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Employee stock option plans, or Esops, are touted as one of the best tools to create long-term wealth. These are the shares an employee gets of his/her employer at a discounted rate to the current market price. With the stock market nearing its all-t Full Article

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry has asked the finance ministry to amend taxation rules for ESOPs (Employee Stock Option Plans), since such provisions lead to increased tax burden for employees. In a letter to the finance mi Full Article

Income from Salary:-Section 17 of the Income Tax (IT) Act is all about taxation under the head 'salary'. In most of the cases, it is impossible for a salaried person to avoid tax on his income, except by way of deduction under chapter VI A of the IT Act. Full Article

For the sake of convenience, the attached tables summarises the valuation rules for all perquisites prescribed in the new rule 3 except the valuation of perquisites in respect of accommodation, motor car and ESOP which are mentioned separately by us and link for the same is been given below . It may be noted that for most perquisites the valuation rules which were contained in the old Rule 3 (as it applied to those employees who, or to items of perquisites which, were n.. Full Article

The valuation of shares and specified securities in relation to employee stock option have been brought under Rule 3 itself, and Rules 40C and 40D of the Income-tax Rules will no longer be apply. Consistent with the change in law as regards the point of time (exercise) when such liability has to be determined, the rule now prescribes that the relevant date will be the exercise date (as against the date of vesting considered in Rule 40C and 40D). All other aspects in rela.. Full Article

Recently, the Delhi Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. has held that the difference between the market price and the issue price of the shares offered to employees under the Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOP) is not an allowable expenditure since the loss incurred due to issue of shares at a discount is a notional loss and such notional loss cannot be considered as an allowable expenditure under the provisi.. Full Article

The Income-Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai in the case of Mr. Bomi S. Billimoria vs. A.C Cir 23(1), Mumbai (ITA No.2120/Mum/1998) held that in case no payment has been made for acquiring shares under Employee Stock Option Plan, the gain on sale of said shares should not be liable to capital gains tax. As the date of exercise of options and date of sale is same and further, there is no difference between the sale price and the deemed cost of acquisition, in any case, it is.. Full Article

The ITAT dismissed the appeal of the Revenue and the assessee by holding that the discount on stock options was notional in nature and was not deductible either in the year of grant or in the year when the option is exercised by the employees. In reaching the conclusion, the main consideration by the ITAT was the argument that the difference between market price and grant price is only a notional expenditure. Where ESOPs are granted by overseas parent companies and the d.. Full Article