01 December 2018
For AY 2016-17, I have made a profit of Rs.2,00,000/- and suffered a loss of Rs.4,00,000/-, in all net loss of Rs.2,00,000/ on intra day share trading. I have filed before the AO, unaudited P&L Statement issued by my Broker . AO is saying that he will impose tax on the profit component of Rs.2,00,000/- and will not recognise the loss of Rs.4,00,000/-. Is this correct? Can he selectively take only the profit portion and ignore the loss portion in the same P&L Statement?
01 December 2018
The action of AO is not correct. The turnover in the case of an intraday transaction is the aggregate of profits and the aggregate of the losses.
Extracts from guidance note on the applicability of tax audit. [https://resource.cdn.icai.org/34728gn-taxaudit-dtcicai.pdf] Speculative transaction: A speculative transaction means a transaction in which a contract for the purchase or sale of any commodity, including stocks and shares, is periodically or ultimately settled otherwise than by the actual delivery or transfer of the commodity or scrips. Thus, in a speculative transaction, the contract for sale or purchase which is entered into is not completed by giving or receiving delivery so as to result in the sale as per value of contract note. The contract is settled otherwise and squared up by paying out the difference which may be positive or negative. As such, in such transaction the difference amount is 'turnover'. In the case of an assessee undertaking speculative transactions there can be both positive and negative differences arising by settlement of various such contracts during the year. Each transaction resulting into whether a positive or negative difference is an independent transaction. Further, amount paid on account of negative difference paid is not related to the amount received on account of positive difference. In such transactions though the contract notes are issued for full value of the purchased or sold asset the entries in the books of account are made only for the differences. Accordingly, the aggregate of both positive and negative differences is to be considered as the turnover of such transactions for determining the liability to audit vide section 44AB.
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