Income-tax (6th Amendment), Rules, 2018 - Determination of FMV of shares and securities - Now only merchant bank can give the valuation report for the purpose of section 56. - 23/2018 - Income Tax

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (Central Board of Direct Taxes) NOTIFICATION NO. 23/2018 New Delhi, the 24th May, 2018 INCOME-TAX S.O. 2087(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 56 read with section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) , the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Income-tax Rules, 1962 , namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (6th Amendment), Rules, 2018. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 11U, clause (a) shall be omitted. 3. In the principal rules, in rule 11UA, in sub-rule (2), in clause (b), the words or an accountant shall be omitted. [F. No.370142/5/2018-TPL] PRAVIN RAWAL, Dir. (Tax Policy and Legislation) Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) vide notification number S.O.969(E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and last amended by the Income-tax (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2018, vide notification number S.O. 1558 (E), dated 11th April, 2018 .