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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


Revision u/s. 263 quashed as AO conducted detailed enquiry and took legally permissible view

July 18, 2025 351 Views 0 comment Print

Pune Zilha Madhyawarti Sahakari Vs PCIT (ITAT Pune) ITAT Pune held that revisionary order under section 263 of the Income Tax Act is liable to be quashed as AO conducted detailed enquiry and after proper application of mind has taken one of the view legally permissible and concluded the assessment. Accordingly, appeal allowed. Facts- The […]

ITAT Mumbai Voids Reassessment, Deletes Section 56(2)(viia) Addition

June 30, 2025 993 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai quashes reassessment notices for Rising Star Investment for AY 2017-18, citing jurisdictional defects and lack of proper sanction. Also deletes Section 56(2)(viia) addition based on DVO report.

IGST Refund Allowed as Software Development Qualifies as Export

June 25, 2025 414 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that service of software development to overseas service recipients are that of an independent service provider which qualify as export of services under the service tax provisions and 2(6) of the IGST Act. Accordingly, refund granted and petition allowed.

Section 54F Deduction 54F Allowed on Capital Gain from Tenancy Right Surrender: ITAT Mumbai

June 24, 2025 1026 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that in the present case there is a surrender of tenancy rights against which a new flat has been allotted. Thus, deduction u/s. 54F admissible against the capital gain so computed on surrender of tenancy right.

Interest from Staff Loans Qualifies as Business Income, Not Other Sources

June 24, 2025 645 Views 0 comment Print

Income received by an electricity distribution company from staff loans and advances should be classified as business income under Section 28(i) and not as “income from other sources”.

Mumbai ITAT Allows Post-Ceremony Marriage Gifts citing real-life practicality

June 21, 2025 4992 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules that gifts received shortly after marriage are exempt under Section 56(2)(vii) of the Income-tax Act. The decision clarifies that “on the occasion of marriage” includes gifts associated with the event, irrespective of immediate cheque clearance.

Valuation of unquoted equity shares by DCF method permissible u/r 11UA(2): Delhi HC

June 17, 2025 1098 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that valuation of unquoted equity shares held by the assessee by Discounted Cash Flow [DCF] method is permissible under rule 11UA(2) of the Income Tax Rules. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.

Delhi HC directed interest payment on inadvertent deposit made in Electronic Cash Ledger

June 10, 2025 348 Views 0 comment Print

The Petitioner was under the mistaken impression that only Input Tax Credit could be distributed through the ISD account and the cash deposit was not permissible for distribution.

Stamp Duty Valuation Difference In Purchase of Land By Builder Not Taxable U/S 56 & Entries In Books Not Decisive : Itat Bangalore

May 27, 2025 1293 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Tribunal rules on Rs. 23.33 lakh addition, clarifying Section 56(2)(vii)(b)(ii) for land held as stock-in-trade versus personal asset.

Taxation of Gifts and Zero Rating of Gift Transactions In The Hands of Individual

May 23, 2025 7026 Views 0 comment Print

SEO Meta Description: Understand Section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which taxes gifts and property transfers without or for inadequate consideration, covering scope, taxable transactions, and key exemptions for specified relatives.

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