04 August 2011
Whether loss from Future & Options of shares and commodities will be allowed with the profit of other non-speculative business ? Quote relevant section.
Whether Trading of listed Shares will be taken as speculative business or non-speculative business. Whether the loss of trading of shares can be set off with the profit of other non-speculative business.
04 August 2011
Loss from future and option is non speculative loss. Please read section 43(5) which has defined speculative transaction. F & O Profit/Loss is specifically exclued out of it.
Therefore any loss from F & O is allowed to be set off against other non speculative business.
Trading of Listed shares on the same day is a speculative transaction.
No,any loss on trading of shares canot be set off against other non speculative business