TMI BlogChargeability of Income attributable to capital gains under collaboration agreement under Income Tax Act, 1961 - Advance RulingX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Chargeability of Income attributable to capital gains under collaboration agreement under Income Tax Act, 1961 - Advance Ruling - Commentaries / Editorials Dated:- 25-11-2007 - News - The advance ruling authority has delivered its ruling (Reported in 2007 -TMI - 2120 - AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS ) while deciding the matter of chargeability of Income Attributable to Capital Gains under collabo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ration agreements under Income Tax Act, 1961. The summary of the discussions and finding are as follows: 1. Where the agreement for transfer of immovable property by itself does not provide for immediate transfer of possession, the date of entering into the agreement cannot be considered to be the date of transfer within the meaning of clause (v) of section 2(47) of the Income-tax Act. 2. To ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... attract clause (v) of section 2(47), it is not necessary that the entire sale consideration up to the last installment should be received by the owner. 3. In the instant case, having regard to the terms of the two agreements and the irrevocable GPA executed pursuant to the agreement, the execution of the GPA shall be regarded as the "transaction involving the allowing of the possession" of land ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to be taken in part performance of the contract and therefore, the transfer within the meaning of section 2(47)(v) must be deemed to have taken place on the date of execution of such GPA. The irrevocable GPA was executed on May 8, 2006, i.e during the previous year relevant to the assessment year 2007-08 and the capital gains must be held to have arisen during that year. Incidentally, it may be m ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... entioned that during the said year, i.e., financial year 2006-07, a final licence was granted and the applicant/owners received nearly 2/3rds of the consideration. 4. Once it is held that the transaction of the nature referred to in clause (v) of section 2(47) had taken place on a particular date, the actual date of taking physical possession need not be probed into. It is enough if the transfer ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ee has by virtue of that transaction a right to enter upon and exercise the acts of possession effectively. (For full text of Ruling - please visit - 2007 -TMI - 2120 - AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE RULINGS ) - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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