§ 230
Chapter XIII — Determination Of Tax In Special Cases
Exclusion of deduction, loss, set off, etc
Income-tax Act, 2025
Tonnage tax companies have specific rules for deductions and losses. When computing tonnage income, certain losses and deductions are given full effect or disallowed.
- No loss related to the business of operating qualifying ships can be carried forward or set off during the tonnage tax scheme period.
📜 Official text of the section +
230. (1) Irrespective of anything contained in any other provision of this Act, in
computing the tonnage income of a tonnage tax company for any tax year
(herein referred to as the “relevant tax year”) in which it is chargeable to tax as per
this Part—
( a) sections 28 to 52 shall apply as if every loss, allowance or deduction
referred to therein and relating to or allowable for any of the relevant
tax years, had been given full effect to for that tax year itself;
( b) no loss referred to in section 108(1) or (2)(b) or 109(1) or 112(1) or 116(1),
in so far as such loss relates to the business of operating qualifying ships
of the company, shall be carried forward or set off where such loss re -
lates to any of the tax years when the company is under the tonnage tax
scheme;
( c) no deduction shall be allowed under Chapter VIII in relation to the profits
and gains from the business of operating qualifying ships; and
( d) in computing the depreciation allowance under section 33, the written
down value of any asset used for the purposes of the tonnage tax business
shall be computed as if the company has claimed and has been actually
allowed the deduction in respect of depreciation for the relevant tax
years.
(2) Section 112 shall apply in respect of any losses that have accrued to a company
before its option for tonnage tax scheme and which are attributable to its tonnage
tax business, as if such losses had been set off against the relevant shipping income
in any of the tax years when the company is under the tonnage tax scheme.
(3) The losses referred to in sub-section (2) shall not be available for set off against
any income other than relevant shipping income in any tax year beginning on or
after the company exercises its option under section 231.
(4) Any apportionment necessary to determine the losses referred to in sub-section
(2) shall be made on a reasonable basis.
Method of opting of tonnage tax scheme and validity.
Plain-language summary — not the official text. Refer to the bare Act and confirm with a professional for your specific case.