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ESOP or Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a non-monetary incentive wherein employees are made avail of choice regarding the shares of the employers.
The new SEBI-Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) regulations govern all sweat equity shares and share-based employee benefit schemes dealing in securities, including employee stock options, employee share purchase, stock appreciation rights, general employee benefits and retirement benefits (share-based benefit schemes).
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The profit margin forgone by assessee could not be held to be expenditure in creating intangible or goodwill as there was no expenditure incurred by assessee except those that were set out in the profit and loss account and disallowing such expenditure by AO and consequently arriving at a positive total income chargeable to tax was without any basis and not in accordance with law.
Understand the tax treatment of ESOPs: ESOP expenses can be deducted if incurred for employees’ benefit, as affirmed by various court cases.
ITAT Delhi held that ESOP (Employees Stock Option) expense is allowable expense under section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act in computing the income in profit and loss of business or profession.
Presently RSU (Restricted stock unit also known as Sweat Equity) allotted by a foreign grand parent company, free of cost to employee of Indian subsidiary, is being taxed as ‘perquisite’; and for the purpose, the FMV of the ‘vested units’, as on the date of vesting, is considered as the taxable perquisite value.
Company at its Board Meeting convened on 05.04.2021 unanimously accorded its approval for grant of 327 options under the Scheme to identified employees during the Financial Year-2021-2022 which exceeds 1% of the issued capital of the company.
ITAT Bangalore held that expenditure towards ESOP is wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business and it satisfies all the conditions referred to in section 37(1). Accordingly, expenditure towards ESOP is eligible for deduction u/s 37 of the Income Tax Act.
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