Budget 2021-22 + FINANCE Bill, 2021

Extension of date of incorporation for eligible start up for exemption and for investment in eligible start-up

The existing provisions of the section 80-IAC of the Act, inter alia, provides for a deduction of an amount equal to hundred percent of the profits and gains derived from an eligible business by an eligible start-up for three consecutive assessment years out of ten years at the option of the assessee. This is subject to the condition that the total turnover of its business does not exceed one hundred crore rupees. The eligible start-up is required to be incorporated on or after 1st day of April, 2016 but before 1st day of April 2021.

The existing provisions of the section 54GB of the Act, inter alia, provide for exemption of capital gain which arises from the transfer of a long-term capital asset, being a residential property (a house or a plot of land), owned by the eligible assessee. The assessee is required to utilise the net consideration for subscription in the equity shares of an eligible start-up, before the due date of furnishing of return of income under sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Act. The eligible start-up is required to utilise this amount for purchase of new asset within one year from the date of subscription in equity shares by the assessee. Further, it has been provided that benefit is available only when the residential property is transferred on or before 31st March, 2021.

In order to help such eligible start-up and help investment in them,-

(i) it is proposed to amend the provisions of section 80-IAC of the Act to extend the outer date of incorporation to before 1st April, 2022; and

(ii) it is proposed to amend the provisions of section 54GB of the Act to extend the outer date of transfer of residential property from 31st March 2021 to 31st March 2022.

These amendments will take effect from 1st April, 2021.

[Clauses 19 and 25]

 

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Budget 2021-22 + FINANCE Bill, 2021

Startup incorporation date extension expands eligibility for tax deduction and capital gains reinvestment benefits through amended provisions. The proposal extends temporal eligibility for startup tax benefits by amending the startup deduction and capital gains reinvestment exemption: the outer date for incorporation of eligible start ups is extended to enlarge eligibility for the hundred percent deduction (subject to the turnover ceiling and three year within ten year rule), and the outer date for qualifying transfers of residential property is extended so more capital gains can be reinvested in eligible start ups; both amendments take effect from the start of the fiscal year.