Afshin (Article trainee) (44 Points)
01 April 2024Respected Madams and Sirs,
I have a query regarding law, there is an individual who owns a piece of land in his own name alone, He wishes to transfer this piece of land from his own personal name to the name of his own sole proprietorship concern.
Do you suggest he transfer from his own name to a OPC of his own or any other form of entity?
What are the various implications here about the perspective of Direct-Tax, Stamp Duty, Documentation, etc
Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
Nikhil Kaushik
(Fellow CA)
(85722 Points)
Replied 01 April 2024
you can transfer to OPC. being a separate entity, the OPC will have to remit the consideration for the land ie in form of shares or cash. Being a related party transaction, it has to be done on arm's length basis. The stamp duty etc would apply as normal. Since this would count as transfer of a capital asset, there would be capital gains consideration for the individual.
Proprietorship is not separate from individual. Hence, such a transfer is not possible.
Afshin
(Article trainee)
(44 Points)
Replied 02 April 2024
Thank you very much for your response Nikhil ji.
Regarding same query if the sole proprietor already shows this piece of land as Stock-in-Trade in his own books, what would be the implications.
The sole proprietor wants to receive money regarding the land in the name of business, what would be the most suitable thing to do looking at that and stamp duty?
Your advise would be very much appreciated.
CA Raj Doshi
(Practising CA)
(8924 Points)
Replied 07 April 2024
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