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Part 3 - Chargeability to Tax

Chapter 2 - Rules for Deduction from the Gross Income

Section 5 - Provisions Concerning Deduction and Carrying Forward of Losses

Article 68

[GTL Notes: Definitions for Loss Carry Forward]

For the purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the meaning attached to each of them:

  1. Exemption period: Any period for which the income of the establishment or Omani company is exempted from tax in accordance with the provisions of this Law or any other Law;

  2. Exemption under Article 118 of this Law: The exemption granted to any establishment or Omani company in accordance with Article 118 of this Law, or as per Article 51bis of the Law of Income Tax on Companies, or as per Article 5bis of the Law of Profit Tax on Establishments;

  3. Net loss: The excess of the total amount of losses incurred during the five years of the exemption period specified for any establishment or Omani company in accordance with Article 118 of this Law less the income decided to be exempted under that Article during any year of the said five years, provided that loss or exempted income shall be determined by following the same rules prescribed for determining the taxable income.