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Company car perk gets costlier: Draft Income Tax Rules 2026 could add Rs 4,352 to your tax bill over car perks on Rs 15 lakh salarySalaried employees face increased income tax under draft Income Tax Rules, 2026, due to changes in company car perk valuation. Those using ...
ESOP tax rules trap expatriates and returning Indians; why Budget 2026 should bring clarity on thisBudget 2026 needs to fix stock option tax confusion for cross-border employees. Current rules create hardship for expatriates and returning...
Good news for salaried taxpayers: Limits for these two tax-free perquisites raised substantially in Finance Act, 2025Good news for salaried individuals. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has raised the income limits for tax-free perks. This change i...
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...
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,...
Foreign employee stock options: Documentation, taxation and disclosure requirements in Indiahe employer only takes care of the tax liability via TDS at the time of vesting. Any tax liability for dividend received and capital gains ...
Dubai-based executive ordered to pay ESOP-tax in IndiaIn a recent order, the ITAT bench, comprising Pramod Kumar, vice-president, and Saktijit Dey, judicial member, rejected the contention of t...
Budget 2020 may tax employer's excess contribution to EPF, NPS twiceThe budget proposal was made to restrict the tax-exempt contribution by employer to EPF, NPS and superannuation fund to Rs 7.5 lakh in an F...
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 ...
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.
- What are Fringe benefit tax (FBT) & STT?
Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) is the taxation of perquisites provided by the employer to his employees, in addition to the cash salary or wages ...
- Taxability of ESOPs depends on Assessee's residential status
Companies view ESOPs as employee retention tools, serving the dual objective of rewarding employees for performance and loyalty and creatin...
- Taxability of Esops for globe trotting staff not clear
Our expert Vikas Vasal, Executive Director, KPMG offers tips on various tax-related issues.
- Perk rules mandate cos to deduct tax on ESOPs
ESOPs have been popular primarily in the knowledge-based industries like IT, biotechnology, etc. However, in the past, they have gained pro...
- Fringe benefit tax to hit employees with company cars
The new perquisite rules have been notified and are applicable from April 1, 2009, for the current financial year.
- Bharti Airtel to recover FBT from employees
The board of Bharti Airtel Ltd has approved modification in the company's ESOP Scheme 2001 and 2005, to recover fringe benefit tax and any ...
- Perks tweaked in line with FBT
The government has notified revised rules for perquisite valuation in line with its bid to make perks taxable.