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We have also carefully examined the decision of Salvinder Singh 109 ITD 241 decided by respected co-ordinate bench wherein, the provisions of section 2(ea) of Wealth-tax Act were discussed and have noted that in that case the assessee had more than one commercial establishments or complexes at different places, so the assessee has owned more than one properly which was undisputedly in the nature of commercial establishments or complexes. Therefore, after ascertaining the very nature of the property as a commercial establishment the same was held as covered under the exception of
The season to file income tax returns is on and most taxpayers will try to quickly wrap up the process. But most people ignore the importance of filing annual wealth tax returns. Govind Pathak, a certified financial planner, explains, “If you start paying wealth tax all of a sudden, officials can seek records of how you acquired this wealth. Filing wealth tax returns regularly helps you create evidence of ownership of assets and also how they have increased year-on-year.”
As soon as the land of the assessee is requisitioned and stood vested in the State, he does not remain its owner and the mere inchoate right to receive the enhanced compensation cannot possibly be treated as assets and included in his wealth subsequently.
The perusal of the scheme of the Act posits that it is not always that any building or land appurtenant thereto are straightway liable to wealth tax. There are many exceptions contained in section 2(ea)(i)of the Act in this respect, such as ,house meant exclusively for residential or commercial purposes, which forms part of the stock in-trade or any house which the assessee may occupy for the purposes of any business or profession carried on by him or any property in the nature of commercial establishments or complexes etc.
Calcutta High Court asked film actress Suchitra Sen to deposit Rs five lakh before opening up a hearing of her appeal challenging the income tax (I-T) department directive to pay hefty taxes for her flat in the city’s southern part. This is for the second time Ms Sen moved an appeal against the I-T department for imposing a wealth tax penalty of over Rs 30 lakhs on her property.
word `property’ has been used by the legislature in a wider sense so as to include more than one house. However, the right to compute the ALV at nil in respect of self occupied property is restricted to one house even thought he property owned by the assessee may consist of more than one house.
The land which falls within the exception of `urban land’ would have to be excluded from the ambit and scope of expression `urban land’ and, such land would not be covered by the expression `assets’ as defined in section 2(ea) of the Wealth-tax Act, 1957; consequently, such land would not be treated as net wealth of an assessee for the purposes of provisions of the Act.
The Code proposes to tax net wealth in the following manner:- Wealth-tax will be payable by an individual, HUF and private discretionary trusts. Wealth tax will be levied on net wealth on the valuation date i.e. the last day of the financial year. Assets chargeable to wealth-tax will mean all assets, including financial assets and […]
Enhancement of the limit for payment of wealth tax under the existing provisions of section 3 of the Wealth-tax Act, wealth tax is charged every year in respect of net wealth, on the valuation date, of every individual, Hindu undivided family and company at the rate of one per cent. of the amount by which the net wealth exceeds Rs.15.00 lakhs. This limit was fixed in 1992.
The forms includes Return Of Net Wealth in Form A, Form Of Return Of Net Wealth For Individual/Hindu Undivided Families/Companies in Form BA, Form Of Return Of Net Wealth Under Sub-Section (1) Or Sub-Section (2) Of Section 14 Of The Wealth-Tax Act, 1957 [For companies * only] in Form A, Statement of valuation of jewellery in Form O-8A and all other forms.
