Wednesday 5 July 2017

Gifts not chargeable to tax [Sec. 56(2)(vii)]


Any sum of money or property received by any person [on or after 01-04-2017] in the following circumstances shall not be chargeable to tax:
a) Gifts received from relatives;
b) Gifts received by an individual on occasion of his/her marriage;
c) Gifts received by way of Inheritance/will;;
d) Gifts received in contemplation of death of the payer;
e) Gifts received from any local authority;
f) Gifts received from any fund, foundation, university, educational institution, hospital, medical institution, any trust or institution referred to in Section 10(23C);
g) Gifts received from any trust or institution registered under section 12A/12AA.
h) Share received as a consequences of demerger or amalgamation of a company under clause (vid) or clause (vii) of section 47, respectively.
i) Share received as a consequences of business reorganization of a co-operative bank under section 47(vicb)

Note-‘Relative’ shall mean:
1. Spouse of the individual
2. Brother or sister of the individual
3. Brother or sister of the spouse of the individual
4. Brother or sister of either of the parents of the individual
5. Any lineal ascendant or descendant of the individual
6. Any lineal ascendant or descendant of spouse of the individual
7. Spouse of the person referred in point 2-6 above

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