Court Considers Whether Subdivided Property Sale is Long-Term Capital Gain or Business Income Based on Original Intent.

Capital Gain (LTCG) or Business income - the tests laid down in the decisions support the plea of the Assessee that he did not do any adventure in the nature of trade when he sold the larger extent of property after dividing them into smaller sites. The dates of acquisition of the property and its conversion into sites and obtaining approval and the dates of sale by the Assessee all go to show his intention at the time of acquisition was not with a view to indulge in an adventure in the nature of trade - AT .....

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