§ 139
Chapter VIII — Deductions To Be Made In Computing Total Income

In respect of any tax year, where—

Income-tax Act, 2025

Business owners developing Special Economic Zones may be eligible for a tax deduction. This applies to profits and gains from businesses notified under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, on or after April 1, 2005. The deduction is calculated as per section 80-IAB of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Key conditions include:

  • eligibility under the repealed Act's provisions
  • deduction calculation as per section 80-IAB

📜 Official text of the section +
139. In respect of any tax year, where— ( a) the gross total income of an assessee, being a Developer, includes any profits and gains derived by an undertaking or an enterprise from any business of developing a Special Economic Zone, notified on or after the 1st April, 2005 under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) referred to in section 80-IAB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961); and ( b) such assessee is eligible to claim a deduction from the profits and gains derived from such business for such tax year under the provisions of the said section, as if the said Act had not been repealed, there shall be allowed, in computing the total income of the assessee, a deduction from the profits and gains derived from such business, subject to the conditions that— ( i) the amount of deduction is calculated as per the provisions of section 80-IAB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961); and ( ii) the deduction under this Act shall be allowed only for such tax years, as would have been allowed under section 80-IAB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), as if the said Act had not been repealed. Special provision in respect of specified business.

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