Purchase of new gold against sale of old gold

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Hello All, If any person purchases the gold against sale of old gold. the transaction is taxable under Income Tax Act 1960
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Yes. It is taxable.

Yes, It will be taxable under the head of capital gain short term or long term depending on the holding period.

short term less than one year and long term more than one year.if long term then not taxable?

@ MR. Baljinder Singh. 

Kindly note that for Gold as Investment, for long term capital gain, the investment period should be minimum 36 months.

@ Mr. Chetan: If the words are not Sale & Purchase in your query, but say REMODELLING or TRANSFORMING etc., matter changes altogether.

Mr Chetan Alai if you sale old gold and purchase new gold against that proceeds of gold sale then there is capital gain tax liability, short term or long term depending upon the period of holding of gold.

Mr Baljinder Singh if you are selling gold and again purchasing gold with this sale consideration then there is capital gain tax liability under Income Tax Act 1960. Please correct yourself that in case of long tern it is non taxable. Sale of gold either short term or long term is not exempt under capital gain unless the sale consideration is utilised in purchase or construction or renovation of house property. Simply by selling gold and again purchasing gold with that money is not exempt under Income Tax Act 1960. It is taxable as capital gain depending upon the period of holding.

Hope you will correct yurself for future.


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