15 December 2009
Yes Valuation Of Assets In Wealth Tax Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), the value of any asset, other than cash, for the purposes of this Act shall be its value as on the valuation date determined in the manner laid down in Schedule III. The value of a house belonging to the assessee and exclusively used by him for residential purposes throughout the period of twelve months immediately preceding the valuation date, may, at the option of the assessee, be taken to be the value determined in the manner laid down in Schedule III as on the valuation date next following the date on which he became the owner of the house or the valuation date relevant to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1971, whichever valuation date is later:
Explanation.---For the purposes of this sub-section,--- where the house has been constructed by the assessee, he shall be deemed to have become the owner thereof on the date on which the construction of such house was completed; "house" includes a part of a house being an independent residential unit.
Valuation Of Jewellery In Wealh Tax India. Jewellery Includes :
Ornaments made of gold, silver, platinum or any other precious metal or any alloy containing one or more of such preÂÂcious metals, whether or not containing any precious or semi-precious stones, and whether or not worked or sewn into any wearing appare. Precious or semi-precious stones, whether or not set in any furniture, utensils or other article or worked or sewn into any wearing apparel. In support of the valuation of jewellery, the prescribed form to be attached with the return is : Where the value of the jewellery on the valuation date is upto Rs.5 lakhs, a statement in Form No. 0-8A, a prescribed by rule 13(c), signed by the assessee, or Where the value of the jewellery on the valuation date exceeds Rs.5 lakhs, a report of Registered Valuer in Form No.0-8, as prescribed by rule 8D. The report can be the basis for arriving at the valuation for 4 subsequent years. All that is needed is to substitute the value of gold, silver or any alloy of the base year with that of the relevent year. Again, adjustment for purchases and sales made during the relevent year will have to be carried out.
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