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Is kidney received as donation or gift taxable?

Puneet Mantri (CA Final student) (534 Points)

30 July 2010

Is kidney received as donation or gift taxable to the person receiving it? Lets suppose other kidneys are being sold in the market @ Rs.100000.00. Then is the kidney received free of cost taxable as gift?

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Faiz Ahmed ( Article Trainee) (1731 Points)
Replied 30 July 2010

How can you tax it???? There should be some pre- determined value to it. Moreover, its not a traded commodity. It is donated on person will and transplanted to a needy person.

It cannot be sold and if its sold and you are purchasing it, you will be first put behind bars. That will be more heavy penalty than paying tax on it.

CA Kaushal (Assistant Manager ) (252 Points)
Replied 30 July 2010

Good one faiz

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CA Trinath Galla (student) (3130 Points)
Replied 30 July 2010

ha ha......faiz explained it fairly

Vishal Jain A (Practicing CA) (941 Points)
Replied 30 July 2010

Hi friends,

Legality is nothing to do with income tax... but still it is not taxable as the case given by my friend was of gift or donation... And it is not covered by s. 56(2)(vii) of Income Tax Act which is relating to gift tax..

Faiz Ahmed ( Article Trainee) (1731 Points)
Replied 30 July 2010

Originally posted by : Vishal Jain A
	Hi friends, Legality is nothing to do with income tax... but still it is not taxable as the case given by my friend was of gift or donation... And it is not covered by s. 56(2)(vii) of Income Tax Act which is relating to gift tax..

Yes you are right... There is no chance to treat as gift wrapped in paper(currency)

(Guest)

ya it can be taxable in heaven or hell

(Guest)

Originally posted by : Faiz Ahmed
	How can you tax it???? There should be some pre- determined value to it. Moreover, its not a traded commodity. It is donated on person will and transplanted to a needy person. It cannot be sold and if its sold and you are purchasing it, you will be first put behind bars. That will be more heavy penalty than paying tax on it.