HI FRIENDS
WHILE LEARNING ACCOUNTING I've LEARNT HOW TO DO JOURNAL ENTRIES FOR FORFEITURE OF SHARES IN THE BOOKS OF THE COMPANY WHICH FORFEITED THE SHARES
BUT CAN ANY ONE TELL ME HOW TO ACCOUNT IN MY BOOKS IF MY PART INVESTMENT IN SOME COMPANIES SHARES HAVE BEEN FORFEITED CAN I CLAIM IT AS A LOSS AGAINST SHORT-TERM CAPITAL GAIN OR NOT...
I THINK IT CANNOT BE CLAIMED AS A LOSS BUT ITS A CAPITAL LOSS HOW DO I ACCOUNT IT IN MY BOOKS KINDLY TELL ME...
THANKING YOU...
if held as business investment than it would be treated as loss
wht kind of loss shall i treat it..
i'm investing in shares everyday its my business
shall i take it as short term capital loss and carry forward under short term capital gain loss and set off against future profits or present profits
loss is of 2 lacs
as you r a trader of shares hence it should be treated as trading loss
it depends on the nature of activity of your organisation. if your main activity is trading then it is a business loss and should be charged to profit & loss account, if not, then it is a capital loss and that part of investment which is forfeited, should be set off against investment.
Friend Think a normal employee has invested in some co. and his money was forfeited wht will b ur reply in tht case
I think there shall also be a provision under the ACT specially for this.. even though this doesnt happen much.
just like investments value will be nil.
it will be short term capital loss if the shares held for less than 12 months otherwise long term remember if long term capital gain accrue on the shares which are listed on recognised stock exchange ( STT charged ) then it cannot cliam as loss.
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