Clause 8 - Total income to include income of any other person. - Direct Taxes Code, 2010

Total income to include income of any other person. 8. (1) The total income of any person, being a transferor, shall include the following, namely:— (a) any income accruing to any other person, by virtue of a transfer, whether revocable or not, without transfer of the asset from which the income accrues; or (b) any income accruing to any other person, by virtue of a revocable transfer of an asset. (2) The provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall not apply in a case where— (a) any income accrues from an asset transferred to any trust, if the transfer is not revocable during the life time of the beneficiary of the trust; or (b) any income accrues from an asset transferred to any other person, not being a trust, if the transfer is not revocable during the lifetime of such other person. (3) In this section,— (a) a transfer shall be deemed to be revocable if— (i) it contains any provision for the re-transfer, directly or indirectly, of the whole or any part of the income or assets to the transferor; or (ii) it, in any way, gives the transferor a right to re-assume power, directly or indirectly, over the whole or any part of the income or assets; (b) a transfer shall include any settlement, trust, covenant, agreement or arrangement.