Articles 1841–1880 of 2673, covering Income Tax and more.
Many investors hold old paper share certificates inherited from parents or bought decades ago, often before demat accounts existed. Converting these into…
Whether a director is paid through salary, sitting fees, or a professional fee arrangement changes which TDS section applies, which ITR head the income falls…
A landlord who rents out a fully furnished flat, a shop with fixtures, or a factory shed along with machinery, often receives one combined rent cheque every…
A one-time settlement with a bank can feel like a fresh start, but the portion of the loan that gets waived is not automatically tax-free. Whether it counts as…
A plot of land bought years ago as an investment, later used by its owner to launch a small real estate development venture, does not need to be sold to an…
Crowdfunding platforms have made it easy to raise money for a creative project, a medical emergency, or an early-stage business idea. But the Income Tax Act…
Losing a job is stressful enough without having to figure out whether the compensation you receive on the way out is taxable. Retrenchment compensation gets a…
An airdrop that lands free tokens in your wallet feels like a windfall, and from a tax perspective, that is exactly how it is treated, twice over. Once when…
Years after booking a flat, many homebuyers finally get possession along with a cheque for 'delay compensation', sometimes under a builder-buyer agreement…
Many buyers book a flat in an under-construction project and, before it is even built, decide to sell their booking to someone else through a nomination or…
Renting out a spare parking slot in your apartment complex or a godown attached to your factory seems like simple rental income, similar to renting out a flat…
For decades, interest earned on your Employees' Provident Fund balance was simply tax-free, full stop. That changed a few years ago for high earners, and the…
A car is one of the few valuable things most people own that almost always loses value over time, which is exactly why nobody worries about capital gains tax…
An employer offering to fund an employee's executive MBA, a professional certification, or a specialised training programme sounds like a pure win for the…
Many salary structures include a basket of 'reimbursement' components, medical bills, fuel, telephone, books and periodicals, that employees assume are…
If your PAN has become inoperative because it was never linked to Aadhaar, the consequences go well beyond a vague compliance warning. It can mean tax deducted…
A mobile tower or a small solar installation on a corner of your land can mean a steady monthly cheque for years. Before that income gets bundled into 'rent'…
Getting a tax refund with a little extra interest tacked on feels like the rare occasion the tax department pays you. But that interest component is itself…
Domain flipping, selling an established blog or a monetised YouTube channel, or exiting a small online business entirely, these are increasingly common ways…
A PAN is meant to be a permanent identifier, the 'P' literally stands for Permanent, but the details linked to it, your name, address, date of birth spelling…
Most of our coverage of cross-border taxation looks at it from the perspective of Indian residents earning abroad. This article flips that around: when a…
Every SIP instalment you invest creates a separate 'lot' of units, each with its own purchase date and price. When you redeem only part of your holding, the…
A gift hamper around Diwali, a gift card for a festival, or a small token given on a work anniversary all feel like goodwill gestures rather than 'salary'. But…
A parent transferring shares to an adult child, or a grandparent gifting mutual fund units to a grandchild, is usually a tax-free event at the time of the gift…
Someone who owns a generator, a JCB, or factory machinery and rents it out when not in use is earning income that does not fit neatly into the house property…
A handful of employers, particularly larger companies and PSUs, offer housing-related financial support: a loan at a below-market interest rate, or a subsidy…
Income from private tuitions is one of the most common, and most commonly under-reported, sources of side income in India. Whether it is a school teacher…
An apartment bought during years working abroad, now rented out while its owner has moved back to India, creates a tax obligation that many returning…
Convertible preference shares are designed from the outset to eventually become equity shares, on a pre-agreed ratio and timeline. The moment of conversion…
Shares bought decades ago and forgotten, dividends that were never collected because of an old address or a closed bank account, these do not simply vanish…
Many businesses depend disproportionately on a handful of key individuals, a founder, a top salesperson, a technical expert whose departure or death could…
Professionals who spend years working abroad often build up retirement savings in accounts like a US 401(k) or IRA, structures where the home country defers…
A multinational sends an employee on a two-year assignment to its India office, with salary continuing to be paid into a bank account back home. The employee…
A property changes hands at a price below the government's stamp duty valuation (often called the circle rate), perhaps because the seller needed a quick sale…
A son working abroad wires a substantial sum to his parents in India to help with a medical expense or a home renovation. A sister settled overseas transfers…
When a business is sold, or a senior professional exits a firm, it is common for the buyer or the firm to pay a separate sum specifically in exchange for the…
A doctor who has spent thirty years building a loyal patient base, or a chartered accountant with a roster of long-standing clients, often finds that when the…
An individual who owns a truck or two and hires them out to transport companies, or someone who has invested in a fleet of a few goods carriages run by hired…
Buying a few grams of gold through a payments app, with the gold supposedly held in a secure vault on the buyer's behalf, has become an extremely popular way…
An investor holding a large quantity of a particular stock for the long term, with no intention of selling soon, can put those idle shares to work through the…