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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


Forfeited share capital is Capital Receipt & not taxable under section 56(2)(ix)

May 13, 2023 7152 Views 0 comment Print

Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) In the instant case, the assessee has received money on issuing share capital in the form of exercise of rights in share warrants. The share capital so collected by the assessee is not in the course of negotiations for transfer of capital asset. The shares so […]

Income Tax Implications for Buyers, if any Immovable Property is Bought for a consideration less than Stamp Duty Value

May 7, 2023 176247 Views 26 comments Print

Understand income tax implications for buyers when purchasing immovable property below stamp duty value. Learn about Section 56(2)(x) and its consequences. Get expert advice for smooth transactions.

No capital Gain Tax on Gift of Immovable Property to Sister

May 5, 2023 4449 Views 0 comment Print

From gift deed it is crystal clear that the said property was gifted by assesee to his sister out of natural love and affection and it was in this back drop that assessee claimed before CIT(A) that incidence of transfer of immovable property was not liable to tax in his hands.

Section 56(2)(viia) cannot be invoked if Sales Price exceeds FMV

April 27, 2023 1227 Views 0 comment Print

Undisputedly, invoking the provisions of section 56(2)(viia) of the Act, the Assessing Officer has treated the difference between the sale price and FMV of the shares of the assessee as income of the assessee.

Cash gift at the time of marriage supported merely by affidavit – ITAT confirms addition partially

April 17, 2023 1995 Views 0 comment Print

Merely filing of the affidavit is not sufficient to prove the capacity and source of the persons who has given money to the assessee.

Addition u/s 56(2)(viib) sustained as method for FMV of equity shares not as per rule 11UA

April 17, 2023 1467 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that addition under section 56(2)(viib) of the Income Tax Act sustained as method adopted for determination of FMV of equity shares by the assessee is not as per method prescribed under rule 11UA of Income Tax Rules.

Order set aside as was based on lone basis that case is not covered under instruction no. 1914 dated 02.12.1993

April 15, 2023 924 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court set aside the impugned order as it was based on one basis that writ petitioner’s case is not covered under instruction no. 1914 dated 02.12.1993.

Income from Other Sources (Section 56 to 59)

March 31, 2023 116307 Views 4 comments Print

Explore Income from Other Sources in the Income Tax Act. Learn about taxable receipts, allowable expenses, and disallowable expenses. Stay tax compliant

Interest u/s 28 of Land Acquisition Act from date of possession of land till date of judgement is not taxable

March 10, 2023 5364 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that interest granted by the reference Court u/s. 28 of the Land Acquisition Act from the date of possession of land till the date of judgment of High Court is an accretion of the value of the land acquired and accordingly not taxable.

Favoured Gift Provisions – Boon or Bane?

March 10, 2023 3024 Views 5 comments Print

Today, we talk about section 56 of this act, which discusses gift provisions and their tax implications. This section provides us with several favors. By virtue of this section, Money and gifts received by an individual taxpayer on the occasion of his/her marriage are exempt from income tax doesn’t matter whether clothes are gifted or a whole building.

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