1(1) Where the total income of an assessee includes any income by way of transfer of carbon credits, the income-tax payable shall be the aggregate of-
(a) the amount of income-tax calculated on the income by way of transfer of carbon credits, at the rate of ten per cent; and
(b) the amount of income-tax with which the assessee would have been chargeable had his total income been reduced by the amount of income referred to in clause (a).
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no deduction in respect of any expenditure or allowance shall be allowed to the assessee under any provision of this Act in computing his income referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1).
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "carbon credit" in respect of one unit shall mean reduction of one tonne of carbon dioxide emissions or emissions of its equivalent gases which is validated by the United Nations Framework on Climate Change and which can be traded in market at its prevailing market price.
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1. Ins. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 45 (w.e.f. 1-4-2018).
Section 115BBDA Tax on certain dividends received from domestic companies
Section 115BBF Tax on income from patent
Section 115BBG Tax on income from transfer of carbon credits
Section 115D Special provision for computation of total income of non-residents
Section 115E Tax on investment income and long-term capital gains
Section 115F Capital gains on transfer of foreign exchange assets not to be charged in certain cases
Section 115G Return of income not to be filed in certain cases