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    Hierarchy of tax authorities clarified: consolidation and streamlined nomenclature aim to centralise appellate functions and improve clarity.
    Clause 236 consolidates the hierarchy of income-tax authorities-from the Central Board of Direct Taxes to Inspectors and Tax Recovery Officers-streamlining nomenclature and grouping alternative designations. It notably omits Deputy Commissioners (Appeals), signalling possible consolidation of first-level appellate functions at higher levels, and leaves allocation of specific powers and appellate responsibilities to subordinate rules and notifications.
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    Tonnage tax exclusion: anti abuse power to remove companies from the regime where transactions lack bona fide commercial purpose.
    Clause 234(4)-(7) empowers the Assessing Officer to exclude a tonnage tax company by written order where transactions amount to an abuse of the tonnage tax scheme, operating retrospectively from the first day of the tax year in which the transaction was entered into; exclusion requires prior show cause notice and higher-level approval, and does not apply where the company satisfies the Assessing Officer that the transaction was a bona fide commercial arrangement not entered into for tax advantage.
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    Anti-abuse safeguards in tonnage tax: exclusion applies where arrangements produce tax advantages for non-eligible activities.
    Clause 234(1)-(3) excludes the tonnage tax scheme where a tonnage tax company is party to any transaction or arrangement that constitutes an abuse by resulting, or that would but for the clause have resulted, in a tax advantage for persons other than the tonnage tax company or for the company in respect of its non-tonnage activities. "Tax advantage" includes manipulation of expense or interest allowances or cost allocation affecting non-tonnage income or loss, and transactions producing more than ordinary profits from tonnage tax activities.
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    Temporary cessation of operations preserves tonnage tax continuity, but temporary loss of qualifying status suspends benefits for that period.
    A company is deemed to be operating a qualifying ship for tonnage tax purposes during periods of temporary cessation of operations, so long as the cessation is not permanent; however, a ship that temporarily ceases to meet the statutory criteria of a qualifying ship is excluded from qualifying status for the period of non-qualification and cannot attract tonnage tax benefits during that time.
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    Continuity of tonnage tax benefits preserves scheme application for qualifying companies after demerger, subject to statutory conditions.
    Where a demerged company transfers its business to a resulting company before expiry of its tonnage tax option, the tonnage tax scheme shall, subject to other provisions, apply to the resulting company for the unexpired period if it is a qualifying company; similarly, the demerged company retains its option for the unexpired period if it continues to be a qualifying company, with both continuities conditional on statutory eligibility, procedural compliance, and anti-avoidance requirements.
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    Continuity of tonnage tax: amalgamated qualifying shipping companies retain the scheme subject to qualifying status and option deadlines.
    Clause 233(1)-(4) secures continuity of the tonnage tax regime on amalgamation by applying the scheme to the amalgamated company if it remains a qualifying company, requiring non-tonnage amalgamated companies to elect the scheme within a prescribed short period, granting the amalgamated entity the longest unexpired option period when multiple merging companies are under the scheme, and excluding entities that failed to elect during the original implementation window from accessing the regime post-amalgamation.
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    Tonnage determination by statutory certificates ensures objective tonnage income computation and limits administrative discretion, aligning with international practice.
    The net tonnage for tonnage income must be determined from prescribed certificates: Indian ships by Merchant Shipping Rules or the 1969 Convention certificate as applicable; foreign ships by a DG Shipping licence reflecting Flag State tonnage certificates or other evidence acceptable to the DG; inland vessels by Inland Vessels Act, 2021 certificates. Reliance on statutory certificates is central, reducing subjective measurement and constraining administrative assessment to verification of certificate authenticity.
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    Tonnage tax compliance: separate books and certified accountant's report required or tonnage tax option lapses for the year.
    Clause 232(21) makes the tonnage tax option contingent, each year, on maintaining separate books of account for qualifying ship operations and on furnishing a prescribed, duly signed and verified accountant's report before the specified filing date; failure of either requirement renders the tonnage tax option ineffective for that tax year.
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    Charter in cap limits chartered tonnage; breach triggers loss of tonnage tax benefit and possible scheme disqualification.
    Clause 232(15)-(20) limits chartered in net tonnage for tonnage tax electors, requires assessment on average net tonnage with the averaging method prescribed in consultation with the Director General of Shipping, excludes bareboat charter cum demise vessels from charter in calculations, and prescribes loss of tonnage tax benefit for a year of breach and permanent cessation of the option after two consecutive years of breach.
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    Minimum training requirement - automatic loss of tonnage tax eligibility after consecutive noncompliance; annual certification required with tax return.
    Companies opting for the tonnage tax regime must train trainee officers as per guidelines of the Director-General of Shipping and furnish an annually issued compliance certificate in the prescribed form with their tax return; sustained non-compliance over consecutive years results in automatic cessation of the company's option for the tonnage tax scheme from the year following the concluding year of default. Delegation to the Director-General allows technical adaptability but leaves open statutory ambiguities on thresholds, partial compliance and transitional treatment.
