Start-up tax deduction: eligible start-ups may claim a consecutive-years profits exemption within the first decade, subject to certification and anti-abuse rules.
Clause 140 provides that an eligible start-up deriving profits from an eligible business may claim a full deduction for three consecutive tax years chosen within ten years of incorporation, subject to eligibility limits, certification by an Inter-Ministerial Board, audit and filing requirements, restrictions on formation by splitting or asset transfer, treatment rules for previously used imported machinery and de minimis used-asset transfers, recomputation at market or arm's length value for intra-group transactions, Assessing Officer powers to adjust profits, a bar on double deductions, and a governmental power to notify prospective exclusions of classes of undertakings.