Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
5. Computation of available surplus
The available surplus in respect of any accounting year shall be
the gross profits for that year after deducting there from the sums referred to
in section 6:
9 [PROVIDED that the available surplus in respect of
the accounting year commencing on any day in the year 1968 and in respect of
every subsequent accounting year shall be the aggregate of,-
(a) the gross profits for that accounting year after deducting
there from the sums referred to in section 6; and
(b) an amount equal to the difference between,-
( i ) the direct tax,
calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 7, in respect of an
amount equal to the gross profits of the employer for the immediately preceding
accounting year; and
(ii) the direct tax, calculated in accordance
with provisions of section 7, in respect of an amount equal to the gross
profits of the employer for such preceding accounting year after deducting
there from the amount of bonus which the employer has paid or is liable to pay
to his employees in accordance with the provisions of this Act for that year.]