The Finance Ministry on Wednesday said that the first and second instalment of advance fringe benefit tax (FBT) on employee stock option plans (ESOPs) could be paid on or before December 15, which is the date of the third instalment.
The move to give more time to pay these instalments came in the wake of the absence of appropriate guidelines from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for determining the fair market value of such options or sweat equity shares.
An official release said that CBDT was currently in the final stage of finalising the method for determining the fair market value. The first instalment of advance FBT was to be paid on June 15 and the second instalment was due on September 15.
