Relief for Carry forward and set off of loss to startups :
| CLAUSE(S) OF FINANCE BILL, 2017 |
PARTICUL ARS OF AMENDME NTS | SECTION | AMENDMENT / NEWLY INSERTED |
APPLICABLE W.E.F. |
BRIEF OF AMENDMENT |
| 32 | Relief for Carry forward and set off of loss to startups | 79 | Substitution | 1/4/2018 | The existing provisions of section 79 of the Act, interalia provides that where a change in shareholding has taken place in a previous year in the case of a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially interested, no loss incurred in any year prior to the previous year shall be carried forward and set off against the income of the previous year unless on the last day of the previous year the shares of the company carrying not less than fifty-one per cent of the voting power were beneficially held by person who beneficially held shares of the company carrying not less than fifty-one per cent of the voting power on the last day of the year or years in which the loss was incurred.In order to facilitate ease of doing business and to promote start up India, it is proposed to amend section 79 of the Act to provide that where a change in shareholding has taken place in a previous year in the case of a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially interested and being an eligible start-up as referred to in section 80 -IAC of this Act, loss shall be carried forward and set off against the income of the previous year, if all the shareholders of such company which held shares carrying voting power on the last day of the year or years in which the loss was incurred, being the loss incurred during the period of seven years beginning from the year in which such company is incorporated, continue to hold those shares on the last day of such previous year. (Author Note:- In such it is advisable to always issue fresh equity instead of diluting promoter equity to get the benefits of the section.) |