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Gain on sale of shares to be treated as capital gain and not business income, despite large volume of sales
Case Law Details
- Case Name
- ACIT Vs. Naishadh V. Vachharajani (ITAT Mumbai)
- Appeal Number
- Only available for paid members
- Date of Judgement/Order
- Only available for paid members
- Related Assessment Year
- 2006- 07
- Courts
- All ITAT, ITAT Mumbai
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Recently, the Mumbai Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of ACIT Vs. Naishadh V. Vachharajani (I.T.A. No. 6429/Mum/2009) held that income on sale of shares is assessable under the head “Capital Gains” and not “Business Income” since the intention of the taxpayer was to hold the shares as an investment and not as stock-in-trade.
Further, the Tribunal held that the mere magnitude of transactions does not change the nature of transactions, which are being assessed as income from Capital Gains in the past several years.
Facts of the case
• The taxpayer, ...
