MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th June, 2016
INCOME-TAX
[Notification No. 55 /2016/F. No. 142/26/2015-TPL]
S.O. 2226(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 and section 285A, read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962, namely: –
1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (19th Amendment), Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules),in Part II, after subpart H, the following sub-part shall be inserted, namely: –
“I- Determination of value of assets and apportionment of income in certain cases.
11UB.Fair market value of assets in certain cases.-(1) The fair market value of asset, tangible or intangible, as on the specified date, held directly or indirectly by a company or an entity registered or incorporated outside India ( hereafter referred to as “foreign company or entity”), for the purposes of clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 9, shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of this rule.
(2) Where the asset is a share of an Indian company listed on a recognised stock exchange on the specified date, the fair market value of the share shall be the observable price of such share on the stock exchange: Provided that where the share is held as part of the shareholding which confers, directly or indirectly, any right of management or control in relation to the aforesaid company, the fair market value of the share shall be determined in accordance with the following formula, namely :-