Income Tax : The Income-tax Act does not prescribe a single definition of "relative" for all purposes. Different provisions such as Sections 13...
Income Tax : The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024 abolished angel tax from AY 2025-26 for all investors. This article explains why startups filing ret...
Income Tax : Learn when monetary, immovable, and movable property gifts become taxable under the Income-tax Act. The FAQs explain exemptions, t...
Income Tax : Income from Other Sources encompasses various taxable receipts such as dividends, gifts, family pension, lottery winnings, interes...
Income Tax : The document highlights that start-ups enjoying exemption must comply with prescribed restrictions on investments and asset acquis...
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...
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...
Income Tax : CBDT proposes changes to Rule 11UA in respect of ANGEL TAX- Also proposes to notify Excluded Entities In the Finance Act, 2023, ...
Income Tax : IMB Certificate of Eligible Business is not a pre-requisite to avail the benefits of non-application of the provisions of clause (...
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...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai remanded the case to examine whether Section 56(2)(x) applied based on the agreement date and to consider refund of ex...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that circle rate-based land valuation is valid for determining FMV under Section 56(2)(viib) and deleted the addit...
Income Tax : ITAT held that interest earned from scheduled and co-operative banks was attributable to the society's business of providing credi...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that a clerical mistake in the DRP's order could not justify sustaining a ₹10 lakh addition. It held that the...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that Section 56(2)(viib) could not be invoked where shares were allotted at a premium to a 100% holding company. T...
Income Tax : Notification regarding Income-tax Act Section 56(2)(viib) and assessment of Startup Companies. Clarifications for assessing recogn...
Income Tax : CBDT) amends Income Tax Rule 11UA regarding valuation of unquoted equity shares for tax purposes. Learn about changes in this amen...
Income Tax : Details of Sixteenth Amendment to Income Tax Rules (2023) on computation of income chargeable under life insurance policies as per...
Income Tax : In the Finance Act, 2023, an amendment was introduced in this provision to bring the consideration received from non-residents wit...
Income Tax : CBDT issued Notification No. 29/2023- Income-Tax specifying certain classes of persons for the purpose of sub-clause (ii) of th...
Gifts are usually capital receipts by nature. The Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘Act’) which is levies tax on incomes, that is revenue receipts, carves out certain exceptions and levies tax on capital receipts as well. Gifts are one such receipt. The Act defines gifts as any asset received without consideration like money or money’s worth (in kind).
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Important income tax points to consider when buying or selling a property. Learn how Section 50C can affect the calculation of capital gains.
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 […]
