance conditions.
Clause 116 permits continuity of accumulated loss and unabsorbed depreciation on amalgamation, demerger and related reorganisations by deeming the transferor's tax attributes to be those of the transferee or successor, subject to conditions such as asset retention and business continuity. It limits transfers in strategic disinvestment to amounts existing when public sector status ceased, allocates losses in demergers according to transferred undertakings or retained assets, extends treatment to successor entities including LLPs, and empowers the Central Government to prescribe conditions; non compliance attracts tax liabilities for successor entities.