Please help!!

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Priya Dharshini

CA (Final)

68 Points Joined May 2013

Hi friends! I have a doubt to the below query!

(i)A company named say "X company limited(unlisted company)" earns dividend of Rs.100/- in a year from investment in shares in a stock market and they incur expenses of Rs.60/- on account of salary, rent etc for the said year. Also it pays a dividend of Rs.20/- in that year. What is its tax liability? Also how much is its dividend distribution tax?

(ii) If it is having 51% in a subsidiary company(unlisted company) and earns dividend of Rs.100/- in a year from investment in shares in a stock market and they incur expenses of Rs.60/- on account of salary, rent etc for the said year. Also it pays a dividend of Rs.20/- in that year. What is its tax liability? Also how much is its dividend distribution tax?

Please reply at the earliest. Thanks in advance.

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AVIJIT

CA FINALIST

370 Points Joined January 2011

Dividend income is exempt from Income Tax, so no Income Tax is required to be paid as such but as it is a company, so you may need to pay MAT on the book profits. Further rate of dividend distribution tax is 15% + 10% surchage + 3% cess = 16.995%