Income Tax - Article covers Some Important Aspects of HUF Under Income Tax, 1961 which includes Partition of HUF under Income Tax Act, 1961 and its assessment after Partition, Residential Status of HUF, Taxability of Income from house property in the name of HUF, Proprietorship and Partnership by HUF, Capital Gain Exemption available to HUF, Deduction...
Read MoreIncome Tax - As we know HUF (Hindu Undivided Family) is assessed as a separate person under provisions of Income Tax Act, 1961. It has its own identity and right to own property but not a juristic person. It can sue and be sued as a person. It is governed by Karta of the family and consists of coparceners of a single family. ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - A Hindu Undivided Family can be created by following ways: 1. Blending of individual property with the family Hotchpot 2. Receipts of Gifts 3. Doing Joint labour for the benefit of HUF 4. Inheritance through a specific bequest under a Will 5. Partition of a larger Hindu Undivided Family 6. Reunion of separated coparceners...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) ♠ Hindu Undivided Family (‘HUF’) is treated as a ‘person’ under section 2(31) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act). HUF is a separate entity for the purpose of assessment under the Act. ♠ Under Hindu Law, an HUF is a family which consists of all persons lineally descended from a common […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Partition is the severance of the status of Joint Hindu Family, known as Hindu Undivided Family under tax laws.Under Hindu Law once the status of Hindu Family is put to an end, there is notional division of properties among the members and the joint ownership of property comes to an end. However, for an effective partition, it is not nece...
Read MoreIncome Tax - From now on, when you get a gift in kind, valued at more than Rs. 50,000, from your parents or other relatives, make sure you have a sworn affidavit declaring the donor your kin.The Central Board of Direct Taxes has ruled that any such gift will be taxable for the donee unless it is from relatives or given during occasions such as marriag...
Read MoreIncome Tax - While accepting “Application for allotment of PAN (Form 49A)” if both the addresses (residence and office) are mentioned in the application form and office address has been selected as communication address, then POA has to be collected for residence as well as office address....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Section 80C of the Income-tax Act provides for a deduction of up to Rs. One lakh to an individual or a Hindu undivided family (HUF) for:- (i) making investments in certain savings instruments; or (ii) incurring expenditure on tuition fee and repayment of housing loan. ...
Read MoreShri S. Krishnappa (HUF) Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) - The issue raised by the assessee that the HUF was not in existence when the assessment proceedings have been conducted and the Assessment Order has been passed on HUF and therefore, the entire proceedings are rendered null and void and it should be held that the Assessment Order is bad in law on the...
Read MoreMadhuri Doulatram Choitram Vs Lachmandas Tulsiram Nayar (HUF) (Bombay High Court) - Madhuri Doulatram Choitram Vs Lachmandas Tulsiram Nayar (HUF) (Bombay High Court) It is one thing to say that a member of the family other than, or in the absence of, a Karta, may be permitted to prosecute the suit on account of special circumstances of a given case. And a completely different thing...
Read MoreKehar Singh (D) Thr. L.Rs. & Ors.Vs Nachittar Kaur & Ors. (Supreme Court) - Kehar Singh (D) Thr. L.Rs. & Ors.Vs Nachittar Kaur & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Once the factum of existence of legal necessity stood proved, then, in our view, no co-coparcener (son) has a right to challenge the sale made by the Karta of his family. The plaintiff being a son was...
Read MoreGyanchand M. Bardia Vs. The Income Tax Officer (ITAT Ahmedabad) - Gyanchand M. Bardia Vs. ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) The first dispute between the parties is qua validity of assessee’s gift claim as received from the HUF amounting to Rs. 1,02,00,000/- coming through banking channel. Both the lower authorities are of the view that an HUF does not come under the specifi...
Read MoreSubodh Gupta (HUF) Vs Pr CIT (ITAT Delhi) - While hearing the case of Subodh Gupta vs Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT), Delhi bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) recently held that gift received by Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) from the mother of Karta would attract Income Tax. ...
Read MoreRBI/2010-11/344 DGBA. CDD. No. H-4311/15.02.001/2010-11 - (27/12/2010) - Provided further that an account opened on behalf of a Hindu Undivided Family prior to the 13th day of May, 2005, shall be closed after expiry of fifteen years from the end of the year in which the initial subscription was made and the entire amount standing at the credit of the subscriber shall be ...
Read MoreNotification No. 49/2010-Income Tax - (09/07/2010) - Notification No. 49/2010-Income Tax In a recent Notification No. 49/2010 dated 9 July 2010 (Notification) issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, modifying the permitted modes of filing return of income (ROI) for (i) companies and (ii) individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUF) which are li...
Read MorePRESS RELEASE No.402/92/2006-MC - (30/09/2009) - The Income Tax Act 1961 (the Act) has been amended with effect from 1st October 2009 to provide that any gift-in-kind, being an immovable property or any other property, the value of which exceeds Rs.50,000 (rupees fifty thousand), will become taxable in the hands of the donee, being an individual o...
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Madhuri Doulatram Choitram Vs Lachmandas Tulsiram Nayar (HUF) (Bombay High Court) -