occation of marriage

As far as i know it simply means at the time of marriage of Individual i.e. any gift received by A on his marriage will be exempted in his hand.

It is not restricted to gifts received at the time of marriage. It has a much wider meaning.

the act says gift received on the occassion of marriage. therefore, it has to be given a strict interpretation and hence, marriage has to be understood as marriage only.

even i too agree with mr.rajiv & mr.mohit.marriage means marriage of an individual,gift recd at the time of marriage will be exemptd

even i too agree with mr.rajiv & mr.mohit.marriage means marriage of an individual,gift recd at the time of marriage will be exemptd

thanks to all

but i want to know that from which event to which event will mean the occasion of marriage.

occasion means .. it have no boundaries... it is a reason for which we r giving the gift

in other words..at any time... if we wont like to gve this gift unless there is a marriage occasion

soo it is not the time to consider but the reason to b considered....

thanx to all

now my doubt is cleared.

REASON FOR GIFT IS TO BE CONSIDERED RATHER THAN TIMING OF GIFT AND MARRIAGE.

come on ppl why so much huss-fuss bout this.. I think the provision is  pretty clear. any gift received for the individual's wedding is non-taxable.

now there is an evident confusion on one thing- gifts received for marriage anniversaries.. This in most cases is considered as non-taxable.. But there is a lot of chances of tax evasion here!

Divya, Gift received on occasion of marriage anniversery is taxable. Only gifts received on occasion of Marriage is not taxable. On occasion even includes this case: if you receive gift 10days after marriage, then also it is not taxable. Any gifts received with respect to marraige is not taxable. If you include practical cases you told, its a tax evasion

U/s 56 Is it not taxable in the hands of Donee.

No the section remains silent on the gifts received on marriage anniversaries. This is what i meant! you can check it out if u want.

Marriage Anniversary is not Marriage. It would be in order to have a copy of the invitation card and if possible date the invitation card. If you sent invitation a few weeks before marriage (maybe you can also evidence courier bills) and you receive gifts in the interim with identification of donor, it can be said to be received for the marriage. However, you are not exempted from the following:-

1) Proving Identity of Donor.

2) Capacity of Donor to Gift.

3) Genuineness. The exemption is being granted to you on basis of occassion. However, you will really need to satisfy the AO of the genuineness to gift especially if amount is large.

Exemption or no exemption, even if you get a regular gift from a non relative say of less than 50,000, you have to convine the AO as to why the person would gift you that kind of money. If a person files a return for Rs.300,000 p.a. and he gifts 50,000 to someone really remote, ther can be a problem. Listing the relatives has been done keeping in mind that gift transactions of large amounts can take place between those listed relatives. Receiving large gifts is too remote from other people.

What you do on marriages is someone sits at a table / counter, one each from girls side and boys side. The persons are accounting the chandlas and they note the name and address of donor. These are small amounts of maybe 251, 501, even 1001 is reasonable. If you have over 50 attendees each giving 1001, it will still be exempted.