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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


Valuation of Unquoted Equity Shares – Rule 11UA

May 18, 2022 70185 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the valuation of unquoted equity shares as per Rule 11UA. Learn about the importance of obtaining a valuation report for tax compliance.

Rule 11U(b) not mandate that Balance Sheet should be audited on valuation date

May 14, 2022 9126 Views 0 comment Print

Electra Paper and Board Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) In the instant case undisputedly on the date of allotment of shares i.e. 31.3.2016, a balance-sheet was drawn by the assessee albeit the said balance sheet was unaudited on that date. The FMV of the shares was determined on the basis of said balance-sheet. The […]

Concept of Angel Tax & Taxability under Income Tax Act 1961

May 11, 2022 28512 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding the concept of Angel Tax & its taxability under the Income Tax Act 1961. Learn how it impacts entrepreneurs and new ideas.

Section 56(2)(vii)(a) not applies to Sum received for giving up rights to contest the will

May 10, 2022 4605 Views 0 comment Print

K. V. Sridhar Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) Sec.56(2)(vii)(a) of Income tAx  Act  will apply only when any sum of money is received, without consideration, the aggregate value of which exceeds fifty thousand rupees. Admittedly, the assessee received the sum of Rs.1.60 Crores for giving up his rights over some of the items of the suit […]

Section 56(2)(vii)(c) not applicable to bonus shares: ITAT

May 10, 2022 4512 Views 0 comment Print

JCIT Vs Sh. Bhanu Chopra (ITAT Delhi) The only issue involved in the instant case relates to acquiring of bonus shares and applicability of the provisions of section 56(2)(vii)(c) of the Act to the same. It was held by the Tribunal that allotment of bonus shares cannot be considered as received for an inadequate consideration […]

ITAT deletes Section 56 addition for 1% difference in Valuation of Shares

May 9, 2022 456 Views 0 comment Print

Suzuki Suiting Pvt. Ltd. Vs I.T.O (ITAT Ahmedabad) Admittedly, the difference in the price of the share issued by the assessee and its fair market value and calculated and certified by the C.A. is barely 1% of its total value. The difference being Rs. 2.81 against the share value of Rs. 200/-, it is meager […]

ITAT explains Tax on renouncement of Rights Shares In Favour of Assesse

May 6, 2022 20814 Views 0 comment Print

Jigar Jashwantlal Shah Vs ACIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) Now, we shall deal with the issue of whether section 56(2)(vii)(c) of the Act can be invoked in respect of additional 82,200 shares received by the assessee since the assessee’s wife and father did not exercise the rights issue and renounced the right in favour of the assessee. […]

Section 147 proceedings invalid as addition was made under section 56 for escapement of income of capital gain

April 29, 2022 3195 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Nalini Anilbhai Amin Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) The proceedings, in the instant case, under section 147 of the Act were initiated by the AO on account of escapement of income of the capital gain generated on the sale of the property. This fact can be verified from the reasons recorded by the AO for […]

Provision of section 56(2)(vii)(b) not invocable on purchase of agricultural land

April 24, 2022 19194 Views 0 comment Print

Clause (iii) of section 2(14) specifically excludes agricultural land of the description given therein from capital asset which means that agricultural land was outside 8 Km. of municipal limits. Accordingly, agricultural land purchased by assessee was not a capital asset and, therefore, section 56(2) (vii)(b) was not applicable to assessee’s case.

Section 56(2)(viii)(c)(ii) not applies to money/ property received from close relatives

April 23, 2022 2859 Views 0 comment Print

It is held that transaction within the family and close relative are covered by the proviso to section 56(2)(viii)(c) and there is no application of the said section for taxing the income under the head ‘Income from other sources’. The provisions of s. 56(2)(viii)(c)(ii) shall not apply in case of money or any property received from any close relative.

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