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Taxation on Share Trading

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In share trading , in case most or all of the trades of an individual are short-term in nature (meaning the shares were sold before completion of one year after purchase) , after the threshold of what amount of turnover , can the income tax authorities deem the profit earned from such trades as "Business Income" ?

Or , is it that , because the individual has traded in his own assets (shares) only , irrespective of whatever turnover he does , he can always show the profit earned from such trades as "Capital Gains" in his Income Tax returns ?

Also , how would the income tax authorities deem such such profits as (meaning Capital Gains or Business Income ) , based on size of turnover , in case most or all of the trades are long term in nature (meaning the shares have been sold after having been held for a period of more than one year) ?

Also , how would the profits be taxed in case they were earned from trading in unlisted shares ?

 

 

Replies (4)

Capital gains is appropriate. Long term and short term capital gains is applicable. Unlisted shares for more than 24 months of trade falls under LTCG tax 20% & STCG as per slab rate.

Dear yasasvi ,

                    You said that Unlisted shares for more than 24 months of trade falls under LTCG tax 20% . My question is as follows :-

The Long Term Capital Gains Tax on unlisted shares would be @ 20% . Is this 20% tax after indexation or without indexation ?

Sorry, I dont know complete tax laws. I just have a good gist of it and not the actual procedure. 

Long term and short term depends on the funds we have invested in what types some funds if we held for 24 months then it's become long-term and some if we hold for 36 months
same way with indexing and with out indexing depends upon the funds we investmented


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