The proposed share buyback framework is intended to benefit small shareholders, not promoters

To protect minority shareholders and curb tax arbitrage by promoters, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced a major overhaul of the tax regime for share buybacks. Presenting the Union Budget 2026-27, Sitharaman said buybacks will be taxed as capital gains for all categories of shareholders. “In the interest of minority shareholders, I propose to […]

More than 44,000 e-mails/messages to taxpayers for not disclosing crypto investments and transactions

Although crypto -currency is neither legal nor illegal in India, transactions and income thereof are taxed as virtual digital assets The Ministry of Finance of the Union told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the income tax department sent more than 44,000 e emails and messages to taxpayers who have not announced crypto transactions in […]