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Issues: Whether the surrender of 27% share of profits by a partner on reconstitution of the firm, in favour of the other partners, amounted to a deemed gift liable to gift-tax under section 4(c) of the Gift-tax Act, 1958.
Analysis: The authorities proceeded on the footing that there was no consideration for the reduction in the assessee's profit share and treated the redistribution of partnership shares as a transfer attracting gift-tax. The decisive question, however, was whether the incoming partners had furnished consideration by contributing capital, undertaking mutual liabilities and losses, and rendering services to the firm. On the facts, the partners had contributed capital, agreed to share losses, and one of them brought technical expertise relevant to the business. Those features constituted real and adequate consideration. The arrangement was therefore distinguishable from cases where the surrender of share was unsupported by any consideration.
Conclusion: The surrender of share did not amount to a taxable gift and the levy of gift-tax was not sustainable.
Final Conclusion: The assessee's appeal succeeded and the addition to gift-tax was set aside.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a partner relinquishes a portion of profit share on reconstitution of a firm for genuine and adequate consideration, including capital contribution, sharing of losses, or rendering of services by the other partners, the transaction does not constitute a gift chargeable to gift-tax.
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