Inland Revenue Act 2006 · As enacted · Chapter III · Exemption from Income Tex
18. Exemption from income tax of certain undertakings for infrastructure development
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The profits and income within the meaning of paragraph (a) of section 3 (other than any profits and income from the sale of capital assets) of any company from any specified undertaking referred to in subsection (2), shall be exempt from income tax for a period not less than six years but not more than twelve years as may be determined by the
Minister by Order published in the Gazette, if the amount of the investment made by such company in such undertaking is not less than one thousand million rupees. Such period shall be reckoned, from commencement of the year of assessment in which the undertaking commences to make profits or any year of assessment not later than two years reckoned from the date on which the undertaking commences to carry on commercial operations, whichever is earlier.
For the purposes of subsection (1) “specified undertaking” in relation to a company means an undertaking carried on by such company and which is engaged in any such activity relating to infrastructure development as may be determined by the Minister by Order published in the
Gazette, having regard to the interests of the national economy.
Chapter IV
Ascertainment of Profits or Income
Chapter V
Ascertainment of Total Statutory Income
Chapter VI
Ascertainment of Assesable Income
Chapter VII
Ascertainment of Taxable Income
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Special Provisions Relating to the Taxation of Certain Profits and of Dividends Out of Such Profits
Chapter X
Companies
Chapter XI
Special Cases a – Children
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Payment of Tax by Self-Assessment
Chapter XIV
Deduction of Income Tax from Remuneration of Employees by Employers
Chapter XV
Provisions Relating to the Payment of Income Tax by a Government Institution
Chapter XVI
Deductions from Interest Paid by Banks and Financial Institutions
Chapter XVII
Deduction of Income Tax from Specified Fees Paid by Specified Persons
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Deduction of Income Tax from Any Annuity or Royalty Paid or Any Management Fee Paid or Similar Payment Made by Any Person or Partnership
Chapter XXI
Retention of Moneys in Certain Provident Funds
Chapter XXII
Assessments
Chapter XXIII
Appeals A-Appeals to the Commissioner-General
Chapter XXIV
Finality of Assessments and Penalty for Incorrect Returns
Chapter XXV
Tax in Default and Sums Added Thereto
Chapter XXVI
Recovery of Tax
Chapter XXVII
Miscellaneous
Chapter XXVIII
Repayment
Chapter XXIX
Penalties and Offences
Chapter XXX
Administration
Chapter XXXI
General
Chapter XXXII
Interpretation
Chapter XXXIII