Excess share of land received on partition cannot be treated as business income

ITO Vs Undavalli Constructions (ITAT Visakhapatnam) In the instant case there is no dispute that the land in question was purchased as capital asset and remained as capital asset till the partition. No business activity was carried on by the co-owners and the assessee has received the land on partition. The share of land received on partition cannot be treated as income arising from the business. As discussed earlier the asset was shown in the balance sheet as capital asset but not stock in trade. Thus the contention of the assessee that the excess land received in partition was not taxable u/...