Income from other sources - tax on gifts and receipt of any money or immovable property or specified movable property without or inadequate consideration - Scope of Section 56 expended - all categories of assessees shall be taxable - Budget 2017-18 w.e.f. AY 2018-19
3 February, 2017
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Taxability of gifts expanded to all assessees; assets received without adequate consideration treated as taxable income. The amendment inserts a new clause in subsection (2) of section 56 to tax assets received without or for inadequate consideration across all categories of ... Summary
Taxability of gifts expanded to all assessees; assets received without adequate consideration treated as taxable income.
The amendment inserts a new clause in subsection (2) of section 56 to tax assets received without or for inadequate consideration across all categories of assessees, subsuming earlier clause-based provisions that applied only to individuals, HUFs or certain share receipts, and rationalises the exceptions by revising and adding specified carve-outs while sunsetting the earlier clauses.
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