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It is hereby clarified that section 56(2)(viia) of the Act shall apply in cases where a specified company or firm receives the shares of the specified company through transfer for no or inadequate consideration. Hence, the provisions of section 56(2)(viia) of the Act shall not be applicable in cases of receipt of shares by the specified company or firm as a result of fresh issuance of shares as mentioned in para 2 above, by the specified company.
Who are angel investors? Angel investors (also called informal investors, angel funders, private investors, seed investors or business angels) are affluent individuals who inject capital for startups in exchange for ownership equity or convertible debt These investors invest their money in an entrepreneurial company unlike institutional venture capitalists, who invest other people’s money. Unlike venture capitalists […]
GIFT TAX: The tax levied on the gifts that you have received in money or its worth and which is over and above a certain set limit by the Indian law is known as gift tax. Income tax on gifts helps regulate the gives which is given to you by a person who is not a close relative as per the definition of Income Tax Law of India.
The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion(DIPP) has taken notice of the news reports regarding issue of notices by Income Tax authorities to Angel Investors/Start-ups. DIPP in consultation with the Department of Revenue (DoR) has put in place a mechanism since April 2018 to grant exemption from the provisions of Section 56(2)(viib) of the Income […]
Here it clearly states that the shares should be a property of the recipient company. To become known as a property the shares, in such a case, should be of some other company and not of its own; because own shares cannot become property as they shall be treated as stock.
DCIT Vs Ozoneland Agro (P) Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) In this AO had ‘tampered’ with provisions of the Act. It was beyond jurisdiction of AO to insist upon a particular system, which especially allows assessee to choose one of the two methods. Until and unless legislature amends provision of the Act and prescribes only one method […]
In recent times, far reaching changes have been brought about in Income Tax law in relation to transactions involving transfer of shares of companies. These changes have increased the burden on the shoulders of tax payers as every time transactions involve issue or transfer of shares of unlisted companies, there are tax implications either in the hands of recipient of such shares or, issuer or transferor of such shares. Therefore, tax payers have to be careful while entering into these transactions.
As per income tax act gifts received are taxable in the hands of recipient under the head Income From Other Sources and there is no taxation for the donor. Here gift means any sum of money, Moveable property or immovable property which received without consideration or inadequate consideration.
Vaani Estates Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) Provisions of Section 56(2)(viib) of the Act, cannot be invoked in the case of the assessee company because by virtue of cash being brought into the assessee company by Mrs. Sasikala Raghupathy for allotment of equity shares with unrealistic premium the benefit has only passed on to […]
Article contains FAQ on Gift, ,list of relatives from whom an individual can receive the gifts without any income tax liability and also giving below Draft of gift deed.
