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In a move expected to make family settlements and transfer of shares more taxing, the government plans to tighten anti-abuse provisions in the Income Tax Act, by including share sales in unlisted companies below fair market value under the ambit of regulations. Full Article

The Budget 2009-2010 amended the Income Tax Act so as to tax notional income resulting from transactions in immovable properties under section 56 i.e. Income from other sources. Our focus in this write-up will be only on newly inserted provisions in section 56 pertaining to Immovable Property which is bound to result in more questions than their answers. Full Article

Under the existing provisions, in a nutshell, gifts received by individuals and HUFs, only as sum of money from non relatives in excess of Rs.50000/- per annum are taxable. Gifts on the occasion of marriage or under a will are also outside the tax net. Gifts in kind are also not taxable. Now the gifts in kinds are being made taxable in the hands of recipients. Cases of deemed gifts due to inadequate considerations are also being brought in the tax net. Full Article