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ITAT held that fantastic sale price was not at all possible as there was no economic or financial basis as to how a share worth Rs. 5 of a little known company would jump from Rs. 5 to Rs. 485. AO was justified in denying exemption under section 10(38) to assessee, being fantastic sale price was not at all possible in such a short time.
Under section 2(47)(v ) any transaction involving allowing of possession to be taken over or retained in part performance of a contract of the nature referred to in section 53A of the 1882 Act would come within the ambit of section 2(47)(v).
Arjuna, This year the Budget suggests certain changes relating to Income tax. One of the important changes among that is Long Term Capital Gain on equity shars or equity oriented mutual funds.
Budget 2018 gave sudden shock to the big players in stock market. From April 1, 2018, long term capital gain arising from the sale of shares or equity mutual fund schemes held for over one year and above Rs. 1 Lakh will be taxable @ 10%. Let’s understand in a comparative manner. Scenario pre Budget […]
One important bone of contention is the long term capital gains tax on the equities and equity based mutual funds. What was in the budget speech and what was in the amendment are completely two different matters.
Where assessee had transferred land owned by it to lessee for a long period but subsequently when the lessee company went into liquidation had transferred lease right, the same was taxable under the head Capital gains instead of Income from other sources because even though the land was transferred for a long period, the actual ownership of the land remained with assessee.
Hello friends as we all know that the finance bill 2018 has introduced a new section 112A for the taxability of long term capital gain arising on the transfer of equity share or units of equity oriented mutual fund or units of business trust.
In the Budget 2018, the Finance Minister has Re-Introduced taxability of Long Term Capital Gain on equities shares and equity oriented mutual fund (herein after referred as LTCGE) @ 10%. This proposal has raised many questions, some people are even calling this move as double taxation. Government named its move as rationalization of LTCGE, whereas […]
Under the existing regime, long term capital gains arising from transfer of long term capital assets, being equity shares of a company or a unit of equity oriented fund or a unit of business trust, is exempt from income-tax under clause (38) of section 10 of the Act.
As per the present provision of Section 10(38) of Income Tax Act, the Long Term Capital Gains arising on transfer of Equity Shares or Units of Equity Oriented Funds or units of business trusts are exempt.
