Apr 252018
 

Reduction of corporate income tax rate to 25%

  1. Tax Rate for Companies

E.1 Domestic Company

The rates of income-tax in the case of companies have been specified in Paragraph E of Part III of the First Schedule to the Bill. In case of domestic company, the rate of income-tax shall be twenty five per cent. of the total income if the total turnover or gross receipts of the previous year 2016-17 does not exceed two hundred and fifty crore rupees.

Surcharge at the rate of seven per cent. shall continue to be levied in case of a domestic company if the total income of the domestic company exceeds one crore rupees but does not exceed ten crore rupees. Surcharge at the rate of twelve per cent. shall continue to be levied if the total income of the domestic company exceeds ten crore rupees.

E.2 Other than domestic company:

In all other cases the rate of Income-tax shall be thirty per cent. of the total income. In the case of company other than domestic company, the rates of tax are the same as those specified for the financial year 2017-18.

In case of companies other than domestic companies, the existing surcharge of two per cent. shall continue to be levied if the total income exceeds one crore rupees but does not exceed ten crore rupees. Surcharge at the rate of five per cent. shall continue to be levied if the total income of the company other than domestic company exceeds ten crore rupees.

However, the total amount payable as income-tax and surcharge on total income exceeding one crore rupees but not exceeding ten crore rupees, shall not exceed the total amount payable as income-tax on a total income of one crore rupees, by more than the amount of income that exceeds one crore rupees.

The total amount payable as income-tax and surcharge on total income exceeding ten crore rupees, shall not exceed the total amount payable as income-tax and surcharge on a total income of ten crore rupees, by more than the amount of income that exceeds ten crore rupees.

In other cases (including sections 115-O, 115QA, 115R, 115TA or 115TD), the surcharge shall be levied at the rate of twelve per cent.

For financial year 2018-19, additional surcharge called the “Health and Education Cess on income-tax” shall be levied at the rate of four per cent. on the amount of tax computed, inclusive of surcharge (wherever applicable), in all cases. No marginal relief shall be available in respect of such cess.

Impact analysis:

Thus, there have been given a great relief to domestic company by reducing tax rate to 25% based on their turnover for previous year 2016-17. The provisions are briefly explained as below:

Gross receipts / Turnover Tax rate for previous year 2018-19 Tax rate for previous year 2017-18
249 crore 25% of total income of any limit of turnover 30% of total income
250 crore 25% of total income of any limit of turnover 30% of total income
251 crore 30% of total income 30% of total income

 

Thus, turnover of 31st March 2017 needs to be observed to decide the tax rates for financial year 2018-19 which anyway going to be assessed in assessment year 2019-20.

However, there is not change in tax rates for the assessment of income for year 2017-18 and which is going to be assessed in 2018-19. This is a welcome move as this will benefit lot of small turnover company.