Section 11A: (a) Income derived by a small enterprise which
This section is inserted by Act No 18 of 2016, section 27.
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11A. (a) Income derived by a small enterprise which
does not benefit from exemption under item 11, set up prior
to 1 June 2015 and registered under the Small and Medium
Enterprises Development Authority Act, provided that –
(i) its annual turnover does not exceed 10
million rupees ;
(ii) i t is engaged in qualifying activities
under a scheme referred to in section 5A
of the Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Authority Act;
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(iii) t he exemption is in respect of income
derived from the activities relating to a
project under the scheme referred to in
section 5A of the Small and Medium
Enterprises Development Authority
Act; and
(iv) the period of exemption of the income
of the enterprise does not exceed 4
succeeding income years as from the
income year 2015/2016.
(b) Notwithstanding this Act, any loss incurred
by a small enterprise under paragraph (a) during the period of
exemption of its income shall be available for deduction and
carry forward under sections 20 and 59.
(zd) in the Third Schedule, in Part I –
(i) in the second column, by deleting the figures “285,000”,
“395,000”, “455,000”, “495,000”, “335,000” and
“445,000” and replacing them by the figures “295,000”,
“405,000”, “465,000”, “505,000”, “345,000” and
“455,000”, respectively;
(ii) in paragraph (x) –
(A) in subparagraph (A), by deleting the figure “44,500”
and replacing it by the figure “34,800”;
(B) i n subparagraph (B), by deleting the words
“2 million” and replacing them by the words
“4 million”;
(ze) in the Fifth Schedule, by inserting, in the appropriate alphabetical
order, the following new items –
Accountant/Accounting firm
Tax adviser or his representative
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(zf) in the Sixth Schedule, by adding the following new items and
their corresponding entries –
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Questions this section answers
- What is the turnover limit for a small enterprise to qualify for this income tax exemption?
- How many years can a qualifying small enterprise get this income tax exemption for?