It is apparent that the assessee received the said sum of Rs. 1,05,00,000/- as inheritance from her father. This would become clear from the fact that late Sh. A P Bajaj had clearly indicated in his Will that in case the property is sold, 30% of the sale proceeds would be given to the assessee. [...]

In the instant case, as can be noted from the findings of the Tribunal, Assessing Officer had not summoned any of the donors. However, it had issued the letters under section 133(6) of the Act. Assessing Officer had also called for confirmation letters which were received by it. The assessee also had furnished all other [...]

In the present case, the income tax return of the donor namely Dr. Chitranjan Jain and his wife Nisha Jain was filed before the Assessing Authority. No finding has been recorded by Assessing Authority or the CIT Appeal or the ITAT that return filed by Dr. Chitranjan Jain and the Nisha Jain were fake, fabricated [...]

Devang K. Shah Finance (No. 2)  Act , 2009 introduced taxation of certain transactions involving transfer of any property, including immovable property as income from other sources in the hands of the recipient, being Individuals / HUFs. The rationale behind it was to tax anything which is received in kind having ‘money’s worth’, which was [...]

In the absence of any material to show that said amount was sent by the assessee’s mother and brothers from Singapore, the claim of the assessee does not merit any consideration. Thus the amount of Rs. 78 lakhs treated as unexplained investment under section 69 and assessable as undisclosed income for the block period stands [...]

The fundamental question before the High Court was whether there was in fact a gift of 14,000 bonus shares made by the assess to the transferee. The answer to this question lies in the interpretation of Section 4(1)(c) of the Act which reads as follows :- “Gifts to include certain transfers. 4. (1) For the [...]

Gifts received: Gifts received from specified relatives are exempt from income tax, and there is no upper limit also. Similarly, gifts of any amount and from anyone received during your marriage are totally tax-free. Similar is the case with the gifts received under a Will or by way of an inheritance, or from a registered charitable or education organisation or in contemplation of death of the donor. Also, in case an individual receives any gift from any local authority as specified under the Act, the same would not be taxable.

Assessee had received a gift of Rs. 22,76,750/-in U.S. dollars from an NRI, N.Mohan and the assessee had filed two confirmation letters, one in December 2006 and another on 10-07-2007 given by the donor stating that he had gifted the above amount to the assessee, that the assessee is his close relative, that he is a man of means owning a software company of a net worth of US $ 25 million, that he had gifted during the year 2002-03 Rs. 2.00 crores to rebuild a government school,

Suggestions on Draft Rule 11UA of Income-tax Rules, 1962 Accepted: I am happy to inform you that our suggestions have found favour with the Government, which we had submitted in response to the CBDT’s request on the draft Rule 11UA for determination of fair market value for the purpose of Section 56(2)(viib) of Income-tax Act, 1961.

In Continuance of my article on Taxability of gits from relatives and others , I have prepared FAQ on Gift, ,list of relatives from whom an individual can receive the gifts without any income tax liability and also giving below Performa of gift deed.