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Angel Tax Removal: A Boon for Startups?

Income Tax : The removal of Angel Tax is a major relief for startups. Discover implications, benefits, and potential downsides of this signific...

August 4, 2024 1617 Views 1 comment Print

Assessing Officer’s Power to challenge Valuations [wrt Section 56(2)(viiib)]

Income Tax : In Section 56(2)(viib) of Income Tax Act, Assessing Officer's wide discretion on valuation faces constraints from rules and tribun...

June 15, 2024 1791 Views 0 comment Print

Compliance Issues Under Section 56(2)(viiib): A Legal And Commercial Analysis

Income Tax : Discover the Assessing Officer's authority to challenge valuations under Section 56(2)(viib). Learn about valuation methods, legal...

June 15, 2024 1785 Views 0 comment Print

Fair Market Value: A Key Driving Factor in Equity Share Pricing

Income Tax : Learn how Fair Market Value (FMV) impacts issue price of equity shares and tax implications under Income Tax Act. Essential guid...

May 20, 2024 1065 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Implications of Optionally Convertible Preference Shares

Income Tax : The issue involves a subscription amount of Rs. 1 Crores, with a dividend rate of 0.10% over a tenure of 20 years. This brief exam...

April 15, 2024 6978 Views 0 comment Print


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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 342 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 1554 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 2724 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 3798 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 14808 Views 3 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 2(14): No capital gains tax on Income proceeds from Agricultural Land

Income Tax : Notice under section 148 was issued upon assessee by AO for reassessing the cash deposit as undisclosed income, following approval...

August 13, 2024 444 Views 0 comment Print

AO cannot interfere & change method selected by assessee for share valuation: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that AO not allowed to interfere in method selected for valuation of share by the assessee u/s. 56(2)(viib) of...

August 9, 2024 312 Views 0 comment Print

Immovable Property Transfer Requires Registered Deed, Not Just Possession

Income Tax : Detailed analysis of the Sujauddian Kasimsab Sayyed Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) case involving immovable property and tax implications un...

July 30, 2024 786 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening Based on Wrong Facts or assumptions is Invalid: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Read the full text of the ITAT Mumbai order in Laxman Gore Shreshtha Vs DCIT. Analysis of reassessment based on incorrect details ...

July 19, 2024 459 Views 0 comment Print

Section 56(2)(vii) inapplicable to non-residents: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi rules Section 56(2)(vii) inapplicable to non-residents, deleting Rs. 9.31 Cr addition for APL Logistics Vascor Automoti...

July 10, 2024 4188 Views 2 comments 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 1641 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 19026 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 13695 Views 1 comment 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 5712 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 5247 Views 0 comment Print


Gift cannot be treated as unexplained cash credit u/s 68 merely based on doubts

April 30, 2021 1233 Views 0 comment Print

Tapasi Singh Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) It is observed that all the four donors who had given the gifts in question to the assessee during the year under consideration were engaged in the business and in the returns of income filed regularly for the year under consideration, the business income earned by them was duly […]

Section 56(2)(viib) not applies to share issue at face value to Shareholders under Amalgamation Scheme

April 13, 2021 3828 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Ozone India Ltd. (ITAT Ahmedabad) In the instant case, pursuant to amalgamation, all assets, liabilities, undertaking of the amalgamating company (KEPL) are agreed to be vested in the amalgamated company( the Assessee) as a going concern. The amalgamated company has issued 300 equity shares of its company at face value for each shares […]

PCIT cannot assume Section 263 jurisdiction when AO has made sufficient enquiry

March 25, 2021 1551 Views 0 comment Print

Since there was a detailed enquiry by AO on issue of equity shares to non-residents and after thoroughly discussing the issue in the assessment order, AO had taken a permissible view within the parameters of the law, there remained no room for PCIT to assume the jurisdiction u/s 263.

Tax on donation received by private discretionary trust from group companies 

March 14, 2021 3066 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs Shriram Ownership Trust (Madras High Court) As per the Deed of Trust and the Supplemental Deed, the trust is created to benefit the members of owner group and the senior leader group of Shriram Group who are identified as beneficiaries as per the scheme laid out in the Trust Deed. The method of […]

No addition for share issued at Premium based on prescribed methodology

March 1, 2021 2598 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs Cinestaan Entertainment Pvt Ltd (Delhi High Court) The law requires determination of fair market values as per prescribed methodology. The Appellant-Revenue had the option to conduct its own valuation and determine FMV on the basis of either the DCF or NAV Method. The Respondent-Assessee being a start-up company adopted DCF method to value […]

Intricacies Involved In Gifts: To And From HUF

February 19, 2021 21714 Views 1 comment Print

In the previous article on HUF, we had discussed about the meaning of HUF, its formation, creation of corpus of HUF and how it can be used as a legal tax saving tool. In one of the ways the corpus of Hindu undivided family can be created by receiving gifts from relatives.

Section 43CA – Stamp Duty Value- Safer Harbour limit increased to 20%

February 2, 2021 29589 Views 0 comment Print

Increase in safe harbour limit of 10% for home buyers and real estate developers selling such residential units under Union Budget 2021 to 20% for certain transfer during the period from 12th November, 2020 to 30th June, 2021 Section 43CA of the Act, inter alia, provides that where the consideration declared to be received or […]

AO cannot reject Valuation report for non-filing of the same during Original or Revision Proceedings

February 1, 2021 1443 Views 0 comment Print

Sakthi Textiles Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Chennai) Coming back to observations of the Assessing Officer regarding valuation report. The Assessing Officer never stated that assessee has not filed valuation report in support of fair market value of shares. In fact, Assessing Officer has categorically admitted that assessee has filed valuation report from independent Chartered Accountant […]

AO cannot reject Share valuation method adopted  by Taxpayer Arbitrarily

January 28, 2021 954 Views 0 comment Print

Bharat Elevators & Engineers Private Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) There are two limbs in Section 56(2)(viib) of the Act. As per explanation to Section 56(2)(viib) of the Act, the first limb is valuation to be made as per the prescribed method. In fact, the method for valuation of shares is prescribed under Rule 11UA […]

ITAT deletes addition on issue, not part of reasons for limited scrutiny

January 6, 2021 2106 Views 0 comment Print

Spooner Industries P Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Addition made by the ld. AO and confirmed by the ld. CIT (Appeals) under Section 68 of the Act deserves to be deleted for the reason that ( 1) it was not part of reasons for limited scrutiny, ( 2) no enquiries made by the Assessing Officer […]

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