General exclusion of deduction and set off, etc Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, in computing the tonnage income of a tonnage tax company for any previous year (hereafter in this section referred to as the “relevant previous year”) in which it is chargeable to tax in accordance with this Chapter— […]

Depreciation (1) For the purposes of computing depreciation under clause (iv) of section 115VL, the depreciation for the first previous year of the tonnage tax scheme (hereafter in this section referred to as the first previous year) shall be computed on the written down value of the qualifying ships as specified under sub-section (2). (2) The

Treatment of common costs (1) Where a tonnage tax company also carries on any business or activity other than the tonnage tax business, common costs attributable to the tonnage tax business shall be determined on a reasonable basis. (2) Where any asset, other than a qualifying ship, is not exclusively used for the tonnage tax

Relevant shipping income. (1) For the purposes of this Chapter, the relevant shipping income of a tonnage tax company means—  (i) its profits from core activities referred to in sub-section (2); (ii) its profits from incidental activities referred to in sub-section (5): Provided that where the aggregate of all such incomes specified in clause (ii) exceeds

Calculation in case of joint operation, etc (1) Where a qualifying ship is operated by two or more companies by way of joint interest in the ship or by way of an agreement for the use of the ship and their respective shares are definite and ascertainable, the tonnage income of each such company shall

Computation of tonnage income  (1) The tonnage income of a tonnage tax company for a previous year shall be the aggregate of the tonnage income of each qualifying ship computed in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3). (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the tonnage income of each qualifying ship shall

Tonnage income Subject to the other provisions of this Chapter, the tonnage income shall be computed in accordance with section 115VG and the income so computed shall be deemed to be the profits chargeable under the head “Profits and gains of business or profession” and the relevant shipping income referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115V-I shall not

Manner of computation of income under tonnage tax scheme (1) A tonnage tax company engaged in the business of operating qualifying ships shall compute the profits from such business under the tonnage tax scheme. (2) The business of operating qualifying ships giving rise to income referred to in sub-section (1) of section 115V-I shall be considered as

Qualifying ship For the purposes of this Chapter, a ship is a qualifying ship if—  (a) it is a sea going ship or vessel of fifteen net tonnage or more;  (b) it is a ship registered under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), or a ship registered outside India in respect of which

Qualifying company. For the purposes of this Chapter, a company is a qualifying company if—  (a) it is an Indian company;  (b) the place of effective management of the company is in India;  (c) it owns at least one qualifying ship; and  (d) the main object of the company is to carry on the business