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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


6 Suggestions for Amendments in Income Tax Act by BCAS

May 28, 2019 8382 Views 2 comments Print

Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society has made a Representation on ‘Suggestions for Amendments in the Income Tax Act’, on 24th May, 2019, to the Joint Secretary TPL, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Addition of premium amount cannot be made solely on the basis of valuation of loss-making company

May 17, 2019 3348 Views 0 comment Print

India Today Online Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: Addition of difference premium amount of Rs. 20/- per share in assessee-company on the ground that M company was a loss-making company was not justified as assessee had substantiated the shares issued at Rs. 30 per share was less than the FMV  and the underlying […]

Tax cannot be levied on Loan Waived under one time settlement

May 16, 2019 21489 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Jai Pal Gaba Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) The very language of the section 28(iv) speaks about the value of any benefit or perquisite arising from business or exercise of a profession. Now considering the facts and circumstances of the case, though, the loan was taken for the purpose of business but the same was […]

Taxability of gifts received by an individual

May 12, 2019 23259 Views 0 comment Print

In this article, we will emphasis on the applicability of income tax laws on the gifts (movable or immovable) received by an individual from any person.

Section 56(2)(vii) not applies to stock-in-trade

April 23, 2019 8220 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions of section 56(2)(vii) have application to ‘property’ which is in nature of a capital asset of recipient and, thus, when assessee purchased a piece of land as stock-in-trade, the addition made by AO in respect of the purchase of land by invoking provisions of section 56(2)(vii)(b)(ii), was to be set aside.

Sec. 56(2)(viia) applies only to bogus capital building & money laundering cases

April 7, 2019 4632 Views 0 comment Print

In our view, the said Section can be applied if there is a transfer of shares in favour of a Firm or a Company. For the transfer of shares, we agree with the assessee that there must be a transferor and transferee and transferred assets i.e., shares. In the case of amalgamation, it cannot be said that there is a transfer of shares as there is only statutory vesting of the assets by virtue of the Scheme.

Tax on Monthly or Lump sum Alimony Money post Divorce

March 27, 2019 59595 Views 6 comments Print

Lump Sum Settlement Money received at time of Divorce or Monthly Alimony Money received is Taxable in Income Tax Law? A divorce is the legal termination of a marriage by a court in a legal proceeding, requiring a petition or complaint for divorce (or dissolution in some states) by one party. There are two types […]

Notification dated 5th March 2019 by CBDT on Angel Tax, Icing on cake

March 18, 2019 9699 Views 0 comment Print

As per current Income Tax provisions, if a closely-held company i.e. a company in which public is not substantially interested, issues shares at a price which is more than its fair market value (FMV), then the excess amount i.e. excess of issue price over fair market value will be taxed as income from other sources in the hands of the company.

Angel Tax : Implication on Startup Ecosystem

February 28, 2019 3393 Views 0 comment Print

Angel tax means the tax payable by unlisted companies during the raising of capital wherein the share price exceeds the fair market price of the share sold. The tax was initially conceptualized in the 2012 Union Budget by then finance minister Pranab Mukherjee with an endeavour to curtail the flow of illegitimate laundering of funds.

Angel tax – Now a breather to Angel Investors

February 25, 2019 4746 Views 0 comment Print

The Government of India is taking a lot of measures to create job opportunities which will lead to an increase in the overall growth of the country. In doing so, the Government is giving various monetary and non- monetary benefits to the eligible entities. One such eligible entity being ‘Startups’ for which the Government of […]

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