2025Section 206
206. Special provision for minimum alternate tax and alternate minimum tax
In the 1961 Act5 matches · Unreviewed
- 1961 Sections 115JAA, 115JC, 115JD, 115JE, 115JEE
- 206(4) → 1961 Section 115JAA
- 1961 Section 115JB
- 206(5) → 1961 115JB(5)
- 1961 Section 115JF
From the Income Tax Department's correspondence.
(b) For the purposes of clause (a), the expressions "minimum alternate tax" means the amount of tax computed on the book profit—
(ii) in case of any other company, at a rate of 28[14%].
(c) For the purposes of this section, "book profit" means the profit as shown in the statement of profit and loss for the relevant tax year prepared as per clause (f), as increased by—
and as reduced by—
and as further adjusted by the amounts referred to in clause (d).
(d) While computing the book profit under this section, the following amounts shall be further adjusted:—
and the income-tax payable thereon as per the provisions of this Act, other than the provisions of this Part, is at a rate less than the rate specified in clause (b), then—
(iii) in case of a company, which has transferred any capital asset, being share of a special purpose vehicle to a business trust,—
(iv) in case of a company that has transferred units referred to in section 70(1)(zi) and, where the gain or loss on such transfer has been computed by taking into account—
then, the gain on transfer of such units is to be added, and the loss on transfer of such units is to be reduced;
(vi) in case of a company, where the Tribunal, on an application moved by the Central Government under section 241 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) has after suspension of the Board of Directors of such company has nominated new directors under section 242 of the said Act, the aggregate amount of unabsorbed depreciation and loss (excluding depreciation) brought forward of such company and its subsidiary and the subsidiary of such subsidiary, is to be reduced;
(vii) in case of a company against whom corporate insolvency resolution process has been admitted by the Adjudicating Authority under section 7 or 9 or 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), the aggregate amount of unabsorbed depreciation and loss (excluding depreciation) brought forward, is to be reduced;
(viii) in case of a company being a sick industrial company under section 17(1) of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (1 of 1986), as it stood immediately before its repeal by the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003 (1 of 2004), the profits for the period commencing from the tax year in which such company has become a sick industrial company and ending with the tax year during which the entire net worth of such company becomes equal to or exceeds the accumulated losses, is to be reduced;
(ix) in case of a company, whose financial statements are drawn up in compliance with the Indian Accounting Standards specified in Annexure to the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 made under the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the amounts mentioned in column A of the Table below shall be added and the amounts mentioned in column B of the said Table below are to be reduced:
TABLE
| Amounts (to be added) | Amounts (to be reduced) |
|---|---|
| A | B |
| (1) Amounts credited to the statement of profit and loss as referred in clause (e)(i). | (1) Amounts debited to the statement of profit and loss as referred in clause (e)(i). |
| (2) The amounts or aggregate of the amounts debited to the statement of profit and loss on distribution as referred in clause (e)(ii). | (2) The amounts or aggregate of the amounts credited to the statement of profit and loss on distribution as referred in clause (e)(ii). |
| (3) Amount being one-fifth of the transition amount in the year of convergence and each of the following four tax years. | (3) Amount being one-fifth of the transition amount in the year of convergence and each of the following four tax years. |
| (4) The amount or the aggregate of the amounts referred to in clause (e)(iii), if such amount is not decreased. | (4) The amount or the aggregate of the amounts referred to in clause (e)(iii), if such amount is not increased. |
| (5) The amount or the aggregate of the amounts referred to in clause (e)(iv), if such amount is not decreased. | (5) The amount or the aggregate of the amounts referred to in clause (e)(iv), if such amount is not increased. |
(i) the amount referred to in columns A and B of serial number 1 of the said Table shall be the other comprehensive income in the statement of profit and loss under the head "Items that will not be re-classified to profit or loss", excluding—
and the amount or the aggregate of the amounts referred to in sub-clause (i)(A) and (B) for the tax year or any of the preceding tax years, and relatable to such investment or asset, in the tax year in which the said investment or asset is retired, disposed, realised or otherwise transferred;
(f) For the purposes of book profit under clause (c), every company shall prepare its statement of profit and loss for the relevant tax year in the following manner:—
shall be the same as have been adopted for the purpose of preparing such accounts including statement of profit and loss and laid before the company at its annual general meeting as per the provisions of section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), or correspond to the accounting policies, accounting standards and the method and rates for calculating the depreciation which have been adopted for preparing such accounts including statement of profit and loss for, such financial year or part of such financial year falling within the relevant tax year, where the company has adopted or adopts the financial year which is different from the tax year under this Act.
(h) In the case of a resulting company, where the property and the liabilities of the undertaking or undertakings being received by it are recorded at values different from the values appearing in the books of account of the demerged company immediately before the demerger, any change in such value shall be ignored for the purpose of computation of book profit of the resulting company under this sub-section.
