Flat 12% share buyback surcharge only on promoters: IT department | Today News
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- Summary
- The article explains a new tax regime introduced in India's Finance Bill that imposes a 12% surcharge on capital gains from share buybacks for promoters. The Income Tax Department clarifies the tax application and cites legal provisions to justify the policy change, which aims to prevent tax arbitrage by promoters.
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“The 12% flat surcharge under the new share buyback taxation regime introduced in this year’s Finance Bill will apply only in the case of promoters”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or refute the claim about the 12% surcharge applicability to promoters
“This surcharge applies only to an 'additional tax' levied on the capital gain”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or refute the claim about the surcharge being an additional tax on capital gains
“This additional tax increases the effective tax rate on the consideration received for a buyback to 30% for promoters and 22% for promoter companies”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or refute the effective tax rate calculations for promoters
“The surcharge has been provided at the rate of 12%. It is clarified that section 69 of the Income-Tax Act, 2025, provides for tax rates only in respect of additional income tax on promoters in respect of capital gains on such buyback”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or refute the reference to Section 69 of the Income-Tax Act, 2025
“The new regime treats consideration received from share buybacks as capital gains, replacing the earlier regime that treated it as a dividend”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or refute the classification of buyback consideration as capital gains
“The new regime is effective from 1 April”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or refute the effectiveness date of the new regime
“In her budget speech, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said the change was brought in to address the improper use of the buyback route by promoters”
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“For non-corporate promoters, the effective tax will be 30%”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify or refute the effective tax rate for non-corporate promoters