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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


ITAT deletes section 56(2)(vii)(b) addition as land was not a fresh purchase

May 31, 2021 1467 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Ajay Jagdishnarain Agarwal (ITAT Mumbai) fter going through the order passed by the CIT(A), we noticed that the property was purchased by Jagdish Narian Agarwal in the year 1974 after paying the full consideration. The original owners/vendors confirmed the transaction and the parties had given requisite confirmation before the district collector. They transferred […]

Gift given by HUF to its Member is Considered as Income of Member?

May 26, 2021 90174 Views 1 comment Print

We all know that Gift Tax Act which was introduced from 1st April, 1958 in our country as direct tax, which was repealed from 1st October, 1998. Any person receives Gift from any other person, would be consider as income of the recipient as per section 56(2)(x) with certain exemptions. Section 56(2)(x) was inserted by […]

Taxability of Gift Received By A Person

May 22, 2021 15939 Views 2 comments Print

Any person receives Gift from any other person, would be consider as income of the recipient as per section 56(2)(x) with certain exemptions. Section 56(2)(x) was inserted by Finance Act 2017 w.e.f.1st April, 2017 read as under: Where any person receives, in any previous year, from any person or persons on or after 1st day […]

Short Notes on Section 56(2)(x) of Income tax act

May 18, 2021 475065 Views 14 comments Print

1. Tax on sum/property received without consideration Section 56(2)(x) provides that following receipts shall be taxed in hands of any person where received from any person or persons on or after 01.04.2017 during any previous year. (a) Any sum of money exceeding Rs. 50000 in aggregate without consideration. (b) Any immovable property received without consideration, […]

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

May 18, 2021 2109 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 225510 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 3927 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 19152 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 69222 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 5031 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.

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