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Budget 2012-13: Proposal to tax angel investors to burden young start-ups

The new start-up tax proposed in Budget 2012 could prove to be a death blow for young Indian start-ups.

March 26, 2012 / 11:59 IST
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Budget 2012 disappointed not just corporate India but also young start-ups. The Finance Minister proposed that the government will treat all individual investments which include genuine angel money in a company as income from other source. They will now be subject to a tax of 30%.

The tax man can now levy a tax of the amount of invested is in excess of the face value. But the problem is that the fair market value has to be substantiated to the satisfaction of the assessing officer, leaving it open to the tax man
first published: Mar 24, 2012 03:14 pm

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