Selected Tag: Buyback
Selected Tag: Buyback

Tax Relief for Investors but a New Compliance Puzzle for Companies

India’s Finance Bill 2026 restores capital gains taxation on share buybacks while adding a promoter levy, raising fresh compliance and litigation risks.

Sangeeta Jain

February 18, 2026 at 6:56 AM IST

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Budget 2026

The Governance Shift in India’s Buyback Tax

How new rates split the monolithic shareholder block into control and portfolio shareholders, reshaping corporate governance

Chandrika Soyantar

February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM IST

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Budget 2026

Buyback Tax Hike Signals Government’s Capex-or-Consequences Stand

New buyback tax regime is less about revenue and more about discipline. Promoters are being nudged to deploy surplus cash into capacity expansion rather than extract it, just as the state ramps up public investment.

Krishnadevan V

February 1, 2026 at 11:10 AM IST

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