Tax sops for real estate investment trusts
Updated: Jul 10, 2014 02:33:08pm
New Delhi, Jul 10 (KNN) To attract domestic and foreign investment into real estate, the government has proposed incentives for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) which will have pass through for the purpose of taxation.
Announcing this, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that REITs have been successfully used as instruments for pooling of investments in several countries.
“As an innovation, a modified REITs type structure for infrastructure projects is also being announced as Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) which would have a similar tax efficient pass through status, for PPP and other infrastructure projects,” he said.
These structures would reduce the pressure on the banking system while also making available fresh equity. Jaitley exuded confidence that these two instruments would attract long term finance from foreign and domestic sources including the NRIs.
“Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) have been successfully used as instruments for pooling of investment in several countries. I intend to provide necessary incentives for REITS which will have pass through for the purpose of taxation,” the Finance Minister said. (KNN Bureau)
Announcing this, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that REITs have been successfully used as instruments for pooling of investments in several countries.
“As an innovation, a modified REITs type structure for infrastructure projects is also being announced as Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) which would have a similar tax efficient pass through status, for PPP and other infrastructure projects,” he said.
These structures would reduce the pressure on the banking system while also making available fresh equity. Jaitley exuded confidence that these two instruments would attract long term finance from foreign and domestic sources including the NRIs.
“Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) have been successfully used as instruments for pooling of investment in several countries. I intend to provide necessary incentives for REITS which will have pass through for the purpose of taxation,” the Finance Minister said. (KNN Bureau)
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