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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 from investment with co-operative society engaged in banking business deductible u/s. 80P(2)(d)

January 3, 2025 966 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that the interest earned on the investment made with the Coopearitve Society which was carried out the banking business is eligible for deduction under section 80P(2)(d) of the Income Tax Act.

Interest from borrowed funds which temporarily held in interest bearing deposit is capital cost: Delhi HC

December 31, 2024 1476 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that the interest received on borrowed funds, which were temporarily held in interest bearing deposit, is a part of the capital cost and is required to be credited to Capital Work-in-Progress.

Low Tax Effect: ITAT Ahmedabad Dismisses Revenue Appeal

December 29, 2024 714 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses Revenue’s appeal due to low tax effect under CBDT Circular No. 09/2024. The case involved taxability of interest income on project funds.

Interest from co-operative bank eligible for deduction u/s. 80P: ITAT Nagpur

December 26, 2024 804 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Nagpur held that interest income earned by co-operative society from its investments made with other co-operative bank is eligible for deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee allowed.

Deduction u/s. 80P(2)(d) allowable towards interest from deposits with co-op banks

December 21, 2024 5901 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that interest income earned from deposits with co-operative banks is allowable as deduction under section 80P(2)(d) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, the appeal is allowed.

Reopening bad-in-law since AO unaware about exact nature of income which escaped assessment

December 20, 2024 9033 Views 0 comment Print

As noticed earlier, the provisions of sec. 147 of the Act makes it mandatory that the AO should be clear about the alleged escapement of income while recording reasons for reopening of assessment.

Matter remitted as lower authorities failed to examine evidences with regard to deduction u/s. 80P(2)(a)(i)

December 18, 2024 912 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee is a souharda cooperative society duly registered under the Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act, 1997 and is engaged mainly in the business of accepting deposits from members and lending credit facilities to its member.

Interest on Delayed Refund Payable under Section 56 of CGST Act: Bombay HC

November 27, 2024 1230 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that interest on delayed refund is payable as per section 56 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act (CGST Act) and the period for grant of interest would begin on expiry of 60 days from the date of the shipping bill.

Keeping refund order in abeyance merely on allegation of wrongful availment of ITC unjustified: Delhi HC

November 22, 2024 1128 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that keeping in abeyance refund order by exercising powers conferred u/s. 108 of the CGST Act merely on the basis of intelligence regarding wrongful availment of ITC unjustified since pre-requisite conditions for invoking section 108 not satisfied.

Amount received in advance leviable to tax in the year of its collection: Madras HC

November 20, 2024 2787 Views 1 comment Print

The First Appellate authority further directed the assessing authority to reopen the assessment proceedings for the A.Y. 2010-11 and from 2012-13 onwards to disallow the set off of the claim of unabsorbed depreciation computed from 1998-99 onwards.

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