Income Tax - Share trading has grown significantly in the last decade due to rise of the stock market and rapid adoption of technology. It is seen as a way to make quick bucks by a lot of people. However there is a lot of confusion among on how to treat the income earned from trading shares viz. business gain or a capital gain. It is very important ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - If we will see chart of Reliance of 5 years then Reliance was trading between 800 (lowest on 15-05-2012 Rs 681.65) to 1109 (highest on 06-06-2014 RS 1122.40). On 22-02-2017 it has crossed resistance of 1125 with huge volume & closed on the same day at 1207.5. ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - What comes to your mind when you read these words together? You might be thinking of multiple computer setups with colourful charts displayed on them and a professional person shouting to get the trades right so as to make his/her pocket dearer ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The exit of Cyrus Mistry from TATA group was not a crisis situation and wouldnt change the fundamentals of companies. The sudden removal of Mistry took the market by surprise and in the near-term, some volatility in Tata Group stocks was seen. It raises questions on the governance front too. ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Chirag Singhal Many of us who have heard about insider trading, has a view that an insider trader is a handcuffed corporate person, who has been caught for doing illegal activities. But that is not the only fact. Insider trading has 2 parts, of which 1 is legal and another is prohibited i.e. is illegal. […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - All cash benefit distributions are being processed outside the depository system. Thus, no information is available in the demat account with respect to entitlement of cash benefits and payment of the same to the investors. In case any investor requires any information or has a complaint with respect to above benefits, they are required t...
Read MoreKaran R. Bahl Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) - In the instant case, all the shares have been bought by the assessee in the regular course of his business, employing common funds, depositing them in the same D-Mat account, and even through the same broker and infrastructure. ...
Read MoreCommissioner of Income Tax-VII Vs Avinash Jain (Delhi High Court) - The intent and purport of the CBDT circular No.4/2007 dated 15.06.2007 is to demonstrate that a tax payer could have two portfolios, namely, an investment portfolio and a trading portfolio. In other words, the assessee could own shares for the purposes of investment and/or for the purposes of tradin...
Read MoreMr. Nehal V. Shah Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) - The AO held the assessee to be a trader in shares & assessed the gains as business profits on the ground that (a) there was high frequency & sale transactions, (b) there were instances where delivery was not taken and shares were sold within a short period,...
Read MoreSmt. Sadhana Nabera Vs. ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) - The assessee, a director and shareholder in a company engaged in share trading, returned income of Rs. 78,89,499 earned by her on transfer of shares as a “short-term capital gain”. The AO took the view that as there were voluminous transactions, the assessee was engaged in share trading and the ...
Read MoreITO Vs. Ethno Financial Research Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) - The provisions of Explanation to section 73 do not distinguish between the transaction of trading in shares on actual delivery or without delivery basis. Admittedly the assessee does not fall under any of the exceptions provided in the Explanation and hence, the purchase and sale of shares traded du...
Read MoreCircular No. SEBI/MIRSD/Cir.No.02/2010 - (18/01/2010) - The Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has said that 'in-person' verification of clients is a mandatory requirement for opening account by a depository participant (DP). This will hold good for opening trading account by a stock broker and vice versa, if the stock broker and DP is the same en...
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