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Income Tax - A very common and frequent question running in the mind of taxpayers is the tax ability of gifts. In this part, an effort has been made to discuss the various provisions relating to tax ability of gift received by an individual or a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) under Income Tax Act. 1. Monetary Gifts: If […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - We see many big business houses run by second or third generation families with different ideologies or intending to diversify their businesses. Occasionally, it leads to separation of business and to family disputes. While most settle the issues amongst themselves, some families drag them to court....
Read MoreIncome Tax - In todays environment, start-ups are crucial as they focus on innovation, lead to employment generation and promote research and development. As per recent study conducted by IBM and Oxford, 90% of India’s start-ups fail within the first five years despite Indias entrepreneurial strengths....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Computation of Fair Market Value [FMV] of Unquoted Equity Shares as per Income-tax (20th Amendment), Rules, 2017 notified vide Notification No. 61/2017, dated 12.07.2017. Sale is applicable With Effec From 01.04.2018 and shall apply to assessment year 2018-19 & subsequent years....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Indian income tax law which is governed by the Income-tax Act, 1961 (IT Act or the IT Act, 1961) and Rules framed thereunder imposes tax on income of a person under various heads. Fifth one of which is Income from Other Sources provided under Section 56 of the IT Act. Further, Section 56 (2) defines incomes chargeable under the said head ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - CBDT has released the draft rules prescribing ‘unquoted shares’ valuation for purposes of Sec. 56(2)(x)/50CA (an important development impacting corporate restructuring) inviting comments from public....
Read MoreIncome Tax - The existing provisions of section 56(2)(vii)(b)(ii) provide that where any immovable property is received for a consideration which is less than the stamp duty value of the property by an amount exceeding 50,000, the stamp duty value of such property as exceeds such consideration, shall be chargeable to tax in the hands of the individual...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Suggestions on Draft Rule 11UA of Income-tax Rules, 1962 Accepted: I am happy to inform you that our suggestions have found favour with the Government, which we had submitted in response to the CBDT’s request on the draft Rule 11UA for determination of fair market value for the purpose of Section 56(2)(viib) of Income-tax Act, 1961. ...
Read MoreDCIT Vs Ateev V. Gala (ITAT Mumbai) - Relative explained in Explanation to section 56(2)(vi) of the Act includes relatives and as the assessee received gift from his HUF, which is a group of relatives, the gift received by the assessee from the HUF should be interpreted to mean that the gift was received from the relatives therefore the...
Read MorePragati Financial Management Pvt. Ltd Vs CIT (Calcutta High Court) - Main thrust of the appellant’s case is that the provisions of Section 68 of the Act as amended could not be given retrospective operation and if that position of law was accepted, then it was not open to the C.I.T. to direct an enquiry to ascertain the source and genuineness of the sums being proj...
Read MoreUrvi Chirag Sheth vs. ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) - Clearly, unless a receipt is not an income, there is no occasion for the provisions of Section 56(1) or 56(2) coming into play. Section 56 does not decide what is an income. What it holds is that if there is an income, which is not taxable under any of the heads under Section 14, i.e item A to E, it...
Read MoreThe Serendipity Apparels Pvt. Ltd. Vs CIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) - The Serendipity Apparels Pvt. Ltd. Vs. CIT (ITAT Ahmedabad)- The assessee has derived its lease rental income under the head from other sources. There is no dispute that the same is covered u/s.56(2)(iii) of the Act....
Read MorePrem Kumar Chowdhary Vs CIT (Income Tax Appellate Tribunal “B” Bench, Kolkata) - In the impugned year the blood relation is not necessary for the gift to be a genuine gift, but the relationship matters a lot. In all the probabilities the gift is found to be genuine as the donors have explained the source of gift, copy of bank accounts, income tax return. ...
Read MoreNotification 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, ...
Read MoreNotification 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...
Read MoreNotification No. 23/2010-Income Tax - (07/04/2010) - Notification No. 23/2010-Income Tax As per section 56(2)(vii)(c)(ii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) if an individual or a Hindu undivided family receives any property other than immovable property on or after 1 October 2009 for a consideration which is less than the Fair Market Value (FMV) of...
Read MoreNotification No. DC (A&R) PWRJJC/2009/6(2)/ADM-6 - (02/01/2010) - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of section 10 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005), the Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, hereby amends the notification No. Sr. D. C. (A & R)/PWR/1006/2/Adm-3, dated 6th October 2007 as follows, nam...
Read MorePRESS RELEASE No.402/92/2006-MC - (30/09/2009) - The Income Tax Act 1961 (the Act) has been amended with effect from 1st October 2009 to provide that any gift-in-kind, being an immovable property or any other property, the value of which exceeds Rs.50,000 (rupees fifty thousand), will become taxable in the hands of the donee, being an individual o...
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Notification No. 61/2017-Income Tax / G.S.R. 865(E) - (12/07/2017) -
DCIT Vs Ateev V. Gala (ITAT Mumbai) -
