Employees’ Stock Option Plan or Scheme (ESOP or ESOS, for short), was not liable to fringe benefit tax (FBT) upto the assessment year (AY) 2007-08, relevant to the financial year (FY) 2006-07. The reason for the same is that though under the provisions of section 115WB(1)(a) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), ESOP could be considered as a privilege and accordingly, chargeable to FBT, yet in the absence of specific valuation provisions in this regard in section 115WC,
The approved organization shall maintain a separate statement of donations received and amounts applied for scientific research and a copy of such statement duly certified by the auditor shall accompany the report of audit referred to above.
The approved organization shall maintain a separate statement of donations received and amounts applied for scientific research and a copy of such statement duly certified by the auditor shall accompany the report of audit referred to above.
The approved organization shall maintain books of account and get such books audited by an accountant as defined in the explanation to sub-section (2) of section 288 of the said Act and furnish the report of such audit duly signed and verified by such accountant to the Commissioner of Income-tax or the Director of Income-tax having jurisdiction over the case, by the due date of furnishing the return of income under sub-section (1) of section 139 of the said Act.
Whereas the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iii) of sub-section (4) of section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act, Notification No. 239 – Income Tax 1961(43 of 1961)(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), has framed and notified a scheme for industrial park, by the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) vide number S.O. 193(E), dated the 30th March, 1999, for the period beginning on the 1st day of April, 1997 and
Notification No.238 – Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with sub-section (3) of section 200 and proviso to sub-section (3) of section 206C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely
ll time barred, pending or rejected applications which were filed after six months from the expiry of prescribed last date of submission of application, but are now within 12 months of the expiry of last date of submission of application should be processed with 5% late cut.
Pending the finalization of the applications for grant of recognition, existing status holders who have applied for recognition before the expiry of their status, shall have a grace period of 6 months. During this grace period of 6 months such status holders shall continue to be recognized as Status holders even after the expiry of earlier Status Certificate.
