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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


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

March 9, 2025 1476 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules in Dharmesh Jhaveri’s case: Stamp duty value at allotment date, not registration, to determine Section 56(2)(vii)(b) addition. Appeal allowed.

IBC would prevail over Electricity Act: NCLAT Delhi

March 7, 2025 906 Views 0 comment Print

The plain reading of the above provisions of Section 60(5)(c) clearly indicates that the NCLT is empowered to adjudicate any question of priorities or any question of law or facts arising out of or in relation to the insolvency resolution of the Corporate Debtor.

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

March 6, 2025 609 Views 0 comment Print

Interest income earned from staff loans and advances was incidental to the business of power generation and qualifies as “business income” by relying on the judgment of the Hon’ble Orissa High Court in Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd.

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

March 6, 2025 882 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC remands Lalitamba Pattina Souharda Sahakari Niyamita’s case to AO, questioning denial of Section 80P deduction on interest income. Read details.

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

February 28, 2025 846 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee submitted share valuation report which was not as per rule 11UA but valuation of shares was done as per ‘Adjusted Net Asset Method and as per ‘future earning analysis.

Income From Other Sources: Chargeability Under Section 56

February 27, 2025 3948 Views 0 comment Print

This blog explores the chargeability of Income from Other Sources (IFOS) under Section 56, its scope, types of income covered, taxability, exemptions, and strategic tax planning measures for taxpayers.

Taxability of Pre-Commencement Interest: ITAT Delhi restores case to CIT(A)

February 21, 2025 813 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT remands case regarding taxability of interest income earned before business commencement, citing need for fresh adjudication and consideration of precedents like Tuticorin Alkali.

Interest from Banks Classified as Income from Other Sources, Relief Granted u/s 57: ITAT Bangalore

February 20, 2025 2052 Views 0 comment Print

In the matter abovementioned ITAT Banglore held that interest earned by the assessee from the co-operative banks/commercial bank is considered under the head income from other sources, relief to be granted to the assessee u/s 57 in accordance with law.

Section 50C not applicable to assignment of development rights: ITAT Bangalore

February 18, 2025 1884 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore ruled on the taxability of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) in the case of Smt. Sowmya Sathyan vs. ITO, clarifying its classification under income tax laws.

Interest on enhanced compensation u/s. 28 of Land Acquisition Act is taxable: ITAT Delhi

February 11, 2025 1587 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that interest on enhanced compensation under section 28 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 is not exempt u/s. 10(37). Such interest is exigible to tax u/s. 56(2)(viii) r.w.s. 145B(1). Accordingly, appeal of the assessee dismissed.

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