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COMPULSORY TRANSFER TO RESERVES - No amount need be transferred to Reserves if the dividend declared does not exceed 10%. No dividend can be declared and paid in excess of 10% unless minimum amount prescribed as under is transferred to Reserves. Full Article

Dividend is the share of the profit that a company decides to distribute to its shareholders. While the company pays tax on the distributed dividends, the shareholders can enjoy their dividends tax-free. Dividends are paid out of the standalone profits of the company. Thus, if a company has made loss on standalone basis and its subsidiaries are profitable, the company would not be able to pay out dividends. Full Article

Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank are among state-run banks that have been summoned by the finance ministry to discuss higher dividend payouts in an effort to cut fiscal deficit amid fears of shortfall in disinvestment gains. Chiefs of many banks will m Full Article

CIT vs. Leena Ramachandran (Kerala High Court):-I-T- Sec 14A - assessee can claim deduction of interest paid on borrowed funds utilised for acquisition of shares only if shares are held as stock-in-trade and not investment: HC Full Article

Every domestic company is liable to pay a Dividend Distribution Tax @15% on the amount declared, distributed or paid by such company by way of dividends. The effective rate of tax works out to16.995%. The proposed Direct-tax Code also contains similar provision. The only exception is when the dividend is received by a domestic company from its subsidiary. Full Article

Inter-company loans, known as ‘deemed dividends’, are used by companies to route dividend in the form of loans to companies which have common shareholders — both in the company giving the loan and the one borrowing it. It is done to avoid paying dividend tax, otherwise paid by the company before it is distributed among shareholders by the I-T rule. Full Article

The forthcoming budget may contain provisions for taxing the undistributed dividend of foreign corporations that are controlled or owned by Indian companies. Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs) laws enable the authorities to tax the income of a resident derived from a foreign corporation. This is irrespective of whether the profit/dividend of the foreign entity is transferred to India or not. Full Article

Brief facts relevant for the purpose of deciding this issue are that the defendant no.1 company was a tenant in property no. 3 Amrita Shergill Marg, New Delhi. This property was leased by defendant no.5 M/s H.G.Gupta & Sons (HUF) to defendant No. 1 Company for residence of its officers. The company by a resolution in the meeting of Board of Directors held on 27.2.1974 allotted this property to late Lala Hansraj Gupta in his capacity as CEO/Chairman of the company. Late L.. Full Article