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Dept cannot change status of Assessee to Trader when it had accepted him as Investor in previous year

ITO v. Shri Mukund T Parmar, while considering the details of period of holding share and drawn a conclusion that the Assessee dealt in the share of Core Projects Ltd. from which the income from short-term capital gains and long-term capital gains had arisen and the magnitude of dealings in the shares revealed that Assessee engaged in such business with complete knowledge and timing of the market. Hence, the AO treated the Assessee as a Trader, not as the investor and assessed income of Rs. 7,02,69,2369/- which was brought to tax as income under the head Income from business and profession. 

The assessee carried the matter in appeal before the learned CIT(A)who allowed the appeal of the assessee and observed regarding the part of the shares have been held as the investment and there appears to be no reason to treat the same as business income. 

The Appellate authority held that merely making the profit on the sale of shares cannot be held in the nature of trade since investment portfolios are created and held with the spirit of multiplying the value of the money. 

The Tribunal bench heard the rival submissions and observed the fact that “assessee is also dealing in the past in the securities wherein the Revenue has accepted income earned from sale and purchase of shares on delivery basis to be capital gains (losses) while income (loss) from F & O transactions was assessed as income under the head income from business or profession”. 

The bench directed to follow the principles of consistency instead of the principle of Res-judicata and held that Assessee is a trader according to the past years’ treatment.

Article referred: http://www.taxscan.in/dept-cannot-change-status-assessee-trader-accepted-investor-previous-year-merely-made-profit-shares-itat/18142/

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