COURT: | ITAT Mumbai |
CORAM: | B. R. Baskaran (AM), Pawan Singh (JM) |
SECTION(S): | 45, 48 |
GENRE: | Domestic Tax |
CATCH WORDS: | capital gains, colorable device, sham transactions |
COUNSEL: | Harsh Kapadia |
DATE: | March 9, 2018 (Date of pronouncement) |
DATE: | March 29, 2018 (Date of publication) |
AY: | 2006-07 |
FILE: | Click here to view full post with file download link |
CITATION: | |
Entire law on what constitutes a "Sham transaction"/ "Colourable device" explained. The sale of shares in a pvt ltd co by the assessee to a relative (son) in order to book losses so as to set-off the capital gains from on sale of property cannot be rejected as a sham transaction / colourable device if the transaction is within the four corners of law and valid |
The transactions being genuine, merely because the assessee has claimed set-off of capital loss against the capital gain earned during the same period, cannot be said to be a colourable device or method adopted by assessee to avoid the tax. The shares were transferred by executing share transfer Form and after paying the requisite Stamp duty. The company NTPL also passed a Board Resolution for transfer of those shares. The consideration of share was effected to through banking channel. The fair market value arrived by assessee, as furnished before Commissioner (Appeals). In our view the transactions of sale of share were genuine and transacted at a proper valuation. The lower authority has not disputed the genuinity of transaction. The transactions carried by assessee are valid in law, cannot be treated as non-est merely on the basis of some economic detriment or it may be prejudicial to the interest of revenue
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