02 September 2014
Firstle Section 56(2)(vii) exempts gifts received BY HUF FROM its members. The converse is not exempt. This is evident from the definition of relative as under In case of HUF relative means its members. Definition of relative in case of individual does NOT include HUF
2. moreover an HUF cannot gift its property to its members. Distribution can take place only on total partition of the HUF