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Income From Other Sources: Chargeability Under Section 56

Income Tax : This blog explores the chargeability of Income from Other Sources (IFOS) under Section 56, its scope, types of income covered, tax...

February 27, 2025 591 Views 0 comment Print

Pre-Budget 2025 expectations on Taxation of Virtual Digital Assets

Income Tax : Pre-Budget 2025: Addressing ambiguities in Virtual Digital Asset taxation, including cost of acquisition, loss set-off, gift valua...

January 23, 2025 633 Views 0 comment Print

Meaning of relatives​ Under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Explore the definition of 'relative' under various Income Tax Act provisions and its implications for exemptions, deemed income, a...

September 7, 2024 6417 Views 1 comment Print

Tax Treatment of Income from Other Sources

Income Tax : Learn about taxable incomes under Income from Other Sources with provisions, deductions, and exceptions. Stay updated on tax guide...

September 6, 2024 254617 Views 9 comments Print

Taxability of Gift received by an individual or HUF with FAQs

Income Tax : Monetary gifts to individuals or HUFs exceeding ₹50,000 in a year are taxable unless received under specific exemptions like fro...

August 27, 2024 376893 Views 60 comments 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 1365 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 1614 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 2811 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 3933 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 14859 Views 3 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Stamp Duty Value on Allotment Date Crucial for Section 56(2)(vii)(b) Addition

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai rules in Dharmesh Jhaveri's case: Stamp duty value at allotment date, not registration, to determine Section 56(2)(vii...

March 9, 2025 306 Views 0 comment Print

IBC would prevail over Electricity Act: NCLAT Delhi

Company Law : The plain reading of the above provisions of Section 60(5)(c) clearly indicates that the NCLT is empowered to adjudicate any quest...

March 7, 2025 156 Views 0 comment Print

Interest Income from employee loans was to be treated as Business Income not Income from Other Sources

Income Tax : Interest income earned from staff loans and advances was incidental to the business of power generation and qualifies as “busine...

March 6, 2025 111 Views 0 comment Print

Interest & Other Income Attributable to Business eligible for Section 80P(2)(a)(i) Deduction

Income Tax : Karnataka HC remands Lalitamba Pattina Souharda Sahakari Niyamita’s case to AO, questioning denial of Section 80P deduction on i...

March 6, 2025 336 Views 0 comment Print

Addition not justified as fair market value determined as per rule 11UA: ITAT Jodhpur

Income Tax : Assessee submitted share valuation report which was not as per rule 11UA but valuation of shares was done as per 'Adjusted Net Ass...

February 28, 2025 177 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 1932 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 22770 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 15948 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 5892 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 5499 Views 0 comment Print


Cash gift at the time of marriage supported merely by affidavit – ITAT confirms addition partially

April 17, 2023 1656 Views 0 comment Print

Merely filing of the affidavit is not sufficient to prove the capacity and source of the persons who has given money to the assessee.

Addition u/s 56(2)(viib) sustained as method for FMV of equity shares not as per rule 11UA

April 17, 2023 1287 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that addition under section 56(2)(viib) of the Income Tax Act sustained as method adopted for determination of FMV of equity shares by the assessee is not as per method prescribed under rule 11UA of Income Tax Rules.

Order set aside as was based on lone basis that case is not covered under instruction no. 1914 dated 02.12.1993

April 15, 2023 759 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court set aside the impugned order as it was based on one basis that writ petitioner’s case is not covered under instruction no. 1914 dated 02.12.1993.

Income from Other Sources (Section 56 to 59)

March 31, 2023 104682 Views 4 comments Print

Explore Income from Other Sources in the Income Tax Act. Learn about taxable receipts, allowable expenses, and disallowable expenses. Stay tax compliant

Interest u/s 28 of Land Acquisition Act from date of possession of land till date of judgement is not taxable

March 10, 2023 4824 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that interest granted by the reference Court u/s. 28 of the Land Acquisition Act from the date of possession of land till the date of judgment of High Court is an accretion of the value of the land acquired and accordingly not taxable.

Favoured Gift Provisions – Boon or Bane?

March 10, 2023 2772 Views 5 comments Print

Today, we talk about section 56 of this act, which discusses gift provisions and their tax implications. This section provides us with several favors. By virtue of this section, Money and gifts received by an individual taxpayer on the occasion of his/her marriage are exempt from income tax doesn’t matter whether clothes are gifted or a whole building.

Date of allotment letter for stamp duty valuation should be considered for section 56(2)(x)

March 1, 2023 3870 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that stamp duty valuation as on the date of allotment letters, and not the date of execution of agreement to sell, should be considered for the purpose of section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act.

Reopening of assessment despite full & true disclosure of material facts is unjustifed

February 23, 2023 1257 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that reopening of assessment in absence of failure on the part of the assessee to disclose fully and truly the material facts and also in absence of any tangible material is unjustifiable.

FAQs on Angel Taxation in India

February 23, 2023 2835 Views 0 comment Print

What is Angel Tax? Section 56(2) of the Budget Act of 2012 instituted the Angel Tax (viib). In general, angel tax is the tax that unlisted companies are required to pay on the money they generate via the issuance of shares. Tax is only charged if the investor is an Indian citizen and the share price of issued shares exceeds the company’s fair market value. In this case, the surplus value is seen as income and is thereafter considered to be taxed.

Economic Analysis on Angle Tax for Startups Post Budget 2023

February 13, 2023 861 Views 0 comment Print

Angel tax is a prime example of how even well-intentioned actions can backfire. The difference between the issue price of unlisted securities and their fair market value (FMV), which must be calculated by a merchant banker using either the book value technique or discounted cash flow method, is taxed under Section 56(2)(viib) of the Tax […]

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