Wednesday, March 05, 2025 | 06:37 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

I-T ruling on treating discounts and ads as capex will hit e-commerce firms

The move could mean that many startups would have major tax liabilities as the money they spend on marketing activities will no longer be considered a cost to the company

Missing links in PM's start-up action plan
Premium

Alnoor M PeermohamedBengaluruJanuary 22
Consumer technology startups that spend a lot of money on buying customers through discounts and advertising could be in for a rude shock as the Income Tax department could ask them to begin classifying their marketing expenses as capital expenditure.
The move could mean that many startups would have major tax liabilities as the money they spend on marketing activities will no longer be considered a cost to the company. Right now, most consumer tech startups report this expenditure under marketing expenses that are deducted from their revenues, causing them to post losses.
The Economic Times first reported on Monday that Flipkart

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in