11 February 2010
Looking to the fact of your transaction volume and other details it is consider as business income. also you have to findout actual turn over, as details below, because turnover exceeding 40 lacks will require tax audit and non compliance of which result into penalty of 0.5% or Rs.1 lacks whichever is low. Turn over for your transaction will be as under: For delivery based transaction actual sales or purchase valus for F & O transaction the net surplus and deficit will be consider as turnover, For intraday transaction it will be consider as speculation business and turnover will be as F & O.
Your loss in F & O can be adjusted with Profit on delivery based transaction and net will be your taxable business income.
In case of speculation business, loss can be set of only against speculation business.
Loss in share trading in wife account depends on actual facts whether can be added with your income or not and presentation made to ITO.
In your case I will suggest to take help of good consultant.