Is MCX Futures & Options Trade Speculative or Business Activity?

Futures & Options

There is great confusion regarding the nature of Futures & Option (derivative) trades executed through MCX . The confusion has, perhaps, aggravated after the recent decision dt 17/09/2012 by Mumbai Tribunal in case of ACIT vs Arnav Akshay Mehta IT Appeal No. 2742 (Mum.) of 2011 in which the issue was whether the derivative transaction...

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CBDT notifies Form 3BB for stock exchanges to detect tax evasion

Online share trading has just got another regulatory dose. This time exercise is for catching unscrupulous share & stock traders who tries to evade the tax on income generated in share trade or transfer losses to whoever requires it . Evasion of tax is very much prevalent derivative segments i.e Futures and Options of stock...

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Confusion regarding securities transaction tax (STT) on speculation loss simplified !

Securities Transaction Tax is now allowable as business expenditure from Assessment Year 2009-10. However, up to Asst year 2008-09 , the rebate is allowable for STT and there is great confusion regarding allowance of rebate u/s 88E of the I T Act in case a person who has transacted in shares – delivery based trades,...

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Is share trading by Investment company speculation ?

Some one asked on this blog on 23/10/06 We are an investment company. Our funds are majorly deployed in granting loans and advances(more than 80%). and we are also trading in shares.We have received demand notice from ITO for the A.Y.2002-2003 and A.Y. 2003-2004. The demand has arisen mainly because of non acceptance of our...

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