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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


Impact of Budget 2019 on Start Ups

July 8, 2019 5412 Views 1 comment Print

The Start-ups were having high expectations from the first budget of Modi Govt. 2.0 and the Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman hasn’t let down their expectations. She proposed to start a television programme within the DD bouquet of channels exclusively for start-ups. Further, tax proposals made by Finance Minister were aimed to encourage start-ups by […]

No scrutiny of Start-ups related to valuations of share premiums 

July 5, 2019 2244 Views 0 comment Print

Start-ups and their investors filing requisite declarations not to be subjected to any scrutiny regarding valuations of share premiums  E-verification mechanism proposed for establishing identity of the investor and source of his funds TV programme proposed exclusively for Start-ups within the DD bouquet of channels Government to launch scheme inviting global companies to set up […]

Expectations from Budget 2019 for corporate restructuring

July 2, 2019 7965 Views 0 comment Print

While the Interim Budget did not have an expanded section for tax proposals, there are increasing expectations from this full Budget. As the industry eagerly awaits Union Budget 2019, we list down expectations, which are imperative from business restructuring perspective:

Pre-Budget Memorandum 2019- A Small Wish List From New Finance Minister

July 2, 2019 3627 Views 1 comment Print

Union Budget 2019 – New Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman’s first budget after the huge and unprecedented electoral win of Sh. Narendra Modi Government has the backing of a mammoth public mandate and as such is expected to be a reform oriented budget and not a populist one. However, along with the bold and reform […]

CBDT Circular on anti-abuse provisions in cases of receipt of shares

July 1, 2019 1440 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Direct Taxes had issued Circular 10/2018 dated 31.12.2018 to clarify that provisions of section 56(2)(viia) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 being anti-abuse provisions shall not be applicable in cases of receipt of shares by the specified company or firm as result of fresh issuance of shares including by way of bonus shares, rights shares and preference shares or transactions of similar nature by the specified company.

Difference between purchase and market price of shares quoted on BSE/NSE is deemed benefit taxable u/s 56(2)(vii)

June 27, 2019 2310 Views 0 comment Print

Enhancement of assessee’s income on account of difference between the purchase price of the shares of NDTV limited at Rs 4 per share and the market price of those shares quoted on recognized stock exchange at Rs. 140 per share was a benefit taxable u/s 56 (2)( vii)  as assessee could not justify that there was no motive of tax evasion in the same. 

Are You Paying GST or Income Tax on Exchange of Assets?

June 24, 2019 13488 Views 6 comments Print

Sometimes we exchange assets such as immovable property and ignore the taxation aspect thinking that as there is no money transaction, no tax is applicable.  Let us understand the correct tax implications in such cases. What is the meaning of exchange?  In exchange, the transfer of property takes place for a consideration other than money, […]

Gift Tax or Tax on Gift

June 4, 2019 8760 Views 0 comment Print

Gifts are a way of showing  affection towards one another in today’s busy life. Specially in a  country  like India which has a diversified culture  Gifts are exchanged on numerous occasions  such as  Diwali, Raksha  Bandhan, Christmas,  Birthdays, Marriages, etc.  by Friends  and  Relatives  while for some people giving Gifts are considered as  a form […]

DCF Valuation method not sustainable in absence of evidence to suitability

June 1, 2019 4764 Views 0 comment Print

Agro Portfolio Private Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) We are unable to accept the contentions of the assessee that in view of the provisions under section 56(2)(viib) of the Act read with Rule 11UA(2) of the Rules the Ld. AO had no jurisdiction to adopt a different method than the one adopted by the assessee, […]

Amount claimed to be received as nominee of deceased friend without supportive documents is taxable

May 31, 2019 8895 Views 1 comment Print

Shri Satyendra Nath Kukreja Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) AR for the assessee challenging the impugned order passed by ld. CIT (A) contended that since the assessee has received the amount in question as a nominee of Shri Tek Chand Bhardwaj after his death being a childhood friend, the same is not liable to be taxed; […]

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