CA-Article-Final-Student
129 Points
Joined May 2010
I am not agree from above discussions..its absolutely right that period of holding will be considered under sec 41 (9) i.e cost to the previous owner...and period of holding will also include the holding period of previous owner...but the aquired asset under gift is transfered with in 3 years hence will be taxable as SHORT TERM CAPITAL GAINS in the hands of new owner....if more than 3 years only then it would be taxable as LONG TERM CAPITAL GAINS.
as per new inserted provisions of sec 56(2)(vii) the cost of aquisition in the hands of new owner will be taken as nil if the property is aquired on or after 1-10-2009...and the full value of consideration in the hands of transferor(previous owner) will be the stamp duty valuation as per sec 50 C.
only sec 54 EC and 54 F are the transformation sections where period of holding before transfer is not considered and it will always be taxable as LONG TERM CAPITAL GAINS no matter for how long asset is reatined by transferee...!!