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Share Premium Tax Above FMV: End of Section 56(2)(viib), Section 92(2)(m) Continues, Tax Gap Emerges

Income Tax : The removal of the provision means companies and investors are no longer taxed on share premiums exceeding fair market value, crea...

May 5, 2026 672 Views 0 comment Print

Fair Market Value Tax Rules: Gifts, ESOPs, Inventory Conversion & Share Transfers

Income Tax : This explains how fair market value governs taxation under multiple provisions including gifts, ESOPs, and slump sales. It highlig...

April 9, 2026 579 Views 0 comment Print

Lump-Sum Alimony vs. Monthly Maintenance :Tax Treatment

Income Tax : Courts hold that one-time alimony is a capital receipt arising from extinguishment of rights and not taxable. The ruling clarifies...

March 18, 2026 2169 Views 2 comments Print

Property Deal Mismatch? How Section 50C and 56(2)(x) Can Create Phantom Income

Income Tax : The article explains how violating the twin conditions under Section 50C(2) can block valuation relief and trigger taxation on hig...

February 12, 2026 1932 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding Income from Other Sources in Taxation

Income Tax : Overview of income taxed under other sources, including dividends, winnings, interest, deemed income, forfeited advances, family p...

November 15, 2025 11322 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Sunset of Section 56(2)(viib) Provisions: No Tax on issue of share exceeding FMV

Income Tax : Finance Bill 2024 proposes the sunset of Section 56(2)(viib) from April 2025, eliminating the tax on shares issued above face valu...

July 23, 2024 6345 Views 0 comment Print

Suggestions on proposed changes to Rule 11UA of Income-tax Rules, 1962

Income Tax : Amendment to section 56(2)(viib) of Act extending the applicability of section to issue of shares to non-residents has been made a...

June 1, 2023 1908 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT proposes changes to Rule 11UA ANGEL TAX & to notify Excluded Entities

Income Tax : CBDT proposes changes to Rule 11UA in respect of ANGEL TAX- Also proposes to  notify Excluded Entities In the Finance Act, 2023, ...

May 20, 2023 3120 Views 0 comment Print

IMB certification is not a prerequisite to avoid angel tax

Income Tax : IMB Certificate of Eligible Business is not a pre-requisite to avail the benefits of non-application of the provisions of clause (...

March 25, 2022 4596 Views 0 comment Print

Representation to FM to Widen Scope of Benefit of 20% for flats

Income Tax : Representation for widening the scope of benefit in case of difference in agreement price and Circle Rate of property is upto 20 p...

November 14, 2020 15186 Views 3 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Stamp Duty Value Cannot Be Adopted Without DVO Reference When Property Title Is Disputed

Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that objections relating to defective title, encroachments, and legal disputes require proper valuation examination...

May 21, 2026 168 Views 0 comment Print

Difference Between Projected & Actual Revenue Cannot Invalidate DCF Valuation: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that future projections under DCF method cannot be tested solely against later actual financial performance. It obs...

May 21, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

SC Allows Deduction of Grants as They Were Part of Statutory Business Activity

Income Tax : The Supreme Court held that grants disbursed by a statutory corporation formed part of its core business functions and qualified a...

May 20, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Upholds Deferred Taxation of Time-Share Fees as Obligations Continued Over Membership Period

Income Tax : Madras High Court held that time-share membership fees could not be fully taxed in the year of receipt since the assessee had cont...

May 19, 2026 126 Views 0 comment Print

Purchase of MHADA Leasehold Tenement Can Attract Section 56(2)(x): ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT held that Section 56(2)(x) applies to purchase of MHADA leasehold property rights despite reliance on Section 50C ruli...

May 19, 2026 2478 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Assessment of Startup Companies involving application of section 56 (2)(viib)

Income Tax : Notification regarding Income-tax Act Section 56(2)(viib) and assessment of Startup Companies. Clarifications for assessing recogn...

