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VALUATION of perquisites has always been a bone of contention. To overcome many of such irritants, the Finance Minister in the Finance Act, 2007 had inserted a deeming provision to define concession in the matter of rent for the purpose of determining the perquisite value. It has also reduced the rate of valuation of perquisite in the nature of concessional rent accommodation and leased accommodation with retrospective effect from 1 st day of April, 2006, that is with effect from assessment year 2006-2007. This had necessitated similar reduction of rates in case of both rent-free and concessional rent accommodations and leased accommodation in Table I of rule 3 with retrospective effect from 1 st day of April, 2006, that is in relation to assessment year 2006-2007 and subsequent years.
THE assessees were the Directors of M/s Hotel AMS Pvt. Ltd., Kondalapatti, Salem. During the course of survey conducted on 16.11.1999 under Section 133A of the Income Tax Act, it was noticed that the company had constructed the hotel with the share capital funds said to have been floated by the Directors. On enquiry with the assessees, the assessees offered a sum of Rs.12,00,000/ – as income, out of which Rs 2,00,000/- each in the name of the assessees and remaining in the name of other members in Hindu Undivided Family.
As you may be aware, the Finance Act, 2007 amended the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 to provide that employers will be liable to pay FBT (fringe benefit tax) on the value of ESOPs granted to employees as and when the ESOPs were allotted or transferred to the employees. The value of ESOPs for the purposes of levy of FBT shall be the FMV (fair market value) of the ESOPs on the date of vesting of the options as reduced by the amount actually paid, or recovered from, the employee. On October 23, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified the insertion of Rule 40C in the Income-tax Rules, 1962, specifying the computation of FMV.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide its AP (DIR) circular no. 03/2007-08 dated 19.07.2007, has clarified that a remitter of foreign exchange is required to submit to the authorised dealer, an undertaking and CA certificate in the format prescribed by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) vide circular No. 10/2002 dated October 9, 2002 at the time of making the remittance in foreign exchange to non-residents including remittances which are in the nature of trade transactions such as import payments.
CIRCULAR NO. 7/2007-Income Tax The Board had issued Circular No. 790 dated 20th April, 2000, laying down the procedure for refund of tax deducted under section 195, in certain situations to the person deducting the tax at source from the payment to the non-resident. Representations have been received in the Board from taxpayers requesting that the said Circular may be amended to take into account situations where genuine claim for refund arises to the person deducting the tax at source from payment to the non-resident and it does not fall in the purview of the said Circular.
As you are kindly aware, the Central Board of Direct taxes came out with the new series of Income-tax return forms. The ICAI constituted a study group to analyze the same. Several suggestions, collected from all over the country and duly analysed were submitted to the CBDT. The CBDT accepted most of the suggestions of […]
If a building is taken on lease and expenditure incurred on renovation of the same, Explanation 1 will apply and such expenditure can be capitalised for claiming depreciation. When a company incurs expenditure either by way of construction or renovation to an existing building in leasehold premises, questions arise with regard to the deductibility of […]
IT is now an axiomatic law that Board circulars are binding on the Department, even if they are wrong or against decisions of the Supreme Court. But our Boards do not have the habit of tracking down the multitude of circulars they issue and considering whether they are relevant after the Law has been amended and the Apex Court had already ruled on the issue. In the Dhiren Chemicals case (2002-TIOL-83- SC-CX), the Supreme Court had held that if there was a Board Circular which was not in tune with the views of the Supreme Court, the Board Circular would prevail. The whole idea is that the Department should not be seen arguing that the Board was wrong – even if it is wrong, the Departmental officers should be bound by it.
How is the FBT to be valued? And when is the tax payable? The fringe benefit is to be valued at the fair market value (FMV) of the security or sweat equity share on the date of vesting of the option minus any amount paid by / recovered from the employee for such security or shares. The FMV is to be determined a s per the method to be prescribed by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). The employer company is required to pay advance tax of estimated FBT progressively: 15 per cent by June 15, 45 per cent by September 15, 75 per cent by December 15 and 100 per cent by March 15 of the fiscal year.
The CBDT has given norms for current fiscal for selection of cases meant for scrutiny. For corporates: All banks and public Sector undertakings are liable for scrutiny. Also, all NSE-500 companies and BSE-A group companies listed in Bombay Stock Exchange as on March 31, 2007, are covered. Companies in Delhi , Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad , Bangalore and Ahmedabad paying book profit tax under Section 115 JB on the book profit of Rs 50 lakh and above are liable for scrutiny. In the case of companies in other places the monetary limit for book profit is Rs 25 lakh.
