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Transactions Not regarded as Transfer for purposes of Capital Gains [ Section 46 and 47]

In many transactions although there is a transfer, but these are not considered to be transfer for purposes of Capital Gains. Some relevant transactions which are not regarded as Transfer are :

1.            where the assets of a company are distributed to its shareholders on liquidation of a company. such distribution shall not be regarded as transfer in the hands of the company [Section 46(1)];

2.            any distribution of capital assets on the total or partial partition of Hindu Undivided Family [Section 47(1)];

3.            any transfer of a capital asset under a gift or will or an irrevocable trust [Section 47(111)];

4.            any transfer of a capital asset by a company to its 100% subsidiary company provided the subsidiary company is an Indian company [Section 47(iv)];

5.            any transfer of a capital asset by a 100% subsidiary company to its holding company, if the holding company is an Indian company [Section 47(v)].

6.            any transfer in a scheme of amalgamation of a capital asset by the amalgamating company to the amalgamated company, if the amalgamated company is an Indian company [Section 47( vi)];

7.            any transfer in a scheme of amalgamation of shares held in an indian company by the amalgamating foreign company to the amalgamated foreign company if certain conditions are satisfied.

8.            any transfer, in a demerger, of a capital asset by the demerged company to the resulting company, if the resulting company is an Indian company [Section 47(vib)];

9.            any transfer in a demerger, of a capital asset, being a share or shares held in an Indian company, by the demerged foreign company to the resulting foreign company, if certain conditions are satisfied.

10.          any transfer or issue of shares by the resulting company, in a scheme of demerger to the shareholders of the demerged company if the transfer or issue is made in consideration of demerger of the undertaking [Section 47(vid)];

11.          any transfer by a shareholder, in a scheme of amalgamation, of shares held by him in the amalgamating company if certain conditions are satisfied:

12.          any transfer of Sovereign Gold Bond issued by the Reserve Bank of India under the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, 2015, by way of redemption, by an assessee being an individual.

13.          any transfer of a capital asset, being—

(a)           bond or Global Depository Receipt referred to in section 115AC(1); or

(b)          rupee denominated bond of an Indian company; or

(c)           derivative, or

(d)          such other securities as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf made by a non-resident on a recognized stock exchange located in any International
Financial Services Centre and where the consideration for such transaction is paid or
payable in foreign currency. [Section 47(viiab)];

14.          any transfer of a capital asset, being any work of art, archaeological, scientific or art collection, book, manuscript, drawing, painting, photograph or print, to the Government or a University or the National Museum, National Art Gallery, National Archives or any such other public museum or institution, as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette to be of national importance, or to be of renown throughout any State or States [Section 47(ix)];

15.          any transfer by way of conversion of bonds or debentures, debenture-stock or deposit certificates in any form, of a company into shares or debentures of that company [Section 47(x)];

16.          any transfer by way of conversion of preference shares of a company into equity shares of that company [Section 47(xb)];

17.          any transfer of a capital asset or intangible asset by a firm to a company as a result of succession of the firm by a company in the business carried on by the firm provided the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)           all the assets and liabilities of the firm, relating to the business immediately before the succession become the assets and liabilities of the company;

(b)          all the partners of the firm immediately before the succession become the shareholders of the company in the same proportion in which their capital accounts stood in the books of the firm on the date of the succession;

(c)           the partners of the firm do not receive any consideration or benefit, directly or indirectly, in any form or manner, other than by way of allotment of shares in the company;

(d)          the aggregate of the shareholding in the company of the partners of the firm is not less than 50% of the total voting power in the company and their shareholding continues to be as such for a period of5veursfro,n (he dale of the succession [Section 47(xiii)]; and

18.          any transfer of a capital asset or intangible asset by a private company or unlisted public company (hereafter in this clause referred to as the company) to a limited liability partnership or any transfer of a share or shares held in the company by a shareholder as a result of conversion of the company into a limited liability partner-ship in accordance with the provisions of section 56 or section 57 of the limited liability Partnership Act. 2008 provided following conditions are satisfied:

(a)           all the assets and liabilities of the company immediately before the conversion become the assets and liabilities of the limited liability partnership;

(b)          all the shareholders of the company immediately before the conversion become the partners of the limited liability partnership and their capital contribution and profit sharing ratio in the limited liability partnership are in the same proportion as their shareholding in the company on the date of conversion;

(c)           the shareholders of the company do not receive any consideration or benefit, directly or indirectly, in any form or manner, other than by way of share in profit and capital contribution in the limited liability partnership;

(d)          the aggregate of the profit sharing ratio of the shareholders of the company in the limited liability partnership shall not be less than fifty per cent at any time during the period of five years from the date of conversion;

(e)           the total sales, turnover or gross receipts in business of the company in any of the three previous years preceding the previous year in which the conversion takes place does not exceed sixty lakh rupees; and

(ea)        the total value of the assets as appearing in the books of account of the company in any of the three previous years preceding the previous year in which the conversion takes place does not exceed 5 crore; and

(f)           no amount is paid, either directly or indirectly, to any partner out of balance of accumulated profit standing in the accounts of the company on the date of conversion for a period of three years from the date of conversion. [Section 47(xiiib)]

19.          where a sole proprietary concern is succeeded by a company in the business carried on by it as a result of which the sole proprietary concern sells or otherwise transfers any capital asset or intangible asset to the company provided the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)           all the assets and liabilities of the sole proprietary concern relating to the business immediately before the succession become the assets and liabilities of the company;

(b)          the shareholding of the sole proprietor in the company is not less than 50%, of the total voting power in the company and his shareholding continues to remain as such for a period of 5 years from the date of the succession; and

(c)           the sole proprietor does not receive any consideration or benefit, directly or indirectly, in any form or manner, other than by way of allotment of shares in the company [Section 47(xiv)];

20.          any transfer of a capital asset in a transaction of reverse mortgage under a scheme made and notified by the Central Government [Section 47(xvi)];

21.          any transfer by a unit holder of a capital asset, being a unit or units, held by him in the consolidating scheme of a mutual fund, made in consideration of the allotment to him of a capital asset, being a unit or units, in the consolidated scheme of the mutual fund shall not be regarded as transfer.

Provided that the consolidation is of two or more schemes of equity oriented fund or of two or more schemes of a fund other than equity oriented fund [Section 47(xviii)];

22.          any transfer by a unit holder of a capital asset, being a unit or units, held by him in the consolidating plan of a mutual fund scheme, made in consideration of the allotment to him of a capital asset, being a unit or units, in the consolidated plan of that scheme of the mutual fund. [Section 47(xix)]

It may be observed that the above transactions are not treated as transfer for purposes of capital gains.

 

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