(ii) 29[the assessee has not utilised the credit of tax paid under section 115JAA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), in any subsequent tax year ending on or before the 31st March, 2026,]
the Assessing Officer shall, on an application made to him in this behalf by the assessee,—
(l) The provisions of this sub-section shall not be applicable to any assessee, being a foreign company, where—
(i) the assessee is a resident of a country or a specified territory with which India has an agreement referred to in section 159(1) or the Central Government has adopted any agreement under section 159(2) and the assessee does not have a permanent establishment in India as per the provisions of such agreement; or
(iii) the total income of the assessee comprises solely of profits and gains from business referred to in section 61(2) 30[***], and such income has been offered to tax at the rates specified in the respective sections.
(m) 31[***]
(n) 31[***]
(o) 31[***]
(p) 31[***]
(q) The provisions of this 32[sub-section] shall not apply to a person,—
(r) 33[***]
(s) Every company to 34[which this sub-section] applies, shall furnish a report in the prescribed form from an accountant, certifying that the book profit in its case has been computed as per the provisions of this section—
(ii) where tax credit in respect of any income-tax paid in any country or specified territory outside India, under section 159(1) or (2), allowed against the alternate minimum tax payable exceeds such tax credit admissible against the regular income-tax payable by the assessee, then, while computing the credit under clause (e), such excess amount shall be ignored.
and such carry forward shall not be allowed beyond the fifteenth tax year immediately succeeding the tax year in which the tax credit becomes allowable under clause (e).
(j) Every person to which this sub-section applies, shall furnish a report in the prescribed form from an accountant, certifying that the adjusted total income and alternate minimum tax in its case have been computed as per the provisions of this sub-section before the specified date referred to in section 63.
(a) 35[The provisions of this sub-section shall be applicable only to an assessee, being a domestic company, that has exercised the option under section 200(5) or section 201(2) for a tax year, beginning on or after the 1st April, 2026.
(b) Where any amount of credit, in respect of tax paid, was allowed to be carried forward to the assessee under the provisions of section 115JAA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), as on 31st March, 2026,––
Footnotes
- 28.Sub. for "15%" by Act No. 4 of 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026.↩
- 29.Sub. by Act No. 4 of 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026. Prior to its substitution, sub-clause (ii) read as under : "(ii) the assessee has not utilised the credit of tax paid under this sub-section in any subsequent tax year under clauses (m), (n), (o) and (p),"↩
- 30.Words "(Table: Sl. Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5)" omtt. by Act No. 4 of 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026.↩
- 31.Clauses (m), (n), (o) and (p) omtt. by Act No. 4 of 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026. Prior to their omission, clauses (m), (n), (o) and (p) read as under : "(m) Where any tax is paid under clause (a) by an assessee, then, credit shall be allowed to him of an amount in excess of such minimum alternate tax over the tax payable by such assessee on his total income computed as per the other provisions of this Act for that tax year. (n) While allowing credit under clause (m),— (i) no interest shall be payable on the tax credit so allowed; and (ii) where tax credit in respect of any income-tax paid in any country or specified territory outside India, under section 159(1) or (2), allowed against the minimum alternate tax exceeds such tax credit admissible against the tax payable by the assessee on its income as per the other provisions of this Act, then, while computing the credit under clause (m), such excess amount shall be ignored. (o) (i) The tax credit determined under clause (m) shall be carried forward, and— (A) set off in a year, when tax payable on the total income computed as per the provisions of this Act exceeds the minimum alternate tax; and (B) such set off in respect of brought forward tax credit shall be allowed for any tax year to the extent of the difference between the tax on his total income and the minimum alternate tax for that tax year; (ii) such carry forward of tax credit shall not be allowed beyond the fifteenth tax year immediately succeeding the tax year in which the tax credit becomes allowable under clause (m); (p) Where as a result of any order passed under this Act, tax payable under this Act is decreased or increased, as the case may be, tax credit allowed under clause (m) shall also be decreased or increased accordingly."↩1↩2↩3↩4
- 32.Sub. for "section" by Act No. 4 of 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026.↩
- 33.Omtt. by Act No. 4 of 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026. Prior to its omission, clause (r) read as under : "(r) In case of conversion of a private company or unlisted public company into a limited liability partnership under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (6 of 2009), the provisions of clauses (m) to (p) shall not apply to the successor limited liability partnership."↩
- 34.Sub. for "which this section" by Act No. 4 of 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026.↩
- 35.Sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) sub. for sub-section (3) by Act No. 4 of 2026, w.e.f. 1-4-2026. Prior to its substitution, sub-section (3) read as under : "(3) Save as otherwise provided in this section, all other provisions of this Act shall apply to every assessee mentioned in this section."↩