Income Tax : HUF allows families to create a separate tax entity with its own PAN and ITR, enabling income splitting and slab-wise benefits. Th...
Income Tax : While HUF offers tax advantages, salaried individuals often lack valid corpus. The analysis explains why benefits may be limited i...
Income Tax : The Income-tax Act 2025 introduces the new tax regime as the default taxation method for individuals and certain entities. Taxpaye...
Income Tax : This article explains what qualifies as agricultural income under Section 2(1A), why it is exempt under Section 10(1), and how par...
Income Tax : Explains how a properly structured HUF can access separate exemptions and threshold benefits. Takeaway: Formal setup and eligible ...
Corporate Law : The Government reaffirmed that HUFs are assessable units solely for income tax purposes and lack corporate status. They cannot col...
Income Tax : Government addresses Supreme Court judgment on tax exemptions for clergy and its implications on Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) u...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore recent updates on corporate tax rates, MSME concerns over tax deductions, and GST rates for shawls as addressed in Lok Sab...
Income 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...
Income Tax : While accepting “Application for allotment of PAN (Form 49A)” if both the addresses (residence and office) are mentioned in th...
Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld addition under Section 69 as the assessee failed to establish that the LIC investment belonged to the HUF. Mer...
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 ...
Income Tax : The ITAT deleted a capital gains addition, ruling that the use of an individual's PAN during a property sale cannot legally overri...
Income Tax : ITAT Surat remands case to CIT(A) for fresh adjudication on HUF gift taxability under Section 56(2)(vii) of the Income Tax Act, ci...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that dismissal of appeal by CIT(A) merely because the same was filed belatedly not justified as CIT(A) failed ...
Income Tax : The new tax regime introduces Form 121 as a single declaration replacing Forms 15G and 15H. It simplifies TDS exemption compliance...
Fema / RBI, Finance, Income Tax : Provided further that an account opened on behalf of a Hindu Undivided Family prior to the 13th day of May, 2005, shall be closed ...
Income Tax : Notification No. 49/2010-Income Tax In a recent Notification No. 49/2010 dated 9 July 2010 (Notification) issued by the Central Bo...
Income Tax : 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 im...
Sri. A.P. Oree Vs ITO (Madras High Court) Any partition between the members of the joint family cannot terminate the status of HUF unless it is shown that the joint family property was physically divided in accordance with the agreement or decree of the court. It is the contention of the Income Tax Department […]
The property was conveyed to assessee after the death of his father in 1955, i.e. before coming into force of Hindu Succession Act, 1950. Accordingly, the property belonged to HUF of assessee and not to assessee-individual. Therefore, the assessment order passed under section 147 for difference in sale consideration and fair market value of property itself was liable to be quashed.
We all know that Gift Tax Act which was introduced from 1st April, 1958 in our country as direct tax, which was repealed from 1st October, 1998. Any person receives Gift from any other person, would be consider as income of the recipient as per section 56(2)(x) with certain exemptions. Section 56(2)(x) was inserted by […]
Dear Friends, we know that income of Individuals/HUFs are taxable as per progressive tax slabs. The maximum rate of tax payable is @30%, when income of Individual/HUF exceeds Rs. 10.00 Lakhs in relevant previous year. The Central Government has inserted Section 115BAC with effect from AY 2021-22 to provide Optional Tax Regime to Individuals /HUFs. […]
HUF means HINDU UNDIVIDED FAMILY. HUF is taxed separately from an individual i.e. its members. Only Hindu, Janis, Buddhists and Sikhs family can come together and form a HUF. HUF is a separate entity under the Income Tax Act and has its own PAN and files Income Tax Returns independent of its member. Hindu Succession […]
Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) : An entity that emerges as a result of customary Law There are different entities which have separate legal existence some of them emerges naturally (like Humans), some of them emerges as a result of incorporation or in simple words registration under any statue (like Companies and Registered Firms) but there […]
In the previous article on HUF, we had discussed about the meaning of HUF, its formation, creation of corpus of HUF and how it can be used as a legal tax saving tool. In one of the ways the corpus of Hindu undivided family can be created by receiving gifts from relatives.
Hindu undivided family has always been a contradictory topic. There have been many judgments passed and challenged. HUF is not defined under The Income Tax Act. But its taxability is covered under the Act. It is created by Hindu, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists family. The group of individuals must share common roots. Forming an HUF […]
Benefit of Filing Income Tax Return for an individual and HUF, and for whose income is below exemption limit are as follows: 1. Proof of Income/Proof of net worth: The best authentic document in support of claim of income level is the Income tax return of the person. 2. Eligibility in Loan application: Income tax […]
Monetary Limit under section 194J & 194C are unchanged for Individual or HUF, it is still Rs 1 crore instead of Rs 5 crores With Finance Act, 2020, tax audit total sales, turnover or gross receipts limit in case of Business has been changed to Rs 5 Crores instead of Rs 1 Crore earlier. Provided […]
