section 56

‘Corporate Gifts – Beware of Tax Implications’

Income Tax - Gifts! Corporate Gifts have over the years proved to be an effective marketing tool for organizations across products and services. Organizations understand the importance of building and maintaining long term relationships with clients, prospective clients, business associates, employees and other agencies involved in the growth of the ...

Taxability of Gifts received from Relatives & Non Relatives

Income Tax - If an individual/Huf receives from any person or persons any gift , exceeding Rs. 50000 in any previous year, as per income tax laws, the aggregate amount shall be taxable as Income From Other Sources in the hands of individual or HUF U/s 56. The gift can be the following...

Taxability of Gift received by an individual or HUF with FAQs

Income Tax - Sum of money:-As per the provisions of the I-T Act, 1961 (the Act), any sum of money received by an individual or a Hindu undivided family in a particular financial year, without consideration, the aggregate value of which exceeds Rs 50,000 is taxable....

Tax Treatment of Income from Other Sources

Income Tax - Any income which is not chargeable to tax under any other heads of income and which is not to be excluded from the total income shall be chargeable to tax as residuary income under the head Income from Other Sources....

Sec. 56 Tax Treatment of Gifts Received by An Individual or HUF

Income Tax - Monetary Gifts Any sum of money received without consideration (i.e., monetary gift may be received in cash or in kind i.e. cheque, draft, etc.) by an individual/ HUF will be charged to tax if the aggregate value of such sum of money received during the year exceeds Rs. 50,000. A. Cases in which monetary gift […]...

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Allow CMAs to do Valuation under Section 56 r.w. Rule 11UA

Income Tax - Income Tax Rule 11UA deals with Valuation of jewellery, archaeological collections and shares and securities for the purpose of Section 56. Erstwhile as per Clause (b) of Sub-Rule 2 of Rule 11UA earlier merchant banker and Chartered Accountant were allowed to do valuation of unquoted equity shares under Discounted Free Cash Flow method bu...

ICAI gives representation to CBDT for not allowing CAs to do DCF certification

Income Tax - Notification No 23/2018, dated 20 May, 2018 amending Rule 11UA omitting reference to term accountant, thereby making Chartered Accountants ineligible to determine the FMV of unquoted equity shares as per the Discounted Free Cash Flow Method...

Section 56: Increase exemption limit from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 5 lakhs

Income Tax - The Finance Act, 2017 inserted a new clause (x) in sub-section (2) of section 56 so as to provide that receipt of the sum of money or the property by any person without consideration or for inadequate consideration in excess of Rs. 50,000 ...

Section 56(2)(ix): Taxability of forfeited advance for transfer of a capital asset: Budget Suggestions

Income Tax - Clause (ix) is inserted in section 56(2) by Finance (No. 2) Act, 2014 to provide for taxability of any sum received as an advance or otherwise in the course of negotiations for transfer of capital asset. ...

ICAI suggests inclusion of Relatives of HUF in Definition of term relative U/s. 56(2)(vii)

Income Tax - Under the existing provisions of section 56(2)(vii), any sum or property received by an individual or HUF for inadequate consideration or without consideration is deemed as income and is taxed under the head Income from other sources. ...

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ITAT on Genuineness of Gift of Shares by A Company to other Group Company

Gagan Infraenergy Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) - That the order passed by Assessing Officer ('AO') dated 30.12.2016 as upheld by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) ('CIT(A)') dated 29.12.2017 and the additions/disallowances made and upheld are illegal, bad in law and without jurisdiction....

No addition for Gift from daughter if Assessee proves identity, genuineness & creditworthiness

Padmalatha Tama Vs Income-tax Officer (ITAT Hyderabad) - Briefly the facts of the case are, assessee who derives income from house property and income from other sources, filed her return of income for the AY 2010-11 on 27/07/2010 declaring an income of Rs. 17,75,810/-. Subsequently, the case was selected for scrutiny under CASS and accordingly notice u/s...

Addition justified for huge gifts on failure to prove genuineness

Kamlesh Parwani Vs Income-Tax Officer (ITAT Mumbai) - The captioned appeal by assessee for Assessment Year [AY] 2005-06 contest the order of Ld. Commissioner of Income-Tax (Appeals)-18 [CIT(A)], Mumbai, Appeal No.CIT(A)-18/T-62/ITO 19(3) (2)/10-11 dated 14/01/2013 qua confirmation of certain addition on account of cash credit u/s 68 for Rs.4 Lacs....

FMV of shares has to be determined on the basis of book values of underlying assets

Minda SM Technocast Pvt. Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) - Minda SM Technocast Pvt. Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) 1. In the present case, the assessee has acquired shares of TEPL at Rs.5 per shares. The shares were acquired by the assessee from three companies as discussed in the preceding paragraphs. The assessee claimed to have valued the shares of TEPL as per...

Issue of Share at Premium- Limited Scrutiny- Jurisdiction of AO

Sunrise Academy of Medical Specialities (India) Private Limited Vs ITO (Kerala High Court) - Sunrise Academy of Medical Specialities (India) Private Limited Vs ITO (Kerala High Court) The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the case of the petitioner was one taken for a limited scrutiny on the issue as to whether the funds received in the form of share premium by the petitione...

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CAs cannot do Valuation of unquoted equity shares under DCF method

Notification No. 23/2018-Income Tax - (24/05/2018) - Income Tax Rule 11UA deals with Valuation of jewellery, archaeological collections and shares and securities for the purpose of Section 56. As per Clause (b) of Sub-Rule 2 of Rule 11UA earlier merchant banker and Chartered Accountant were allowed to do valuation of unquoted equity shares under Dis...

Sec. 56(2)(viib) not applicable to startups having paid up share capital upto Rs. 10 crore

Notification No. G.S.R. 364(E) - (11/04/2018) - pproval for the purposes of clause (viib) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Act -A Startup being a private limited company and in conformity with the definition as per definition stipulated at Para 1(a) shall be eligible to apply for approval for the purposes of clause (viib) of sub-section (2...

No coercive recovery from Start ups for addition on Share Capital Valuation issue: CBDT

F.No. 173/14/2018-ITA.I - (06/02/2018) - It has been decided that in case of 'Start Up' companies which fall within the definition given in Notification of DIPP, Min. of Commerce & Industry, in G.S.R. 501(E) dated 23.05.2017, if additions have been made by the Assessing Officer under section 56(2)(viib) of the Act after modifying/rejecting...

CBDT notifies rules to determine of Fair Market Value of unquoted shares

Notification No. 61/2017-Income Tax / G.S.R. 865(E) - (12/07/2017) - Determination of Fair Market Value for share other than quoted share. 11UAA. For the purposes of section 50CA, the fair market value of the share of a company other than a quoted share, shall be determined in the manner provided in sub-clause (b) or sub-clause(c),as the case may be, ...

S.56 No Tax on Startup Shares issued about FMV: CBDT

Notification No. 45/2016-Income Tax - (14/06/2016) - Central Government, hereby notifies the 'classes of persons' for the purposes of section 56(2)(viib)(ii) as being the 'person' defined under sub-section (31) of section 2 of the said Act, being resident, who make any consideration exceeding the face value for issues of shares of a 'startup' company...

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