Schedule Assets & Liabilities

I am looking to submit schedule of Assets and Liabilities as my income exceeds the limit specified for this fiscal year for the first time and I have the following questions

  1. For insurance premiums, how should I declare? Should I declare the premium's paid until now?
  2. I have invested in deposits over the years and I have been paying tax on the interests received from the deposits always. But given that this is the first time submitting assets and liabilities schedule, deposit numbers may bloat up and may be more than the Time deposits purchased this year since earlier ones were multi year deposits. Was curious if there will be questions?. Should I be declaring the present balance from all these deposits as on Mar-31-2024 and not the original principal when they are multi year?
  3. For Gold, I did not buy a lot. Many of them were given to my wife by in-laws during marriage. Should I be showing all those gold as my assets or can be ignored since it was given to my wife and she should only show? I do not have exact details of year when I purchased Gold. If I declare the costs as on today, it will already be appreciated cost. What should I do? 
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This discussion addresses common queries regarding the Schedule of Assets and Liabilities for individuals whose income has surpassed the usual limits. It clarifies how to declare insurance premiums, distinguishing between paid amounts and potential future returns. The advice covers declaring current balances for multi-year deposits and addresses the complexities of including assets like gold gifted to a spouse, especially when ownership and purchase details are unclear. Furthermore, it provides guidance on valuing shares and securities, including those held for many years and bonus shares, specifying the use of purchase cost or grandfathered value and zero cost for recent bonus issues.

1. No need to declare that. 2. Present balance of deposits as on 31 march,2024. 3. It may be considered as wife's assets, once and for all.
Thank you. One follow up question 1. Wont there be questions for not declaring LIC premium? 2. For question on Gold, she does not come under tax bracket as she was home maker until now. I was clubbing her income and showing any interests she was earning into my tax returns. Should we still consider this as her asset and not declare anything?
1. LIC premium is not declared under Balance sheet, it is considered as expenditure. 2. If it is your asset or if you are owner of the Gold, you must declare. 3. You & your wife are two different identities for ITD, both PANs differ. If she is owner, it will not reflect in your BS.
Thanks again. One last question. Though it is expenditure, we get returns after few years from it right similar to other deposits for LIC?
LIC or any insurance claim or amount received on its redemption is added to capital in the year of receipt, and its tax liability, if any, is also assessed in the relevant year.

How should we declare the cost of shares and securities we hold. I have bought certain shares 15  years back and I have never sold any of them. Should I declare market value as on 31-Mar-2024. It will be appreciated value. 

No. It should be cost of purchase or grandfathered value as on 31.01.2018.

On shares where they provide bonus shares like (1:1, 1:2 etc), how do we account for that since there was no cost of purchase for it?

Cost of bonus share issued after 31.01.2018 is taken as ZERO.

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