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Gift from Spouse: Tax-Free… Until You Fail to Prove It

Income Tax : ITAT held spousal gift taxable under Section 68 due to lack of evidence on genuineness, bank trail, and donor capacity despite Sec...

March 30, 2026 2238 Views 0 comment Print

Cross-Border Family Gifting: FEMA Compliance Explained

Fema / RBI : Learn the FEMA rules governing gifts of money, shares, and property to non-residents, including documentation, valuation, and repa...

December 15, 2025 2751 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Treatment of Gifts Received By an Individual or HUF: Rules & Exceptions

Income Tax : Understand the tax treatment of monetary, movable, and immovable gifts received by individuals and HUFs. Learn the ₹50,000 thres...

November 18, 2025 22053 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of Gift received by an individual or HUF with FAQs

Income Tax : Summary of taxability of gifts under the Income Tax Act for individuals and HUFs—covering monetary, movable, and immovable gifts...

November 3, 2025 400380 Views 61 comments Print

Tax Exemption on Gifts from Relatives: Tips for ITR Disclosure

Income Tax : Gifts received from specified relatives are fully exempt from income tax under Section 56(2)(x). Learn the definition of 'relative...

November 1, 2025 7350 Views 1 comment Print


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Ancestral family property can be ‘gifted’ away : Bombay HC

Finance : he Bombay High Court ruled on Wednesday that no part of an ancestral family property can be ‘gifted’ away. The court in a land...

March 19, 2010 6430 Views 0 comment Print


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Gift from Mother Treated as Cash Credit: ITAT Allows Fresh Hearing

Income Tax : The ITAT Surat remanded a case involving a Rs.30 lakh gift treated as unexplained cash credit under Section 68. The Tribunal allow...

May 15, 2026 1494 Views 0 comment Print

Unexplained Income Addition Deleted for Properly Documented Gifts from Relatives

Income Tax : ITAT Chandigarh ruled that cash gifts from close relatives, supported by affidavits and audited accounts, cannot be treated as une...

November 25, 2025 519 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Confirms Legitimacy of Foreign Gifts in Income Tax Assessment

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court ruled that the CIT cannot exercise revision powers under Section 263 when the Assessing Officer has verified...

November 22, 2025 618 Views 0 comment Print

Gift from Brother-in-Law Not Taxable despite absence of deed: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that gifts received from a brother-in-law are exempt under Section 56(2)(vii), as the relationship qualifies as ...

November 12, 2025 5403 Views 1 comment Print

Gifts from Sisters Held Genuine – Section 68 Can’t Tax Natural Love and Affection

Income Tax : ITAT Agra deleted additions on gifts received from real sisters, holding that when identity, genuineness, and creditworthiness are...

October 28, 2025 801 Views 0 comment Print


Taxability of Gifts – Some Interesting Issues

May 8, 2020 96756 Views 5 comments Print

Article explains  Taxability of gift to minor, Taxability of gift to uncle by nephew, Whether gifts received from friends and relatives on the occasion of daughter’s marriage are exempt, Taxability of Gift of Car, Whether interest free loans can be charged to tax as sum of money received without consideration, Taxability of Gift from Mother’s […]

Income Tax on Gifts: Exemptions and computation

May 3, 2020 57211 Views 16 comments Print

Receiving Gift indeed brings a cheerful smile on the face of the receiver, but if receiver gets to know that he has to pay tax thereon, the smiling face may turn sad. Although Gift Tax Act has been abolished, however there are certain provisions in the Income Tax Act, which make the gift taxable in […]

Detailed Analysis- Gifts Taxation under Income Tax Act, 1961

April 24, 2020 493095 Views 92 comments Print

Article explains Income Tax Treatment of Immovable Property Received as Gift Without Consideration or for Inadequate Consideration, Any property other than immovable property received Without consideration of For Inadequate Consideration and all those gifts which are fully exempt under Income Tax under Section 56(2)(X) 1. Cash: If aggregate value is less than Rs.50000 than nothing […]

Tax Treatment of Gifts Received By an Individual or HUF

February 22, 2020 39804 Views 9 comments Print

A very common and frequent question running in the mind of taxpayers is the tax ability of gifts. In this part, an effort has been made to discuss the various provisions relating to taxability of gift received by an individual or a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) under Income Tax Act. 1. Monetary Gifts: If the […]

Format of Gift Deed- Gift of equity shares

February 1, 2020 170445 Views 8 comments Print

DECLARATION OF GIFT This declaration  of Gift is made on this ___ day of  _______, ___ between ______________, W/o ________________,  R/o. ___________________, (herein after called the donor) of the one part, and ________________ , R/o. ______________________________, (herein after called the donee) of the other part: Where as the donor out of her natural love and […]

List of relatives covered under Section 56(2) of Income Tax Act,1961

January 21, 2020 1057179 Views 82 comments Print

This article provides list of relatives covered Section 56(2)(VII) of the Income Tax Act,1961. As per Section 56(2)(VII) if any gift received from relative which are covered under following list will be exempt in the hands of receiver.

NRI Gift Tax Rules in India

January 14, 2020 72357 Views 66 comments Print

A gift is Money or House, Shares, Jewelry etc. that is received without any consideration, or simply an asset received without making a payment against it and is a capital asset for the Recipient. It can be in the form of cash, movable property or immovable property. (A capital asset typically refers to anything the individual owns for personal […]

Tax on Gifts in India

January 14, 2020 38868 Views 8 comments Print

Article explains Income Tax Treatment of Immovable Property Received as Gift Without Consideration or for Inadequate Consideration, Any property other than immovable property received Without consideration of For Inadequate Consideration, Gifts from Friends and Unrelated Persons, Gift from Relatives, Gifts Received at Wedding, Gift Received As Inheritance, Money Received in Contemplation of Death, Gift Received from Local Authority or Charitable Trust and Gifts Received at the time of termination of employment.

Income Tax on Gift

January 8, 2020 106101 Views 9 comments Print

Income tax was not applicable all gift received by a person until the financial year 2003-04. In 2004, changes were made to the Income Tax Act. Currently, any amount received by a person or HUF over Rs.50,000 in a year from any unrelated person, in cash or by way of credit, will be included as income. In this article, we look at income tax applicable on gift in detail.

Taxes on Gift

January 6, 2020 16644 Views 5 comments Print

Income tax was not applicable on all gift received by a person until the financial year 2003-04. In 2004, changes were made to the Income Tax Act. Currently, any amount received by a person or HUF over Rs.50000/- in a year from any unrelated person, in cash or in kind, will be included as income.

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