Answers By Expert: Advocate Shashi Ashok Bekal
  Taxability of One time maintainace deposit collected by Developer
Assessee is promoter and Builder.  During the  course of carrying of business, assessee accepted one time deposit from flat purchaser for future maintainance of the building.  AO is the opinion that it is taxable in the year of receipt , where as assessee is saying that it is not taxable in his hands as assessee is only custodian and after deduction of expenses incurred for maintenance, will be handover the balance to society . Whether assessee's stand is correct ? Or AO is correct ? Pl guide .


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  LLP/firms
Can LLP /firm etc hold agricultural land ? How?  


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  Deduction under section 80U
Mr. X is a senior Citizen. Due to BRAIN STROKE her right side is totally paralysed . She can not sit with out help. Sir , Under which section she can get deductios and what papers/documents are required.


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  Capital Gain Tax set off
If i have a capital gain from equity mutual fund of rs. 400000 after deducting rs. 100000, my gain tax will be 40000 rs. If it is to be set off against long term capital loss, i have to saw loss of only 40000 or 400000 rs?


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  WhatsApp chat
Is it admissible as evidence under Tax laws ?


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  I am holding rural agricultural land since before 2001. Now I have converted such land as NA land and sold it. My question was which value I should consider for 2001 ? Agriculture land value or NA land Value ?
I am holding rural agricultural land since before 2001. Now I have converted such land as NA land in December 2022 and sold it in March-2023. In which amount I have to pay tax ? If I am allowed indexed cost then My question was which value I should consider for 2001 ? Agriculture land value or NA land Value ? Circle Value of land as on 01-04-2021 is 200 Rs for Agricultural land and Rs. 1000 for Non Agricultural Land. Circle rate of NA Land as on Dec-2022 is 3550 and I have sold it at Rs. 3700 in…


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  ESOP vs TPO
In case the overseas company issues stock options to the employees of the subsidiary and there is no recharge arrangement. Is the Indian company still liable to include the ESOP costs in the cost base (for cost plus method or TNMM with net margin based on cost) in case it renders services to its other AE


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  194IA
limit of 50 L whether it is qua property or payer ?


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  withdrawal of a flat by partner
On 8-11-2016 at 7 p m  , a partner withdrew a flat out of stock in trade  of that firm at cost [mkt value was 10 times] The same was regd later in his name with a proper stamp duty on mkt value[10 times cost] is it liable to any tax under the Income Tax Act? Is it covered by PMLA ?        


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  Sec. 56(2)(viib)
Whether provisions of Sec. Sec. 56(2)(vii) (b) are applicable for Registered Agreement to sale between the land owner and developer. Since the word used in section are " property means the following capital asset of the assessee namely :- immovable property being land or building or both......... Can assessee context the issue on the ground that by executing  agreement to sale , assessee has got the rights in property but not the immovable property by drawing the inference from various decisions in the context of 50C, where in it is held that the provisions of Sec. 50C are not applicable…


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