Budget 2022: Tax for cooperative societies reduced | Full analysis
India TV NewsHighlights Cooperatives to pay alternate minimum tax and surcharge at reduced rate of 15% and 7% respectively Surcharge on long term capital gains arising from all assets capped at 15% Surcharge and cess on income and profits not allowed as business expenditure The Government, in order to provide a level playing field between co-operative societies and companies proposes to reduce the Alternate Minimum Tax rate for co-operative societies to 15 per cent from the current 18.5 per cent announced the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2022-23 in the Parliament today. She added that the Government also proposes to reduce the surcharge on co-operative societies to 7 per cent from 12 per cent at present for those having total income of more than Rs. Incentives to Newly Incorporated Manufacturing Entities Sitharaman said that to establish a globally competitive business environment, a concessional tax regime of 15 per cent tax was introduced by the Government for certain newly incorporated domestic manufacturing companies. The Government proposes to cap the surcharge on long term capital gains arising on transfer of any type of assets at 15 per cent.