The taxable value of perquisite in respect of “sweat equity shares” or ESOP
Updated: As per amended finance act 2020 Sweat Equity Shares are Shares or Specified Securities issued at discount or for consideration other than cash to employees or directors of the company as reward their hard work or for their value addition in the progress of the company. ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) scheme comes with…
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SLR holdings limit in HTM category changed effective September 1:RBI
The Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) is the liquid reserve to be maintained by the commercial banks at the rate fixed by RBI. At present, banks are permitted to exceed the limit of 25 per cent of the total investments under Held to Maturity (HTM) category, provided the excess comprises only of SLR securities and total…
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Incometax calculation for Concessional or interest-free loans given by an employer
Updated: As per the amended finance act 2020 Interest-free loan or loan at a concessional rate of interest given by an employer to the employee (or any member of his household) is a perquisite chargeable to tax in the hands of the concerned employee under section 17(2)(viii) read with Rule 3(7)(i) of Income Tax act.…
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Reserve bank of India on Monday (August 31) announced conducting of additional special open market operation involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of Government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs.20,000 crore in two tranches of Rs.10,000 crore each. The auctions would be conducted on September 10, 2020 and September 17, 2020. “The RBI remains…
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Perquisite value of motor car expenses paid/reimbursed by employer
Updated: (As per amended Finance Act, 2020). Motor Car perquisite is taxable only in case of specified employees (as defined below in note-2). Tax on perquisite value calculated on the basis of whether the motor car is used for official purpose or partly official partly personal purpose or purely for private purpose. The value of…
Tentative new pay scale for bank employees taken final shape will be finalized in the next round of meeting
Today (Aug 28) a meeting of the working group for workmen unions of banks held on a virtual platform. Four workmen unions AIBEA-NCBE-INBEF-NOBW participated discuss about distribution of amount agreed in MOU and finalizing the new pay scales, etc. from allocated Rs.7808 crores (15%) of total amount for employees and officers together. Salient feature of…
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