Follow Us:

gift from relatives

Latest Articles


Taxability of Gift received by an individual or HUF with FAQs

Income Tax : Learn when monetary, immovable, and movable property gifts become taxable under the Income-tax Act. The FAQs explain exemptions, t...

June 24, 2026 402708 Views 61 comments Print

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

Income Tax : This guide explains when gifts received by individuals and HUFs become taxable under the Income-tax Act, including monetary, movab...

June 10, 2026 23841 Views 0 comment Print

New income tax act 2025 bring new relatives, whose Gifts are tax free?

Income Tax : The Income Tax Act, 2025 expressly includes maternal as well as paternal lineal ascendants and descendants in the definition of re...

June 8, 2026 8793 Views 1 comment Print

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 2463 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 3177 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 6559 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Pre-1 Oct 2009 Share Gifts Not Taxable Under Section 56(2)(vii)(c): ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that gifts of shares completed before the introduction of Section 56(2)(vii)(c) could not be taxed under that...

June 11, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

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 1698 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 567 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 657 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 5535 Views 1 comment Print


Income Tax on Gift

January 8, 2020 106236 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 16740 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.

No addition for gifts if Assessee proves Identity, capacity & genuineness of donor

September 6, 2019 1212 Views 0 comment Print

Gifts are normally made by relatives out of natural love and affection and do not necessarily require any particular occasion. Assessee had discharged his burden by furnishing necessary details before AO. In the absence of anything to show that the transactions were by way of money laundering,

Gift by individual to HUF is exempt same as a gift from HUF to its member

August 11, 2019 11826 Views 0 comment Print

Amount received by assessee from ‘HUF’, being its member, was a capital receipt in his hands and was not exigible to income tax as in case of individual, the HUF has not been included in the definition of relative in explanation to section 56(2) (vii) as it was not so required because in case of HUF,

Gift Tax or Tax on Gift

June 4, 2019 8859 Views 0 comment Print

Gifts are a way of showing  affection towards one another in today’s busy life. Specially in a  country  like India which has a diversified culture  Gifts are exchanged on numerous occasions  such as  Diwali, Raksha  Bandhan, Christmas,  Birthdays, Marriages, etc.  by Friends  and  Relatives  while for some people giving Gifts are considered as  a form […]

Taxability of gifts received by an individual

May 12, 2019 23373 Views 0 comment Print

In this article, we will emphasis on the applicability of income tax laws on the gifts (movable or immovable) received by an individual from any person.

Tax on Monthly or Lump sum Alimony Money post Divorce

March 27, 2019 59721 Views 6 comments Print

Lump Sum Settlement Money received at time of Divorce or Monthly Alimony Money received is Taxable in Income Tax Law? A divorce is the legal termination of a marriage by a court in a legal proceeding, requiring a petition or complaint for divorce (or dissolution in some states) by one party. There are two types […]

शादी में मिला है गिफ्ट तो इन बातों का रखें ध्यान, बचेगा टैक्स

March 5, 2019 5337 Views 1 comment Print

गिफ्ट के रूप में मिली नकदी, चेक, प्रॉपर्टी, आभूषण आदि पर कर देनदारी बनती है. आजकल शादियों का सीजन चल रहा है. लोगों को उपहार में नकद रकम या आभूषण मिल रहे होंगे. आमतौर पर लोग इन उपहार या गिफ्ट का ब्योरा नहीं रखते, लेकिन अगर आप Income Tax की सीमा में आते हैं तो […]

Tax cannot be levied on Gift Received From Brother-In-Law

January 1, 2019 31323 Views 2 comments Print

Once the identity, creditworthiness and genuineness of the transaction has been proved, gift received from the brother-in-law is exempted in terms of provisions of section 56.

Taxability of Gifts In India

December 25, 2018 12450 Views 7 comments Print

GIFT TAX: The tax levied on the gifts that you have received in money or its worth and which is over and above a certain set limit by the Indian law is known as gift tax. Income tax on gifts helps regulate the gives which is given to you by a person who is not a close relative as per the definition of Income Tax Law of India.

Search Post by Date
July 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031