Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
The Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) was introduced for the first time in the Budget for the year 1996-97.
Minimum alternate tax or MAT is a tax levied on firms/ companies or limited liability partnerships (LLPs) making abundant profits as well as distributing dividends to its shareholders who leveraging on the features of the Indian Taxation system do not contribute towards the government’s taxation kitty.
Thus, for such corporates, a minimal tax amounting to some fixed percentage of book profits i.e. profits according to accounting records is charged as minimal alternative tax (MAT).