Income Tax - Nature of gain on sale of property - LTCG or STCG - Receipt...

Income Tax

Nature of gain on sale of property - LTCG or STCG - Receipt of propter through Gift or POA - Since the gift deed falls under the documents which registration is compulsory as per section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 the unregistered instrument of gift of immovable property does not have any legal sanctity. Therefore, considering the fact that the above property has been assigned by way of POA in favour of the assessee vide Power of Attorney and the same was sold by the assessee on 18.06.2008, the holding period of the same was not more than 36 months in the hands of the assessee - Lower authorities have committed no error in treating the same as ‘short term capital gain’. - AT

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