{"id":261976,"date":"2023-09-27T19:34:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=261976"},"modified":"2023-09-27T21:05:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T15:35:22","slug":"centre-softens-angel-tax-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-softens-angel-tax-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Centre softens angel tax rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the articl<\/span><b>e \u201cCentre softens angel tax rules<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 27th September 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Finance Ministry has notified final rules outlining valuation methods for non-resident and resident investors under the new angel tax mechanism in the Finance Act 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Angel Tax?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-262000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GAFBQ5DU7.1GDKBQ6A9D.1.png?resize=300%2C202&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GAFBQ5DU7.1GDKBQ6A9D.1.png?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GAFBQ5DU7.1GDKBQ6A9D.1.png?w=558&amp;ssl=1 558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> The Hindu<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angel tax is levied when an unlisted company issues shares to an investor at a price higher than its fair market value (FMV).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Introduced in<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was introduced in 2012 as a measure to prevent generation and circulation of unaccounted money, experts said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It was called the angel tax as it initially applied primarily to Indian angel investors &#8211; usually high net worth individuals who invest in startups at a very early stage<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Applicability: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier, angel tax was levied only on investments made by resident or local investors. However, the Budget expanded its scope to cover non-resident investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Criticism: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angel <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tax has been criticized by startups and investors, who argue that it discourages investments in startups as it is common practice to sell shares at a steep premium.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cCentre softens angel tax rules\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 27th September 2023. What is the News? The Finance Ministry has notified final rules outlining valuation methods for non-resident and resident investors under the new angel tax mechanism in the Finance Act 2023.\u00a0 What is Angel Tax?&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/centre-softens-angel-tax-rules\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Centre softens angel tax rules<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-261976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}