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Taxation of Gifts from Family

Income Tax : SEO Description: Explains which gifts qualify for exemption based on the statutory definition of “relative” and why not all fa...

December 21, 2025 13470 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 2340 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 21492 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 398901 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 6807 Views 1 comment Print


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Raj Kundra Gifted Shilpa Shetty ₹12.5 Crore. Now Tax Tribunal Wants to Know How

Income Tax : The tribunal held that a gift deed alone cannot establish legitimacy under Section 68. It directed fresh scrutiny of the donor’s...

March 20, 2026 897 Views 0 comment Print

GST on Gift & perquisites supplied by companies to their employees

Goods and Services Tax : Gifts up to a value of Rs 50,000/- per year by an employer to his employee are outside the ambit of GST. However, gifts of value m...

July 10, 2017 7371 Views 0 comment Print

No Addition U/s. 56 for Immovable Property received at less than stamp duty value

Income Tax : The existing provisions of section 56(2)(vii)(b)(ii) provide that where any immovable property is received for a consideration whi...

January 20, 2016 7213 Views 4 comments Print

ICAI President’s Message – January 2013

CA, CS, CMA : Suggestions on Draft Rule 11UA of Income-tax Rules, 1962 Accepted: I am happy to inform you that our suggestions have found favour...

December 30, 2012 1471 Views 0 comment Print

Priyanka to pay Income Tax on Rs 6 crore and Kasbekar on Rs 4-crore

Income Tax : Actress Priyanka Chopra and photographer Atul Kasbekar will pay income tax on some undisclosed transactions. Priyanka will pay tax...

February 4, 2011 1244 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Gift from HUF to Member Requires Verification Before Taxation: ITAT Rajkot

Income Tax : The ITAT set aside the CIT(A)’s order taxing Rs. 10 lakh received from HUF, emphasizing verification of the gift and HUF status ...

December 12, 2025 744 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 468 Views 0 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 759 Views 0 comment Print

Fully Explained Gift From Daughter Not Taxable as Unexplained Cash Credit

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi set aside an unexplained cash addition of ₹3.5 Lakh, ruling in favor of the assessee who received a gift from her adu...

October 4, 2025 1239 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Rs. 8.5 Lakh Gift Addition, Citing Donor’s Balance Sheet Capacity

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata deletes Rs.8.5 lakh addition for cash gift against Abdus Sattar. Tribunal ruled that the donor's capacity must be jud...

September 25, 2025 384 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


TDS & Tax on Salary | Section 192 | FY 2021-22 | AY 2022-23

Income Tax : CBDT issued Income Tax Circular No. 04/2022 on 15th March 2022 and explained all provisions related to deduction of Tax At Source ...

March 15, 2022 100185 Views 1 comment Print

Fee structure for Depository Participants (DP) operating in GIFT-IFSC

Corporate Law : The depository participants have been permitted to operate in GIFT-IFSC in terms of the applicable provisions under SEBI (Internat...

July 27, 2021 474 Views 0 comment Print

CAs cannot do Valuation of unquoted equity shares under DCF method

Income Tax : Amendment in Rule 11U and 11UA omitting reference to the term accountant, thereby permitting only merchant bankers to determine th...

May 24, 2018 96777 Views 0 comment Print

Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) (Amendment) Rules, 2009

Fema / RBI : In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 46 of the Foreign Exchange Man...

May 22, 2009 3089 Views 0 comment Print


Gift to doctors by Pharma Companies

March 6, 2010 933 Views 0 comment Print

The Indian Medical Council (Professional conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 were amended by Medical Council of India with the prior approval of Government of India by inserting a new Clause 6.8 which states that a medical practitioner shall not endorse any drug or product of the industry publicly. Any study conducted on the efficancy or other wise of such products shall be presented to and/or through appropriate scientific bodies or published on appropriate scientific journals in a proper way.

Valuation of Monetary and Non-Monetary perquisites for financial year 2009-10

February 11, 2010 41729 Views 0 comment Print

Where on account of the transfer of an employee from one place to another, he is provided with accommodation at the new place of posting while retaining the accommodation at the other place, the value of perquisite shall be determined with reference to only one such accommodation which has the lower value for a period not exceeding 90 days and thereafter the value of perquisite shall be charged for both such accommodation.

Genuineness of a gift transaction depend on immediate source of gift

October 27, 2009 765 Views 0 comment Print

Parties are heard arid their rival submissions considered. The following facts are not in dispute: a) the identity of the donor is not in doubt; b) gift is by a declaration deed; c) donor has given an affidavit affirming the making of the gift; d) there is a confirmation through post of gift per Demand Draft; e) affirmation of the assessee in examination on oath recorded by A.0 f) affirmation of the donor in examination on oath recorded;

Budget clarified on taxability of Property gift received from non Relatives and Capital gain on sell of that property subsequently

July 30, 2009 1511 Views 0 comment Print

The Centre has changed the definition of ‘income’ under the Income-Tax law to ward off litigation on a Budget proposal on taxation of property passed on as gifts. The gifting route was hitherto used to escape the tax net, but this Budget sought to plug this loophole by bringing to tax, at the hands of […]

Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) (Amendment) Rules, 2009

May 22, 2009 3089 Views 0 comment Print

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 46 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999) and in consultation with the Reserve Bank, the Central Government, having considered it necessary in the public interest, hereby makes the following further amendments in the Foreign Exchange Management (Current Account Transactions) Rules, 2000, namely

Allotment of shares is “creation” of shares and not “transfer” of shares

March 10, 2009 6152 Views 0 comment Print

An allotment of shares is a “creation” of shares and not a transfer of shares. There is a vital difference between the two. An allotment is the creation of shares by appropriation out of the unappropriated share capital to a particular person.

National Consumer Commission fined Kaun Banega Crorepati – 3 Rs. 1 Crore for unfair trade practice

March 3, 2009 561 Views 0 comment Print

Kaun Banega Crorepati – 3 which ran on Star Plus TV from January 2007 to April 2007 under the anchor of Shah Rukh Khan, was running a contest called “Har Seat Hot Seat” in which TV viewers were invited to participate. The contest consisted of answering an objective type question with four possible answers. TV […]

There exist no provision in section 56(2)(v) of IT Act to treat loans, which may not be repaid, as income of assessee

February 10, 2009 1170 Views 0 comment Print

11. We have considered the submissions made by both the parties, material on record and orders of the authorities below. It is noted that the assessee is an individual and aged about 50 years. The assessee has income from salary and other sources both aggregating to Rs. 2.62 lakhs. It is also noted that the assessee was received salary from M/s Nav Bharat Education Society where he is working as a senior clerk

Identification of donor and receipt of gift by cheque not sufficient to prove genuineness of gift

January 20, 2009 652 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the assessee claimed that an amount of Rs. 98,000 was received by him as gift from `M’ on account of love and affection by two drafts. Indeed, the amount of Rs. 98,000 was credited in the account books of the assessee for the previous year. `M’ appeared before the Commissioner (Appeals) and his statement was recorded

Prerequisites of a genuine gift transaction

January 18, 2009 1135 Views 0 comment Print

5. We have considered the rival submissions and the material on record. In our considered view, the gifts so received by the assessee or his grandsons could not be said to be genuine. The reasons are that in all these cases, the donors are persons of low income group and do not have any capital or asset. There is no evidence on record to show how they build up capital.

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