{"id":6139,"date":"2019-11-21T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:39:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:39:33","slug":"cabinet-approves-taxation-laws-bill-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/cabinet-approves-taxation-laws-bill-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet approves Taxation Laws Bill, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for introducing the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in order to replace the Ordinance. Economic developments after the enactment of the Finance Act, 2019 along with reduction of rate of corporate income tax by many countries world over necessitated the provision of additional fiscal stimulus to attract investment, generate employment and boost the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to attract fresh investment in manufacturing and\nprovide boost to &#8216;Make-in India&#8217; initiative of the Government, another\nprovision was inserted to the IT Act, to provide that a domestic manufacturing\ncompany set up on or after 1st October, 2019 and which commences manufacturing\nby 31st March, 2023, may opt to pay tax at 15% plus surcharge at 10% and cess\nat 4% if it does not claim any incentive\/deduction. The effective rate of tax\ncomes to 17.16% for these companies. They would also not be subjected to MAT.\nIn order to stabilise the flow of funds into the capital market, it was\nprovided that the enhanced surcharge introduced through the Finance Act on\ncapital gains arising on account of transfer of listed equity share or certain\nunits which are liable to securities transaction tax will not apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for introducing the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in order to replace the Ordinance. 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