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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 valuation on Allotment letter date should be considered for Section 56(2)(x)

April 11, 2024 3894 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT orders stamp duty valuation on allotment letter date for Section 56(2)(x) of Income Tax Act, setting aside CIT(A) order against Assessee.

ITAT Deletes Share Premium Addition Due to Blatantly Anomalous Valuation by AO

April 10, 2024 627 Views 0 comment Print

Read the full text of the ITAT Kolkata’s order in the case of Maa Biddeswari Agro Products Pvt. Ltd. vs ITO. Learn how the ITAT ruled to delete the addition of share premium due to the AO’s flawed valuation.

No section 56(2)(viib) addition for Share allotment at premium by Subsidiary to Holding Company

April 5, 2024 1122 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Delhi in case of KBC India Pvt. Ltd. vs. ITO held that equity shares were allotted by the assessee to its holding company at premium and in such a scenario no addition can be made u/s 56(2)(viib) of the Act

AO cannot invoke Section 56(2)(viib) if Discounted Cash Flow method used for Share Valuation

April 5, 2024 1419 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Delhi ruling on valuation of shares in DCIT Vs Hometrail Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. case for Assessment Year 2015-16. Analysis, implications, and conclusions discussed.

No Section 56(2)(viib) addition for allotment of equity shares by Subsidiary to holding company at premium

April 4, 2024 2196 Views 0 comment Print

Rugby Regency P. Ltd appeals against denial of depreciation on windmills and addition of income under Section 56(2)(viib) of Income Tax Act. Detailed analysis of the case from ITAT Delhi.

Section 56(2)(x): Consider Stamp duty value on agreement date – ITAT Kolkata

March 27, 2024 1872 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata scrutinized the provisions of section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and observed that the AO had not considered the stamp duty valuation of the property on the date of agreement, which was in 2015. As per the proviso to the section, the stamp duty value on the date of agreement should have been taken into account.

Exemption u/s. 10(26) available to individual members of Scheduled Tribe & not to firm: ITAT Guwahati

March 26, 2024 2277 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Guwahati held that the exemption of 10(26) of the Income Tax Act is available to the individual members of the Scheduled Tribe and that this benefit cannot be extended to a firm which has been recognized as a separate assessable person under the Income Tax Act.

Assessee Entitled to Interest After 60 Days from GST Refund Application

March 26, 2024 2880 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the Delhi High Courts ruling granting 6% interest under Section 56 of the CGST Act on delayed GST refunds, ensuring statutory entitlement for taxpayers.

Section 56(2)(viib) not applicable for allotment of share at premium to existing shareholders

March 20, 2024 2190 Views 0 comment Print

Detailed analysis of the Delhi ITAT’s ruling in ACIT Vs Dhruv Milkose Pvt. Ltd., regarding the taxation of premium charged on the issue of shares to existing shareholders under Section 56(2)(viib) of the Income Tax Act.

Rule 11UA(2)(A) Doesn’t Mandate Valuation Report for NAV Method: Delhi ITAT

March 20, 2024 2289 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT vs Continental Corrugators Pvt. Ltd. – Delhi ITAT rules Rule 11UA(2)(A) doesn’t require a valuation report for substantiation under NAV method for determining FMV. Full analysis here.

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