Capital asset Short term or long term - period of holding in case of equity shares in a company, the period for which the preference shares were held by the assessee in a Certain Case - Budget 2017-18 w.e.f. AY 2018-19

Clause - 003 - Amendment of section 2.

THE FINANCE BILL, 2017

The existing provisions contained in clause (42A) of the said section defines the expression "short-term capital asset"

It is proposed to insert a new sub-clause (hf) in Clause (i) of Explanation 1 of the said clause so as to provide that in the case of a capital asset being equity shares in a company, which becomes the property of the assessee in consideration of a transfer referred to in clause (xb) of section 47, there shall be included the period for which the preference shares were held by the assessee.

Dated: 2-2-2017