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Union Budget 2026: Esops tax pause may be opened to more startupsThe Centre is considering widening the four-year Esop tax deferral to cover all DPIIT-recognised startups, significantly expanding a benefi...
Esop tax rationalisation tops budget wishlist of VCs, startupsWith the Union Budget around the corner, startups and venture capital firms are readying a wishlist from the government. The industry has s...
Employees of only 3,604 start-ups are eligible for tax relief on ESOPs: Will Budget 2025 extend this relief to all start-ups, unlisted companies?ESOP taxation rule in Budget 2025: The Budget 2020 has amended the taxation rules for ESOPs which provided tax relief to employees. However...
Enhanced support for deeptech, ESOP taxation issue on startups' wishlist for BudgetSpeaking at the National Startup day event -- which celebrates nine years of Startup India programme -- Anjali Bansal, Founder of Avaana Ca...
ESOP taxation relief in Budget 2024: Govt may consider deferring tax to point of saleAs per present Income-tax provisions, taxability of ESOPs occurs at two stages. Firstly, at the time of allotment of shares and thereafter,...
Budget 2024's focus may be transformative reforms for startupsThe 2024 Union Budget focuses on transformative reforms for startups to enhance ease of doing business and attract foreign investments. Pro...
Parliamentary panel recommends relaxation in criteria for recognised startups to avail tax benefitsThe department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has expressed concern about the low utilisation of section 80-IAC of th...
Budget 2023 needs to do this to make ESOPs more attractive for employeesThe government in Budget 2020 eased the taxation of Employees Stock Options or ESOPs. However, the current income tax laws concerning taxat...
PE, VC funds urge Centre to tax Esops only at time of saleAt present, a startup employee who receives a grant of options from the firm under the employee stock ownership plan (Esop) has to pay full...
Flipkart tops Indian tech Esops list with Rs 17,000 crore poolThe homegrown e-tailer was followed by Oyo, Zomato, Paytm and Nykaa, according to data exclusively sourced by ET from executive search firm...
ESOPs rising post Budget as startups do the mathEmployees at young startups now have the option of deferring ESOP tax payments.
ESOP tax sops not for all startups on DPIIT list, says CBDTIn her budget speech on February 1, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that employees at startups exempt under Section 80-IA...
Last irritant of startups gone in Budget; perfect ecosystem for them in India: CBDTNirmala Sitharaman in the Budget proposed to ease the burden of taxation on the employees by deferring the tax payment on ESOPs by five yea...
Tax on allotment of start-up ESOPs removed by Budget 2020This is good news for employees of start-ups having ESOPs. Currently, the taxation of ESOPs is split into two components - (i) at the time ...
Budget defers tax on stock options by 5 years, but is silent on double taxationStartups have long demanded that tax on Esops must be levied only at the time of sale and not at the time of vesting, as valuation of new v...
Startup fraternity lauds ESOP changes & investment clearance cell, some find it lacklusterAccording to Geetika Dayal, Executive Director, TIE Delhi-NCR, the startup community had been waiting with bated breath to receive some rel...
Lets Venture opens My Startup EquityThe platform will also help employees understand taxation related to sale of Esops, and exit procedures. For startups, MyStartupEquity will...
Finance ministry may look into taxation of employee stock ownership plansFinMin plans to review the entire framework to make the compensation tool attractive for employees.
ESOP millionaires among startups are an exceptionUnlike the share of a listed company which can be traded, encashing an ESOP happens only when the company gets listed or when a merger or a...