Delhi High Court Interprets Rule 11UA For Determination FMV Of Shares U/S 56(2)(viib)
Live LawThe Delhi High Court has held that it has interpreted Rule 11UA of the Income Tax Rules, 1962, for determining the fair market value of shares under Section 56 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has observed that Section 56 postulates that the FMV of shares shall be the value determined in accordance. The Delhi High Court has held that it has interpreted Rule 11UA of the Income Tax Rules, 1962, for determining the fair market value of shares under Section 56 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. A perusal of Rule 11UA would indicate that the assessee is enabled to determine the FMV of the unquoted equity shares either in accordance with the formula prescribed in clause or on the basis of a report drawn by a merchant banker who may have determined the FMV as per the DCF Method. The ITAT has essentially upheld the additions made by the Assessing Officer in Assessment Year 2014–15 consequent to the rejection of the fair market value evaluation as submitted by the appellant as contemplated under Section 56 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, read along with Rule 11UA of the Income Tax Rules, 1962.