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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 facts-specific determination, the absence of legislative guidance has resulted in a lot of uncertainty and avoidable litigation.
Delhi High Court held In the case of Raj Dulari Bhasin vs. CIT that merely because the Assessee approached the builder for constructing the flats on the portion apart from the already constructed portion, would not make the transaction an ‘adventure in the nature of trade’.
Delhi High Court held In the case of: CIT vs. Suman Dhamija that in the present case the Assessee is justified in contending that although award has been made and the compensation payable has been enhanced, the amount itself is in dispute, that dispute is pending in the Court.
The facts of the case are that the Assessee, (who died during the pendency of this appeal and is substituted by her legal representatives) was a housewife, having no source of income other than the pension of her deceased husband. The Assessee was the owner of property No. F-23, Hauz Khas, New Delhi wherein she was residing since 1956.
Primary Education has a considerable emphasis in India. Whether it is the high level International schools in urban areas or the simple small schools in the rural areas. Primary schools are now a necessity in India as people are realizing the importance of education in our country.
ITAT Lucknow held In the case of M/s Clara Swain Hospital vs. ITO that no capital gain liability can be imposed on the assessee where he does not own the asset and more ever he has not received any payment for such transfer.
With lots of confusion regarding Capital Market likes how to tax income from capital market, how to compute turnover for tax audit u/s 44AB and what are the compliances to be fulfilled for income tax. Frequent ask question regarding capital market. Question 1. What are segments of Capital Market? Answer1. Capital market is to be divided into two parts: a. Cash Market, which further be divided into two parts: i. Delivery Based ii. Intraday (No Delivery)
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 is concerned, it is clarified that withholding tax at the rate of 5 percent, which is in the nature of final tax, would be applicable in the same way as it is applicable for off-shore dollar denominated bonds.
The Supreme Court in the case of CIT v. B. C. Srinivasa Setty, 128 ITR 294, held that no capital gains tax is payable by an assessee where it was not possible to compute the capital gains u/s.48 of the Act. It held that capital gains could not be computed in cases where the cost of acquisition could not be conceived at all.
Madras High Court held in CIT Vs Ms Vidya Thangakumar that it would vary from case to case that whether the land in the hand of assessee is a capital asset or business stock. In the present case the assessee had got the land under settlement and it had to sell the land
