Disinvestment – India Chron https://indiachron.com Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:10:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://indiachron.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/favicon-4-150x150.png Disinvestment – India Chron https://indiachron.com 32 32 Air India disinvestment: Government exempts TDS/TCS on transfer of assets to SPV https://indiachron.com/business/air-india-disinvestment-government-exempts-tds-tcs-on-transfer-of-assets-to-spv/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:10:45 +0000 https://indiachron.com/air-india-disinvestment-government-exempts-tds-tcs-on-transfer-of-assets-to-spv The government has exempted taxes on transfer of assets by Air India to SPV Air India Assets Holding Ltd. A move aimed at facilitating strategic disinvestment of the national carrier.

As precursor to Air India sale, the government in 2019 had set up a special purpose vehicle Air India Assets Holding Ltd (AIAHL) for transfer of debt and non-core assets of the Air India group.

In a set of notifications, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has said that no TDS shall be reduced under section 194Q in case of transfer of goods by Air India Ltd to AIAHL.

Also, no TDS shall be reduced under section 194-IA of I-T Act on payments made to Air India for transfer of immovable property to AIAHL.

The CBDT also said that Air India would not be considered as a ‘seller’ for the purposes of deduction of TCS for with regard to transfer of goods by it to AIAHL.

It said that transfer of capital assets under a plan approved by central government from Air India Ltd to AIAHL would not be regarded as transfer for the purpose of income tax.

Last week, the CBDT had allowed hew owners of erstwhile public sector companies to carry forward losses and set it off against future profits.   

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