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Valuation loss treated as speculation loss - It is a fact that ...

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January 4, 2018

Valuation loss treated as speculation loss - It is a fact that shares traded by the assessee were not of any of the good companies. The assessee had in the normal course of business purchased the shares. Because of the turmoil in the share market in the year under consideration the assessee suffered huge loss. It was valuing its stock on cost or market price whichever was lower and had accordingly valued the shares. The resultant loss, in these circumstances, cannot be considered speculative loss - AT

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