October 10, 2023 2655 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment of Income Tax Rule 11UA- Valuation of Unquoted Equity Shares

Income Tax : CBDT) amends Income Tax Rule 11UA regarding valuation of unquoted equity shares for tax purposes. Learn about changes in this amen...

September 25, 2023 29277 Views 0 comment Print

New Income Tax Rules on Taxation of Life Insurance Policy Receipts

Income Tax : Details of Sixteenth Amendment to Income Tax Rules (2023) on computation of income chargeable under life insurance policies as per...

August 16, 2023 22074 Views 2 comments Print

CBDT releases draft rule 11UA to implement amendment by Finance Act 2023

Income Tax : In the Finance Act, 2023, an amendment was introduced in this provision to bring the consideration received from non-residents wit...

May 26, 2023 6372 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Notifies Classes of Persons for Income Tax Purposes under Section 56

Income Tax : CBDT issued  Notification No. 29/2023- Income-Tax specifying certain classes of persons for the purpose of sub-clause (ii) of th...

May 24, 2023 6225 Views 0 comment Print


Interest @9% payable under GST when amount not refunded within 60 days from date of order of First Authority

August 20, 2025 996 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that combine reading of section 56 and 54(1) of the CGST Act states that interest @9% is payable when amount is not refunded within 60 days from the date of the order passed by the First Authority.

AO Cannot Replace DCF Valuation with Own Estimate in Share Premium Case

August 15, 2025 801 Views 0 comment Print

TAT Mumbai holds that under Section 56(2)(viib), an assessee may adopt DCF or NAV method, and AO cannot substitute valuation with own estimate.

Section 80P(2)(a)(i) Deduction eligible on Interest from Operational Deposits

August 6, 2025 672 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Nagpur dismisses revenue appeals against Maharashtra Urban Co-operative Credit Society Ltd, affirming its entitlement to Section 80P deductions on interest income from nominal members and bank deposits, distinguishing the Supreme Court’s Totgars’ Co-operative Sales Society Ltd ruling.

ITAT Allows Section 80P Deduction on Bank FDR Interest to Co-Op Society

August 5, 2025 972 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Nagpur rules Aditya Urban Co-operative Credit Society’s FDR interest is eligible for 80P deduction, distinguishing it from surplus fund cases.

80P(2)(a)(i) deduction eligible on interest earned by co-operative society from deposits with co-operative banks

August 1, 2025 828 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that interest income earned by cooperative society on deposits made out of surplus funds with cooperative banks qualifies for deduction under the provisions of section 80P(2)(a)(i). Accordingly, appeal of assessee allowed.

Full Tax Demand Adjustment Against Income Tax Refund During Appeal Unjustified

July 22, 2025 987 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that adjusting entire demand raised against refund due even during pendency of appeal is without jurisdiction. Accordingly, department directed to refund balance amount with interest.

Insurance claim received for death of horses are capital receipts: Bombay HC

July 21, 2025 348 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that the entire amounts of insurance claim received for death of horses is to be treated as capital receipt governed only by provisions of Section 45(1) of the Income Tax Act. Hence, the same is not chargeable to tax. Accordingly, appeal allowed.

Deduction u/s. 80P(2)(d) towards interest from co-operative bank allowed: Gujarat HC

July 19, 2025 759 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court held that interest from co-operative bank is eligible for deduction under section 80P(2)(d) of the Income Tax Act as Cooperative bank is a Cooperative society registered under the Gujarat State Cooperative Societies Act. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.

10% Section 56(2)(x) Tolerance Limit for Property Valuation Retrospective: ITAT Mumbai

July 18, 2025 4545 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules 10% tolerance limit under Income Tax Act’s Section 56(2)(x) applies retrospectively, cutting addition in NRB Developers’ property valuation case.

Sale Below Stamp Duty Value Justified by Title Dispute & 5% Variation: ITAT Deletes Addition

July 18, 2025 804 Views 0 comment Print

Ahmedabad ITAT rules against Section 56(2)(x) addition for Deepakkumar Chandulal Shah, citing a title dispute that justified a lower sale price and a stamp duty value difference within the 5% threshold.

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