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    Tonnage Tax Reserve requirement ties tonnage tax access to reinvestment in qualifying shipping assets under the Bill.
    Clause 232 conditions tonnage tax access on crediting a specified portion of book profit from qualifying shipping activities to a Tonnage Tax Reserve Account, usable within eight years for acquisition of a new ship or inland vessel; interim restrictions prevent distribution or foreign remittance, and proportional re taxation, carryforward rules, and cessation of the option after sustained default enforce compliance.
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    Tonnage tax disqualification: companies face a ten-year bar on re-entry after opting out, default, or formal exclusion.
    Clause 231(12) bars a qualifying company from opting for the tonnage tax scheme for ten years where the company: voluntarily opts out; defaults in complying with the specified compliance provisions; or has its option excluded by a formal exclusion order, with the disqualification period measured from the date of the triggering event.
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    Tonnage tax renewal requires timely application and procedural parity with initial grant, subject to eligibility and potential ineligibility period.
    Clause 231(10) requires renewal of an approved tonnage tax option within one year from the end of the tax year in which the prior option ceases, with renewal discretionary and subject to approval or refusal by the competent authority. Clause 231(11) imports sub sections (1) to (10) to apply equally to renewals, ensuring procedural parity-application format, eligibility checks, opportunity of being heard, timelines and cessation consequences-but leaves unresolved whether benefits continue during pendency or whether delayed applications may be condoned.
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    Tonnage tax lock in establishes a multi year tenure and automatic cessation for qualification loss or compliance defaults.
    Clause 231(8)-(9) provides that an approved tonnage tax option remains in force for ten years from the tax year of exercise, and ceases from the tax year in which the company ceases to qualify, defaults on compliance under section 232(1)-(20), is excluded under the exclusion provision, or voluntarily declares in writing to the Assessing Officer that the part will not apply; on cessation, shipping profits are computed under the general provisions of the Act.
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    Tonnage tax opting procedure ensures time-bound approval and procedural fairness under the updated legislative framework.
    A qualifying company must apply in the prescribed form to the Joint Commissioner within the statutory window; the Commissioner may call for documents, must afford an opportunity of being heard before refusing, and must communicate a written order within a set time measured from the end of the processing quarter. On approval, the tonnage tax regime applies from the tax year in which the option is exercised, with transitional provisions for IFSC units and further clauses governing duration, cessation, renewal and a bar on re-entry.
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    Exclusion of book profits: tonnage tax income is removed from MAT computation to preserve the presumptive shipping regime.
    Clause 228(16) excludes the book profit or loss derived from the activities of a tonnage tax company, as defined in Clause 228(1), from the company's book profit for the purposes of section 206, thereby preventing MAT from applying to profits attributable to qualifying core and incidental shipping activities; the exclusion operates alongside detailed provisions on caps for incidental income, allocation of costs and depreciation, treatment of non qualifying ships, and transfer pricing adjustments.
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    Capital gains on qualifying ships taxed under tonnage tax regime with WDV computed for block of qualifying assets.
    Profits or gains on transfer of capital assets forming part of the block of qualifying ships are chargeable to income-tax, with capital gains computed under the capital gains provisions specified in the Bill. For that computation, references to "written down value of the block of assets" are to be read as the "written down value of the block of qualifying assets", and that WDV is to be determined by the method prescribed in sub-section (2) of Clause 229.
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    Tonnage tax loss set off limited to shipping income; pre option losses deemed set off and apportionment must be reasonable.
    Clause 230(2)-(4) (and mirror Section 115VM) deem pre option losses attributable to the tonnage tax business to have been set off against relevant shipping income while under the tonnage tax regime, bar their set off against non shipping income after opting in, and require any necessary apportionment to be made on a reasonable basis, creating documentary and evidentiary obligations and potential disputes over apportionment and the definition of relevant shipping income.
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    Tonnage tax exclusion: carry forward and deductions barred, creating a self contained computation regime for shipping companies under new bill
    Clause 230(1) creates a self contained tonnage tax computation by deeming all business losses, allowances and deductions to have been given full effect in their year of origin, prohibiting carry forward or set off of shipping business losses once under the tonnage regime, excluding general chapter based deductions from tonnage profits, and requiring written down values of assets to be computed as if depreciation had been claimed and allowed each relevant year.
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    Depreciation under tonnage tax: explicit WDV allocation formulas clarify asset classification and continuity of depreciation claims.
    Clause 229(1)-(7) mandates that, on entering the tonnage tax regime, depreciation be computed on the written down value attributable to qualifying ships by dividing the existing block WDV between qualifying and non qualifying assets using explicit proportional formulas; separate qualifying asset blocks are created, WDV is transferred proportionally upon reclassification, intra year depreciation is apportioned by days of use, and the resulting WDV blocks are deemed carried forward from the preceding year to preserve continuity.

