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Income Tax - Mr Chaudhury has just sold his old ancestral house for a lump sum consideration of Rs. 20,00,000. He has now set his eyes on a new apartment which is due for possession within the next two years. Mr. Chaudhury is in a dilemma, he is aware that the amount he has received is a Capital Gain in his hands and is liable to tax. His intention is...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Earlier to Finance Act 2017, section 10(38) of Income Tax Act provided opportunity to tax-evaders. It provided the exemption of tax on the capital gains arising on sale of equity shares after one year of its acquisition, if transaction was chargeable to securities transaction tax (STT)....
Read MoreIncome Tax - We see many big business houses run by second or third generation families with different ideologies or intending to diversify their businesses. Occasionally, it leads to separation of business and to family disputes. While most settle the issues amongst themselves, some families drag them to court....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Capital reduction is a commonly adopted tool by companies for re-engineering their capital structure. The need for reducing share capital may arise owing to a number of reasons, such as returning excess funds to the shareholders, adjustment of accumulated losses, minority squeeze out, improving EPS, producing a more efficient capital stru...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The corporates today are rewarding their shareholders in various fashionable ways like Bonus shares (equity and preference shares), bonus debentures, buyback, etc. These modes of distribution could prove to be more efficient than conventional method of distribution i.e. cash dividend....
Read MoreIncome Tax - CBDT has released the draft rules prescribing ‘unquoted shares’ valuation for purposes of Sec. 56(2)(x)/50CA (an important development impacting corporate restructuring) inviting comments from public....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Third Protocol amends DTAA with effect from 1st April, 2017 to provide for source based taxation of capital gains arising on transfer of shares in a company....
Read MoreIncome Tax - CBDT, vide order dated 2nd May, 2016 has given direction to field formation, with a view to avoid disputes/Litigation and to maintain uniform approach that the income arising from transfer of unlisted shares, irrespective of period of holding, would be taxable under the head ‘Capital Gain’ except in certain circumstances where the Ass...
Read MoreIncome Tax - As regards shares and other securities, the same can be held either as capital asset or stock-in-trade / trading asset or both. However, the Act does not contain any specific guidelines as to the characterisation of any particular investment as capital asset or stock-in-trade / trading asset. While this characterisation is essentially a f...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Reserve Bank of India has recently permitted Indian corporates to issue rupee denominated bonds outside India. The matter of taxation of income from such bonds under Income-tax Act, 1961 has been considered by the Government. In so far as taxation of interest income from these INR off-shore bonds in the case of non-resident investors ...
Read MoreM/s. Cosmos International Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) - Assessee is engaged in the business of trading in securities and shares. In the year under consideration the assessee suffered a loss of Rs. 29,82,952/- on the sale of Mutual Fund which was held as stock in trade and as such claimed as business loss. The issue in this case is whether the amount of R...
Read MoreIncome Tax Officer Vs Sh. Chander Shekhar (ITAT Delhi) - Assessee was allotted a residential plot on 19.01.2004 in Sector-105, Noida through lottery on payment of allotment money of Rs.1,30,000/-. The total purchase price of the plot was Rs. 16,75,000/-. 2. The assessee on 28.02.2004 entered into an Agreement to sell in respect of this plot with M/s Roseb...
Read MoreITO (IT) 3(3)(1) Vs Akansha Ranju Pilani (ITAT Mumbai) - In a significant ruling, the Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal recently held that if a cheque is encashed by the builder after the deadline for filing income-tax return, it will not debar the taxpayer from claiming I-T exemption under section 54 of the Income Tax Act, which is availa...
Read MoreBalgopal Trust Vs. ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) - Issue before us is as to whether the assessee trust, which is for the sole benefit of an individual, will be entitled to deduction u/s. 54F or not, when its status is that of A.O.P. As per Section 54F the benefits of this section is available to individual or Hindu undivided family (HUF). Hon’ble ...
Read MoreAssistant Commissioner of Income Tax Vs Akash Association (ITAT Ahmedabad) - Reference to DVO for determination of market value for the purpose of computation of capital gains under section 48 would be wholly redundant since main thrust of section 48 is the full value of consideration received or accruing as a result of transfer of capital asset and not the fair market value...
Read MoreNotification No. 08/2017- Income Tax - (13/09/2017) - It has been brought to the notice of CBDT that in cases of deceased depositor who has made deposits under the Capital Gains Accounts Scheme, 1988; the banks are deducting TDS on the interest earned on such deposits in the hand of the deceased depositor and issuing TDS certificates in the name of th...
Read MoreNotification No. 44/2017-Income Tax - (05/06/2017) - CBDT has vice Notification No. 44/2017 notified Cost Inflation indexes with Base Year as 2001-02 for the Financial Year 2001-02 to 2017-18 and same are applicable from Financial Year 2017-18....
Read MoreLetter F.No.225/12/2016/ITA.II - (02/05/2016) - For determining the tax-treatment of income arising from transfer of unlisted shares for which no formal market exists for trading, a need has been felt to have a consistent view in assessments pertaining to such income. It has, accordingly, been decided that the income arising from transfer of unli...
Read MoreNotification No. 18/2016- Income Tax - (17/03/2016) - In the case of a capital asset, being a share or debenture of a company, which becomes the property of the assessee due to conversion, there shall be included the period for which the bond, debenture, debenture-stock or deposit certificate, as the case may be, was held by the assessee prior to the c...
Read MoreNotification No. 60/2015 - Income Tax - (24/07/2015) - Notification No. 60/2015 - Income Tax S.O. (E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by clause(v) of the Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the...
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