Income earned by a sole proprietor by transfer of a Land and building which is registered under the propritory concern attracts capital gain or it should be considered as business income
CA Raj Doshi
(Practising CA)
(8565 Points)
Replied 27 September 2016
Nitish Agrawal
(CA)
(810 Points)
Replied 27 September 2016
Yes agreed with Raj, it depends!!! as if the proprietory concern is involved in the business of Real estate then the land would be its stock in trade and hence any profit from sale of the land would come under the purview of PGBP otherwise it will attract Capital Gain.