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      OTHER PROPOSALS INVOLVING CHANGES IN BASIC CUSTOMS DUTY RATES IN NOTIFICATIONS

      3 February, 2020

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      S.No

      Heading, sub-heading, tariff item

      Commodity

      From

      To

       

       

      Animals

       

       

      1.

      0101 21 00

      Pure-bred breeding horses

      30%

      Nil

       

       

      Fuels, Chemicals and Plastics

       

       

      2.

      27

      Very low Sulphur fuel oil meeting ISO 8217:2017 RMG380 Viscosity in 220-400 CST standards/Marine Fuel 0.5% (FO), under the same conditions as available to IFO 180 CST and IFO 380 CST under entry at S. No. 139 of notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated 30.06.2017.

      10%

      Nil

      3.

      2713 12 10, 2713 1290

      Calcined Petroleum Coke

      10%

      7.5%

      4.

      2843

      Colloidal precious metals; compounds of precious metals; amalgams of precious metals

      7.5%

      10%

      5.

      2916 12 10

      Butyl Acrylate

      5%

      7.5%

      6.

      3907 99 90

      Polyester Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCP) for use in manufacture of connectors

      7.5%

       Nil

      7.

      3920 10 99

      Calendared plastic sheets for use in manufacturing of smart cards

      10%

      5%

       

       

      Paper Industry

       

       

      8.

      48

      a) Newsprint, if the importer, at the time of import is an establishment registered with the Registrar of Newspapers, India (RNI)

      b) Uncoated paper used for printing newspaper, if the importer, at the time of import' is an establishment registered with the Registrar of Newspapers, India (RNI)

      c) Lightweight coated paper used for printing magazines, subject to end-use conditions

      10%

      5%

       

       

      Sports Goods

       

       

      9.

      44

      List of items allowed duty free import up to 3% of FOB value of sports goods exported in the preceding financial year is being amended to include-Willow

      Applicable rate

      Nil

       

       

      Precious Stones and Metals

       

       

      10.

      7108

      Gold used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices or light emitting diodes

      Nil

      12.5%

      11.

      7103

      Rubies, emeralds, sapphires - unset and imported uncut

      Nil

      0.5%

      12.

      7103

      Rough coloured gemstones

      Nil

      0.5%

      13.

      7103

      Rough semi-precious stones

      Nil

      0.5%

      14.

      7103

      Pre-forms of precious and semi-precious stones

      Nil

      0.5%

      15.

      7104

      Rough synthetic gemstones

      Nil

      0.5%

      16.

      7104

      Rough cubic zirconia

      Nil

      0.5%

      17.

      7104

      Polished Cubic Zirconia

      5%

      7.5%

      18.

