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Income Tax - Employee Stock Options Plans (ESOPs) and its different variants like Employees Stock Purchase Plans, Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock Awards, etc, have been used by employers to attract, retain and motivate employees. ESOPs have been popular primarily in the knowledge-based industries like information technology, biotechnology, etc. Howev...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Consequent to abolition of fringe benefit tax, certain benefits taxed earlier as fringe benefits in the hands of the employer would now be taxable as perquisites in the hands of the employees. For this purpose, new perquisite valuation rules have been notified vide Notification No.94/2009/ F.No.142/25/2009-S.O.(TPL), dated 18.12.2009 wit...
Read MoreIncome Tax - With virtually no reprieve from the tax burden on their pay packages and continuing anomalies and inequities, the new rules for valuation of perquisites announced by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on December 18, 2009 have hugely disappointed millions of salaried employees....
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Finance Bill (No.2), 2009 could be presented on Sixth of July, 2009 due to formation of new government but by that time many corporate assessees had already paid the first instalment under the belief that the Finance Bill has yet to be accorded consent by the President and is not final. The advance tax in respect of FBT which was paya...
Read MoreIncome Tax - New perk rules :- Under the new perquisite rules, a distinction is to be made between the car owned by the employer and the car owned by the employee, as the value of the tax perquisite in the two scenarios varies considerably. Even though there could be different permutation and combination, under which the car benefit could be provided ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Direct Taxes Code 2009 is now on the back burner. The Union finance ministry has veered round to the view that its bold move to reform direct taxes should be subjected to further scrutiny. Contrary to earlier expectations, therefore, the Direct Taxes Code 2009 will not be presented to Parliament as a Bill along with the Union Budget f...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Central Board of Direct Taxes have decided that any instalment of advance tax paid in respect of fringe benefits for assessment year (AY) 2010-11 shall be treated as advance income tax paid by assessee for AY 2010-11. The assessee can adjust such sum against its advance tax obligation in respect of income for Financial Year (FY) 2009-...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Income tax refunds may get delayed for a fortnight, following a complete revamp of security buffers in the computer software system of tax departments across the country, after the discovery last week that someone had hacked into an account and made off with Rs 11 crore....
Read MoreIncome Tax - The government will allow companies to adjust the fringe benefit tax (FBT) paid by them against the advance tax due in the March quarter, reducing the hazard of claiming a refund and slightly improving profits at a time of rising costs, said an income-tax department official. “The Central Board of Direct Taxes has taken an in-principle...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The fringe benefit tax (FBT) was strongly opposed by India Inc, but there is no doubt that it was beneficial to the employees — they did not have to directly bear the tax on many perquisites. The repeal of FBT meant uncertainty on taxation of perks. Thankfully, there are few changes to the valuation rules when compared to the rules that...
Read MoreRashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited Vs. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited Vs. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) Taxes borne by the assessee on non-monetary perquisites provided to employees forms part of Employee Benefit cost and akin to Fringe Benefit Tax since they are certainly not below the line items since the same are expressively disal...
Read MoreM/s. Gujrani & Co. Vs. ITO (ITAT Kolkata) - M/s. Gujrani & Co. Vs. Income Tax Officer (ITAT Kolkata) It is observed that the audit expenses of Rs. 5,19,238/- were claimed to be incurred by the assessee- company towards traveling and conveyance of the Articled Clerks, who were C.A. students receiving training from the assessee- firm. It wa...
Read MoreGaurav Seksaria Vs. ITO (ITAT Kolkata) - Gaurav Seksaria Vs. ITO (ITAT Kolkata) Reimbursement of expense incurred during foreign visit to Director by Company is not taxable as Perquisite It is not in dispute that the assessee employee had not claimed any expenditure as deduction which were incurred by him through credit card during his f...
Read MoreAuckland International Ltd. Vs. C.I.T. (ITAT Kolkata) - It is clear from the provision of section 115WB(2)(B)(i) of the Act that expenditure on food provided by the employer to the employees in an office or factory does not form part of the fringe benefit. ...
Read MoreGujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry Vs Union of India thro' secretary (Gujarat High Court) - When the language of Section 115WA and 115WB is clear and unambiguous and even the intention of the legislature while enacting sections 115WA and 115WB(2) is very clear i.e. with respect to the deemed fringe benefits, neither there is any scope for either literal and/ or purposive interpretation nor...
Read MoreCircular No. 2/2010-Income Tax - (29/01/2010) - Circular No. 2/2010-Income Tax The Finance Act, 2005 introduced a levy namely Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) on the value of certain fringe benefits as contained in Chapter XII H (Sections 115 W to 115 WL) of Income Tax Act, 1961. By the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2009 a new Section 115 WM was inserted to abol...
Read MoreNotification No. 1/2009 - Income Tax - (05/01/2009) - Notification No. 1/2009 - Income Tax The Finance Act, 2008, w.e.f. from 1 April 2008, introduced a new concept of Electronic Meal Cards (‘EMC’), for the purpose of Fringe Benefit Tax (‘FBT’) on hospitality expenses. Hospitality expenses do not include any expenditure incurred by an employer...
Read MoreNotification No.11/2008-Income Tax - (18/01/2008) - NOTIFICATION NO 11/2008, Dated: January 18, 2008 Valuation of specified security not being an equity share in the company. 40D. For the purposes of clause (ba) of sub-section (1) of section 115WC, the fair market value of any specified security, not being an equity share in a company, on the date on...
Read More264/2007 - (23/10/2007) - NOTIFICATION NO. 264/2007, DATED 23-10-2007 Valuation of specified security or sweat equity share being a share in the company. 40C. (1) For the purposes of clause (ba) of sub-section (1) of section 115WC, the fair market value of any specified security or sweat equity share, being an equity share i...
Read MoreEXTENSION OF DUE DATE OF PAYMENT OF THE FIRST AND SECOND INSTALLMENT OF ADVANCE FBT ON ESOPS - (12/09/2007) - By virtue of the provision of clause (d) of sub-section (1) section 115 WB, introduced by Finance Act, 2007, an employer is liable to pay Fringe Benefit Tax on any consideration for employment provided by way of any specified security or sweat equity shares allotted or transferred, directly or indir...
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Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited Vs. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) -
M/s. Gujrani & Co. Vs. ITO (ITAT Kolkata) -
Gaurav Seksaria Vs. ITO (ITAT Kolkata) -
Auckland International Ltd. Vs. C.I.T. (ITAT Kolkata) -
Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry Vs Union of India thro' secretary (Gujarat High Court) -
Kamlesh K Singhal General Manger (MM) Vs CIT (Gujarat High Court) -
Assistant Commissioner of Income-tax Vs Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) -
ACIT Vs M/s Global Vantedge (P) Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) -
