Section 24A: Expenditure incurred on fast charger for electric car
This section is inserted by Act No 13 of 2019, section 26.
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24A. Expenditure incurred on fast charger for electric car
Where, in an income year, a person incurs expenditure
on a fast charger for an electric car used in the production of
his gross income, he may deduct from his gross income, twice
the amount of such expenditure in that income year.
(f) in section 26(1), by repealing paragraph (g) and replacing it
by the following paragraph –
(g) income tax, foreign tax or special levy on
banks in accordance with Part XB of the
Value Added Tax Act;
(g) in section 27 –
(i) in subsection (2), by deleting the words “Category D,
Category E, Category F or Category G” and replacing
them by the words “Category D or Category E”;
(ii) by inserting, after subsection (2), the following new
subsection –
(2A) Where the person referred to in
subsection (2) is –
(a) a retired person, who, in an income
year, has gross income other than
specified income; or
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(b) a person having a physical or
mental disability,
he shall in an income year, in addition to the deduction
specified in subsection (2), be entitled to deduct from
his net income in that income year an additional amount
of 50,000 rupees.
(iii) in subsection (4) –
(A) by deleting the words “Category D, Category E
or Category G” and replacing them by the words
“Category D or Category E”; and
(B) by deleting the words “or Category F”;
(iv) in subsection (5) –
(A) in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “or
Category G”;
(B) in paragraph (b), by deleting the words
“65,000 rupees” and replacing them by the
words “80,000 rupees”;
(C) in paragraph (c), by deleting the words
“45,000 rupees” and replacing them by the
words “50,000 rupees”;
(D) in paragraph (d), by deleting the words
“30,000 rupees” and replacing them by the
words “50,000 rupees”;
(v) in subsection (6), by deleting the words “65,000 rupees”,
“45,000 rupees” and “30,000 rupees” and replacing
them by the words “80,000 rupees”, “50,000 rupees”
and “50,000 rupees”, respectively;
(vi) in subsection (6A) –
(A) by deleting the words “Category B, C, D, E or
G” and replacing them by the words “Category
B, C, D or E”;
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(B) by deleting the words “3 dependents” and
replacing them by the words “4 dependents”;
(vii) by repealing subsection (7) and replacing it by the
following subsection –
(7) In this section –
“dependent” means –
(a) a spouse;
(b) a child under the age of 18; or
(c) a child over the age of 18 and who –
(i) is pursuing a full-time course
at an educational institution
or a training institution; or
(ii) cannot earn a living because
of a physical or mental
disability;
“retired person” means a person who
attains the age of 60 at any time prior to
the first day of July of an income year in
respect of which a claim for an additional
deduction is made under subsection (2A);
“specified income” means the gross
income derived from emoluments
exceeding 50,000 rupees, specified in
section 10 (1)(a)(i), or from any business.
(h) by inserting, after section 27E, the following new sections –
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Questions this section answers
- Can I deduct twice the cost of a fast charger for my electric car from my taxable income?