      7110

      Platinum or Palladium used in manufacture of-.

      a) All goods, including Noble Metal Compounds and Noble Metal Solutions [2843]

      b) Catalyst with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance [3815 12]

      12.5%

      7.5%

      19.

      7112

      Spent Catalyst/Ash containing precious metal like gold from which such precious metal is retrieved subject to specified conditions.

      12.5%

      11.85%

       

       

      Machinery

       

       

      20.

      84

      Goods specified in List 10 of Notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated 30.62017, required for use in high voltage power transmission project

      5%

      7.5%

      21.

      8432 80 20

      Rotary tillers/weeder

      2.5%

      7.5%

      22.

      84 or any other Chapter

      Goods specified in List 14 of Notification No. 50/2017 - Customs dated 30.6.2017, required for construction of road like paver finisher, machines for filling up cracks in roads, mobile bridge inspection units etc.

      Nil

      Applicable BCD

      23.

      8501

      Motors like Single Phase AC motors, Stepper motors, Wiper Motors etc.

      7.5%

      10%

       

       

      Electronic goods, parts thereof

       

       

      24.

      74

      Copper and articles thereof used in manufacturing of specified electronic items

      Nil

      Applicable BCD

      25.

      8504 40

      Specified Chargers and power adapters

      Applicable BCD

      20%

      26.

      8517 70 10

      PCBA of Cellular mobile phones (with effect from 01.04.2020)

      10%

      20%

      27.

      8517 70 90

      Fingerprint readers/scanner, for use in Cellular mobile phones

      Nil

      15%

      28.

      8517 70 90

      Vibrator/Ringer of Cellular mobile phones(with effect from 01.10.2020)

      Nil

      10%

      29.

      8517 70 90

      Display Panel and Touch Assembly of Cellular mobile phones (with effect from 01.10.2020)

      Nil

      10%

      30.

      8518 30 00

      Headphones and Earphones

      Applicable BCD

      15%

      31.

      8518 90 00

      Following parts of Microphone for use in manufacture of Microphone namely,

      a) microphone cartridge

      b) microphone holder

      c) microphone grill

      d) microphone body

      10%

      Nil

      32.

      8538

      Micro-fuse base, sub-miniature fuse base, Micro-fuse Cover and sub-miniature fuse cover for use in manufacture of micro fuse and sub-miniature fuse.

      7.5%

      Nil

       

       

      Automobile and automobile parts

       

       

      33.

      2843

      Noble metal solutions and noble metal compounds used in manufacture of catalytic converter and their parts

      5%

      10%

      34.

      7110

      Platinum or Palladium used in manufacturing of catalytic converter and their parts

      5%

      Applicable BCD

      35.

      84 or any other Chapter

      (A) Parts of catalytic converter tor manufacture of catalytic converters.

      (B) The following goods for use in the manufacture of catalytic converters and its parts, namely: -

      (i) Raw substrates (ceramics)

      (ii) Wash coated substrates (ceramics)

      (iii) Raw substrates (metal)

      (iv) Wash coated substrates (metal)

      (v) Stainless steel wire cloth stripe

      (vi) Wash coat

      5%

      7.5%

      36.

      8702, 8704

      Completely Built Units (CBUs) of commercial vehicles (other than electric vehicles) (with effect from 01.04.2020)

      30%

      40%

      37.

      8702, 8704

      Completely Built Units (CBUs) of commercial electric vehicles (with effect from 01.04.2020)

      25%

      40%

      38.

      8703

      Semi Knocked Down (SKD) forms of electric passenger vehicles (with effect from 01.04.2020)

      15%

      30%

      39.

      8702, 8704, 8711

      Semi Knocked Down (SKD) forms of electric vehicles- Bus, Trucks and Two wheelers (with effect from 01.04.2020)

      15%

      25%

      40.

      8702, 8703, 8704, 8711

      Completely Knocked Down (CKD) forms of electric vehicles - Passenger vehicles, Three wheelers, Two wheelers, Bus and Trucks (with effect from 01.04.2020)

      10%

      15%

       

       

      Defence sector

       

       

      41.

      73,84,85,87,88,89,90,93

      Exemption from import duty for specified military equipment, when imported by Defense PSUs and other PSUs for defence forces.

      As applicable

      Nil

       

       


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