Correct head of income - profit arising from sale of shares - ...
Case Laws Income Tax
September 29, 2023
Correct head of income - profit arising from sale of shares - LTCG/STCG - The intention of the assessee can also be gathered from the Balance sheet and Financial Statement of Accounts. Shares held by the assessee as investment are chargeable to tax under the head “Capital Gains” and shares held by the assessee as stock in trade are chargeable to tax as “Business Income”. - Based upon the CBDT Circular, when the ld. CIT(A) accepted the long term capital gain, then we fail to understand why the ld. CIT(A) hesitated in not accepting the short term capital gain on the same set of facts. - AT
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