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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 2484 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


Taxability of GIFTs for Individuals/HUFs

June 2, 2018 5373 Views 2 comments Print

In India we express our love and affection through gifts. There are various occasions for gift giving in our society like Rakshabandhan, Diwali, marriages, birthdays and the list goes on. But the government is keeping a close eye on such gifts as they may be misused by tax payers to escape taxes on their income by simply transferring their income to relatives and through other routes.

ICAI gives representation to CBDT for not allowing CAs to do DCF certification

May 31, 2018 14592 Views 2 comments Print

Notification No 23/2018, dated 20 May, 2018 amending Rule 11UA omitting reference to term accountant, thereby making Chartered Accountants ineligible to determine the FMV of unquoted equity shares as per the Discounted Free Cash Flow Method

CA valuation report now not valid u/r 11UA (2)(b) of Income-tax Rules, 1962

May 29, 2018 121197 Views 5 comments Print

The valuation rules are specified under Rule 11U, Rule 11UA, Rule 11UAA and Rule 11UB for various provisions under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’) which cover valuation options in case of various assets including equity shares and other securities. These rules specify the methodology to be adopted at the time of arriving at fair […]

CAs cannot do Valuation of unquoted equity shares under DCF method

May 24, 2018 96906 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment in Rule 11U and 11UA omitting reference to the term accountant, thereby permitting only merchant bankers to determine the FMV of unquoted equity shares as per the Discounted Free Cash Flow Method

No addition for Gift from daughter if Assessee proves identity, genuineness & creditworthiness

May 23, 2018 1659 Views 0 comment Print

Briefly the facts of the case are, assessee who derives income from house property and income from other sources, filed her return of income for the AY 2010-11 on 27/07/2010 declaring an income of Rs. 17,75,810/-. Subsequently, the case was selected for scrutiny under CASS and accordingly notice u/s 143(2) dated 25/08/2011 was issued and served on the assessee on 06/09/2011. In response to the said notice, the assessee furnished the information called for.

Issue of Share at Premium- Limited Scrutiny- Jurisdiction of AO

May 22, 2018 2352 Views 0 comment Print

Sunrise Academy of Medical Specialities (India) Private Limited Vs ITO (Kerala High Court) The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the case of the petitioner was one taken for a limited scrutiny on the issue as to whether the funds received in the form of share premium by the petitioner are from disclosed sources […]

Sec. 56(2)(viib) Assessee can adopt a method of his choice to determine FMV of shares transferred

May 16, 2018 11886 Views 1 comment Print

Section 56 allows the assessees to adopt one of the methods of their choice. But,the AO held that the assessee should have adopted only one method for determining the value of the shares.In our opinion,it was beyond the jurisdiction of the AO to insist upon a particular system, especially the Act allows to choose one of the two methods.

SC on Taxability of interest on share application money deposited in bank

April 28, 2018 5055 Views 0 comment Print

The present appeal has been preferred against the impugned final judgment and order dated 18.12.2012 passed by the High Court of Gujarat in Tax Appeal No. 235 of 2012 whereby the Division Bench of the High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the Revenue­the appellant herein against the judgment and order dated 21.10.2011 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (in short The Tribunal) in ITA No. 1039/Ahd./2007 and ITA No. 240/Ahd./2008.

Sec. 56(2)(viib) not applicable to startups having paid up share capital upto Rs. 10 crore

April 11, 2018 24339 Views 0 comment Print

pproval for the purposes of clause (viib) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Act -A Startup being a private limited company and in conformity with the definition as per definition stipulated at Para 1(a) shall be eligible to apply for approval for the purposes of clause (viib) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Act, if the following conditions are fulfilled: —

Section 56(2)(vii) HUF can’t be treated as a ‘Donor’ of Gift

February 21, 2018 17529 Views 1 comment Print

Gyanchand M. Bardia Vs. ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) The first dispute between the parties is qua validity of assessee’s gift claim as received from the HUF amounting to Rs. 1,02,00,000/- coming through banking channel. Both the lower authorities are of the view that an HUF does not come under the specified category of a relative in […]

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