notification no. 35/2023 f. no. 370142/14/2023 tpl / gsr 403 e income tax 8th amendment rules 2023

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 31st May, 2023 INCOME-TAX G.S.R. 403(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (XI) of the proviso to clause (x) of sub- section (2) of section 56 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. Short title and commencement.‒‒ (1) These rules may be called the Income-tax (Eighth Amendment) Rules, 2023. (2) They shall come into force from the 1st day of April, 2023 and shall be applicable for the assessment year 2023-2024 and subsequent assessment years. 2. In the Income-tax Rules, 1962, in rule 11UAC, for clause (4), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: — “(4) any movable property, being equity shares, of a public sector company or a company, received by a person from a public sector company or the Central Government or any State Government under strategic disinvestment. Explanation - For the purposes of this clause, 'strategic disinvestment' shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (iii) of Explanation to clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 72A.”. [Notification No. 35 /2023/F. No. 370142/ 14 /2023-TPL] JIVITESH ANAND, Under Secy. (Tax Policy and Legislation) Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section-3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 969(E), dated the 26th March, 1962 and last amended by the Income-tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2023, vide notification number G.S.R. 399 (E), dated 30th May, 2023 Explanatory Memorandum : It is certified that no person is being adversely affected by giving retrospective effect to this notification. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.