What is Deemed Dividend: The deemed dividend is not defined under the income tax act 1961. The dividend generally means a dividend distributed and paid by the company out of its profit to the shareholders in proportion to their shareholdings. A deemed dividend means an income tax on an artificial income, where the company distributes …
A company whether it is a private limited company or a limited company has many options to receive capital from its existing shareholders. A company can issue bonus shares or right shares to its existing equity or preference shareholder. Alternatively, the company can also buybacks its share when it is necessary to improve the condition …
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Income tax on Dividend Results of the listed companies are being declared and they are issuing dividends and bonus shares to their loyal shareholders who have invested in the company. Dividends are the profit of the company that the company distributes every quarter or annually, based on the decision of the board of directors and …
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In India, service sectors are booming. The pandemic covid 19 has changed the thinking and way of working of the resident of India. The service sectors include the information technology, gaming industries, Banking, real estate, heath, education, legal and tax consultant services. Each sector contributes to the economy of India and provides employment to the …
Income tax on capital gain is one of the hot topic, that everyone wants to discuss including non-residents. Capital gain is a wide chapter that has been dealing in detail about the capital assets and tax treatment on that capital assets. A capital asset is defined under section 2(14) of the income tax act 1961. …
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The life insurance policy can be defined as a contract between an insurer and policyholder where an insurer promises to pay the nominee of the policyholder, upon the death of the policyholder or after a set period when the policy gets matured. Taking a life insurance policy can have the benefits of life-saving and it …
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Under the capital gain the period of holding is an important criteria to determine Long term capital gain and Short term capital gain. Capital gain is taxable either a short-term capital gain or a long-term capital gain. The short-term capital gain means a capital asset which is held by the taxpayer for not more than …
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It is said that Nothing is certain except death and taxes. This statement is true because we can make an effort to avoid all incidents, but death and taxes cannot be avoided. It is well-known fact that nothing is free in any country. Anything that you receive in form of infrastructure, roads, bridges, parks, and …
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The selling of immovable property i.e land and building by the non-resident is becoming common in megacities like Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Bangalore. People are being shifted to foreign countries permanently and they are selling their properties and taking the sale consideration out of India. Selling property is a time taking process and it needs …
The Indian income tax law determines the NRI status on the basis of the number of days an individual stays in India, not on the basis of citizenship in India. An individual gets confused when he comes to India for a few days and calculates his residential status. As per the Indian tax law, it …
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