IT needs selectivity, not blind bargain hunting; Energy, defence and healthcare offer better opportunities: Gurmeet ChadhaMarket expert Gurmeet Chadha advises investors to be selective in the IT sector, despite attractive valuations, focusing on stock-specific ...
04 Jun, 2026, 11.34 AM IST
Wipro is buying back shares at Rs 250. What your tax bill looks like depends on this factorWipro's share buy-back offers Rs 250 per share, a premium over market price. New tax rules effective April 1, 2026, treat buy-back proceeds...
30 Apr, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
Aurobindo Pharma's Rs 800 cr buyback closes this week: Should you tender shares?Aurobindo Pharma has initiated a share buyback program valued at Rs 800 crore, set to remain open until April 29. The company aims to reacq...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Concerns settled, share buybacks could flow via exchanges againSebi is proposing to bring back share buybacks via stock exchanges. This reverses a decision made a year ago. New tax rules have resolved e...
03 Apr, 2026, 09.20 AM IST
Stock buyback will be considered as capital gains with effective rates of 22% and 30%, announces FM in Budget 2026Union Budget 2026 proposes to tax buy-back for all types of shareholders as capital gains. However, to disincentivize this use of tax arbit...
03 Feb, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
Buybacks to be taxed as capital gains; retail investors benefitThe budget introduces a significant change in how share buybacks are taxed. Individual shareholders will now pay a lower 12.5% tax on buyba...
02 Feb, 2026, 06.14 AM IST
Proposed share buyback framework aims to benefit small shareholders, not promotersTo discourage misuse of tax arbitrage, promoters will be subject to an additional buyback tax, raising the effective tax rate to 22 per cen...
01 Feb, 2026, 08.33 PM IST
Infosys’ Rs 18,000-crore share buyback: Don’t ignore this important tax implicationInfosys' Rs 18,000 crore share buyback closes today, with investor focus shifting to the new tax regime. Under the revised rules, buyback p...
26 Nov, 2025, 09.54 AM IST
Infosys buyback: Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath explains the tax trap investors are missingInfosys' massive Rs 18,000 crore share buyback is approaching. Zerodha co-founder Nithin Kamath advises investors to understand the tax rul...
13 Nov, 2025, 01.40 PM IST
New share buyback rules from October 1, 2024: A higher tax for many, but these people will gainNew equity buyback rules: Budget 2024 amended the income tax laws on how share buybacks are taxed. The new laws announced in July will be e...
13 Aug, 2024, 05.57 PM IST
Companies race against taxing times to give buyback callWithin just the three weeks since the budget announcement on July 23, 15 companies have already announced buybacks, compared with 18 that d...
13 Aug, 2024, 06.31 AM IST
Raining Buybacks: 6 companies announce buybacks post Budget. More to follow?Companies such as Welspun Living and Aurobindo Pharma have already announced share buybacks, while AIA Engineering, Savita Oil Technologies...
31 Jul, 2024, 11.52 AM IST
Long term capital gains tax benefit taken away for shares sold in a buyback offer, sale value to be taxed like dividend incomeIf the company, whose shares you hold, offers a buyback offer and you sell your stocks to the company then the sale value received would no...
24 Jul, 2024, 12.58 PM IST
Share markets: Buybucks can hurt the backTaxation works against long-term investors who stay invested in companies as they end up paying for those who have sold their holdings in t...
02 Dec, 2022, 11.13 PM IST
It's double taxation: Share buyback tax should go, like DDT, says TV Mohandas Pai in a BCIC reportThe buyback taxation should go just like the MoF did with the dividend distribution tax (DDT) that companies paid earlier, they said. “Shar...
17 Dec, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
Sitharaman’s new tax may make share buyback a thing of the past, and how!Govt introduced the concept of buyback tax under Sec 115QA vide the Finance Act 2013.
07 Jul, 2019, 04.51 PM IST
Should you accept a buyback offer for your shares? Here's how to evaluateWhile buybacks could be an effective option for companies, as they are not taxed on the repurchase of their shares, you need to understand ...
27 Feb, 2017, 10.28 AM IST