futures and options

Recently, the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) in the case of Royal Bank of Canada (A.A.R No 816 of 2009) has held that the profits / losses on futures and options contracts (derivative transactions) carried out by Canadian entity would be in the nature of ‘Business Income’. Further since the entity did not have a Permanent Establishment (PE) in India, as per Article 5 of the India-Canada tax treaty (the tax treaty), the Business Income of the applicant would not .. Full Article

Eighteen months after introducing India’s volatility index, or VIX, market regulator Sebi has begun its groundwork to introduce derivatives contracts, with the index as the underlying. VIX is a measure of traders’ near-term expectations of implied volatility, or IV, based on the 50 stock options prices on the Nifty index. The regulator is believed to be talking to market participants about the possibility of introducing futures and options that traders can use to bet.. Full Article

Recently, the Special Bench of the Kolkata Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of Shree Capital Services Ltd. v. ACIT (2009-TIOL-542-ITAT-KOL-SB) while dealing with a case prior to the amendment to section 43(5) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) exempting derivative transaction as speculative in nature, held that the derivative transactions will be considered as speculative transaction under section 43(5) of the Act. Further, it was also held tha.. Full Article

CASE LAW DETAILS In thee Case of : Shree Capital Services vs. ACIT  , Decided By :ITAT Kolkota Special Bench, Decide on : 31/07/2009, Appeal No.: I.T.A. No. 1294 (KOL) of 2008, Assessment Year :- 2004-05 SUMMARY OF THE CASE LAW In respect of AY 2004-2005, the assessee suffered a loss on account of trading [...] Full Article

In order to stop squandering of client funds, the Securities and Exchange Board of India is planning to issue new norms for client-broker agreement in a month’s time. A client-broker agreement lists terms and conditions relating to order and trade confirmation, contract notes, brokerage, settlement schedules, margin payments and dispute resolution. It also makes it [...] Full Article