01 July 2010
Suppose if a father gifts to his son in the normal course of time (i.e. not in the occasion of marriage or for starting a business) 240 grams of Gold. He has gifted in kind, in such a case whether it is taxable? If yes at what rate? the rate should be taken the rate at the date of gift - commodities Gold rate closing rate? Thank you
01 July 2010
U/s 56(2)(vii) Any gifts received from relatives is exempt from tax. For the purpose of this, ‘relative’ means : ‐ (a) spouse of the Individual; (b) brother or sister of the individual; (c) brother or sister of the spouse of the individual; (d) brother or sister of the either of the parents of the individual; (e) any lineal ascendant or descendant of the individual; (f) any lineal ascendant or descendant of the spouse of the individual; (g) spouse of the person referred to in clause (ii) to (vi).
02 July 2010
I don't know why Mr. Sanat is considering this query under Income from other sources.
As per Section 2(14) Gold will be considered as capital asset and it will be taxable under the head Capital Gain [Section 45(1)]. However, as per Section 47(2) it is not considered as transfer. So at this time it will not be taxable under Income Tax Act.
It will be taxable in the hands of son when he will sale the Gold
02 July 2010
Mr.Shudhanshu Agrawal, Please read the question carefully. Father gifted gold(kind) to son. He is asking about this transaction not later on. applicability of capital gain tax is on the hands of transferer. But U/s 56(2)(vii) tax will be applicable in the hands of receipient.
02 July 2010
As per Section 56(1) any income shall be taxable under this head when it is not taxable under any othe head mentioned u/s 14. But gold is considered under Capital Gain head as it is a capital asset u/s 2(14) and every capital asset is taxable under the head capital gain [Section 45(1)]. The reason for which it is not taxable in above case is because it has not been considered as tranfer u/s 47. If gift will be considered taxable u/s 47 then you will not be able to say it is exempted just because of Section 56(2)(vii) as Income from other source head is not applicable for this transaction.
However Since gift is not treated as a transfer u/s 47 it will not be taxable for the father to give gift to son and the son is receiving gold without any consideration. However gift is received from father and hence the same will not be taxaxble in the hands of the son under the head income from other sources as it is not taxable u/s 56(2)
02 July 2010
We are discussing that in the above case we should not refer Income form other sources as it comes when any income is not considered in any other head.
02 July 2010
yes, as gold is a capital asset u/s 2(14) and every capital asset shall be taxed u/s 45(1). However, u/s 47(2) gift is not conidered as transfer, it will not be taxed. This is what is my view for above.
In other words, there is no need to refer Section 56(2)
02 July 2010
When u are not transferring any asset and instead receiving gold still the same will be taxable under head capital gains what u mean to say.
W. E. f. 01.06.2010 if u receive gold as gift other than a non relative is taxable under the head income from other sources. Before that receipt of gold was not taxable.
If u sell gold then it is taxable under the head capital gains. However since the above is gift it is not considered as a transfer and hence not taxable under the head capital gains.