Can huf do gift to its family members .?

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Coming to your question, H.U.F is allowed to Gift to Members of H.U.F in certain cases(i.e with in reasonable limits,on the occassion of Marriage of Daughter and even long after the marriage as long as it is not conflicted by Assessing officer and proven to Fraud) as per HIndu Law. But to claim expenses in H.U.F Profit and Loss account and to claim tax benifit in the form of expense, it should be H.U.F's business expense. In the given case if H.U.F paid premium for LIC policy, taken on members of H.U.F, then it will be allowed u/s.80C. So you need not to treat it as Gift whether it is above Rs.50,000 or not. Coming to gift, GIft is an Appropriation of Income for any assessee and not allowed to claim as expense for Income tax purpose and it is taxable in the hands of receipient of Gift. But if gift is received from relative then it is not at all taxable whehter it exceeds Rs.50,000 or not. So in your case whenever gift is received by member from H.U.F it is not at all taxable in the hands of receipient too. But when ever such gift is transferred by such member then cost of acquisition should be taken as "ZERO"