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Section 115JF: Interpretation in this Chapter

The Income-tax Act, 1961Central Act · Act 43 of 1961

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Income-tax Act, 2025, with effect from 1 April 2026

Interpretation in this Chapter.

In this Chapter—

(a) "accountant" shall have the same meaning as in the Explanation below sub-section (2) of section 288;

(b) "alternate minimum tax" means the amount of tax computed on adjusted total income,—

(i) in case of an assessee being a unit referred to in clause (i) of sub-section (4) of section 115JC, at the rate of nine per cent;

(ia) in case of an assessee, being a co-operative society referred to in clause (ii) of sub-section (4) of section 115JC, at the rate of fifteen per cent;

(ii) in any other case, at a rate of eighteen and one-half per cent;

(ba) "convertible foreign exchange" means a foreign exchange which is for the time being treated by the Reserve Bank of India as convertible foreign exchange for the purpose of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and the rules made thereunder;

(bb) "International Financial Services Centre" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (q) of section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005);

(c) [***]

(d) "regular income-tax" means the income-tax payable for a previous year by a person on his total income] in accordance with the provisions of this Act other than the provisions of this Chapter;

(e) "unit" means a unit established in an International Financial Services Centre.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Income-tax Act, 1961
Section115JF
Marginal noteInterpretation in this Chapter
JurisdictionCentral
StatusRepealed

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