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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 114 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


Taxability of Gifts Received From Persons other than Relatives | Section 56(2)(X)

May 18, 2021 1884 Views 0 comment Print

Under Section 56(2)(x) Gifts from persons other than those covered in the definition of relatives are taxable  under the Head Income from other sources. Now a question arises that is it sufficient to offer a Gift from a person other than relatives as Income from Other Sources and pay tax ?  In my humble opinion […]

Taxation of Buy Back of Shares

May 17, 2021 223224 Views 8 comments Print

Company ♦ Section 115QA, which provides for the levy of tax, on account of buy-back of shares, at an effective rate of 23.296% (20% + 12% SC + 4% H&EC) ♦ Buy-Back Tax has to be paid by the company on the distributed income which is nothing but the consideration paid by the company on […]

Income Heads – Some Issues – Income from other sources

May 13, 2021 3765 Views 0 comment Print

Even after discussion at length of heads there are some issues which holds worth for discussion, some of them are being discussed here. Income from other sources :- Is Section 56 is place of specific chargeability or in certain circumstances income specified under 56 can be charged under other heads of income. Gifts are made […]

Income Tax Points to keep In Mind while Selling & Buying a Property

May 13, 2021 18636 Views 3 comments Print

Important income tax points to consider when buying or selling a property. Learn how Section 50C can affect the calculation of capital gains.

Income by way of interest on compensation or on enhanced compensation referred to in Section 145B(1) [Section 56(2)(viii)]

May 12, 2021 64971 Views 3 comments Print

As per section 56(2)(viii), any income by way of interest received on compensation or on enhanced compensation, as the case may be, shall be chargeable to tax under the head ‘Income from other sources‘, and as per section 145B(1) such income shall be deemed to be the income of the year in which it is […]

Upsurge of UPI & E-Wallet Transactions Curbing the Black Economy

May 11, 2021 4149 Views 0 comment Print

With the influx of more and more technology, financial transactions has taken an exchange platform that is totally cashless and people are becoming more dependent on e-transactions due to its advantage of being most user friendly one.

Insight into Section 56(2)(viib) of Income Tax Act, 1961

May 7, 2021 114186 Views 3 comments Print

Section 56(2)(viib) was inserted via Finance Act, 2012. The objective of introducing the section was to deter the generation and use of unaccounted money done through subscription of shares of a closely held company, at a value which is higher than the Fair Market Value (FMV) of shares of such company.

Taxability of Share Issue at Premium

May 4, 2021 63060 Views 9 comments Print

In this write up, we are going to discuss the taxability, under Income Tax Law, where a private limited company issues share at a price which is more than its Face Value. Section 56(2)(Viib) of Income Tax Act, 1961, stipulates as follows:- where a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially […]

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

April 30, 2021 1338 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 3909 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 […]

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