CA in Practice
35867 Points
Joined June 2009
Dear Kaushal
If you have traded intraday i. e. you have bought and sold shares on the same day then the same is treated as intraday gain/loss and will be treated as speculative business income from the point of view of income tax. Accounting of the same will on profit & loss basis only and the said loss can be set off against such profit only and not any other. Like you said in the eg you made profit of Rs. 12,000 and loss of Rs. 8000/- then tax will have to paid on Rs. 4000/- only at the normal slab rates. Slab rates in case of a male individual less than 65 years is as follows:
income less than Rs. 160,000 = Nil
Income from 160,000 - 300000 = (income - 160000) * .103
Income from 300000 - 500000 = (income - 300000) * .206 + 14420
Income more than Rs. 500,000 = (income - 500000) * .309 + 55,620.
If you take delivery then tax is to be paid on the net gain @ 15% like STCG and held for more than 1 year then no tax.
If the quantum of delivery transactions is more and the holding period is less then the same could be considered as your business and taxed as your business income and taxed as above as non speculation income.