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80GGB Deduction in respect of contributions given by companies to political parties

CHAPTER VIA

DEDUCTIONS TO BE MADE IN COMPUTING TOTAL INCOME

Deduction in respect of contributions given by companies to political parties.

80GGB. In computing the total income of an assessee, being an Indian company, there shall be deducted any sum contributed by it, in the previous year to any political party or an electoral trust:

Provided that no deduction shall be allowed under this section in respectof any sum contributed by way of cash

Explanation.-For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this section, the word "contribute", with its grammatical variation, has the meaning assigned to it under section 293A of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).

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