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IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL" D" BENCH, MUMBAI
BEFORE S/SHRI B.R.BASKARAN (AM) AND SANJAY GARG, (JM)
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./I.T.A. No.5098/Mum/2012
( / Assessment Year : 2008-09)
Assistant Commissioner of / Shri Rajoo V Shah,
Income Tax 17(2), Vs. 14/43 Vashindevi,
Room No.217, 2nd Floor, Behind Don Bosco High School,
Piramal Chambers, Parel, Matunga,
Mumbai-400012. Mumbai-400019
( /Appellant) .. ( / Respondent)
. / . /PAN/GIR No. :ABBPS2719L
/ Appellant by Shri Love Kumar
/ Respondent by Shri Prakash Pandit
/ Date of Hearing
: 2.3.2015
/Date of Pronouncement : 11.3.2015
/ O R D E R
Per B.R.BASKARAN, Accountant Member:
The appeal by the Revenue is directed against the order dated
10.5.2012 passed by the ld. CIT(A)-29, Mumbai and it relates to
assessment year 2008-09.
2. the revenue is aggrieved by the decision of ld.CIT(A) in holding that
the gain realized on sale of shares is to be assessed as "Short Term
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Capital Gain" (STCG) instead of "business income" as held by the
Assessing Officer.
3. We have heard the parties and perused the record. The assessee
had declared "Long Term Capital Gain" (LTCG) as well as Short term
Capital Gains (STCG) on sale of shares. The assessee had also received the
dividend income of Rs.2,85,911/-. The AO allowed the claim of LTCG but
held that STCG has to be assessed as business income, since the assessee
conducted the activities in share dealings as a trader. The ld. CIT(A),
however, held that the assessee is not a trader and he was only investing
in shares. Accordingly, he directed the AO to assess the gains as STCG.
Aggrieved, the Revenue has filed this appeal before us.
4. Before us, the ld. DR placed strong reliance on the assessment order
whereas the ld. AR strongly supported the order of ld. CIT(A).
5. The ld. AR further submitted that the assessment of immediately
proceeding three years have been completed u/s 143(3) of the Act and
AO has accepted the STCG declared by the assessee.
6. We notice that the ld.CIT(A) has granted the relief to the assessee
with the following observations:
"3.3 I have carefully considered the facts of the case, arguments of
the Assessing Officers and the written submissions of the Authorised
Representative of the appellant. The addition made by the Assessing
Officer cannot be sustained for the following reasons.
(i) The appellant has made short term investment in shares
and has mostly stayed invested for periods exceeding two
months. Only in 9 instances the period of holding is less than
one month. Even the uncertainties of stock market only an
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investor can hold the shares for such a long period.
(ii) There is no day-to-day trading in shares or any
speculative transactions.
(iii) No interest has been claimed as expenditure.
(iv) The issue of borrowed capital was not towards trading
in shares. There were borrowings for investment in IPO.
There are only two IPO applications. The IPO subscription
cannot said to be a business. The appellant has applied
for IPO in Power Grid Corporation and has been allotted
81968 shares. Only 5000 shares have been sold after 63
days. The rest of the shares are still in investment portfolio.
As regards IPO in Mundra Port entire shares of 3269 in
number has been held as investment in Balance Sheet.
(v) The outstanding loan of Rs.5,04,30,065/- does not
relate to trading in shares. They are for investment in
properties.
(vi) The appellant has disclosed the shares as
investment in the Balance Sheet and he has consistently
done so from year to year.
(vii) The appellant is also supported by the decision of
Hon'ble Bombay High Court in the case of Gopal Purohit in
ITA No. 1121 of 2009 wherein it is held that there should
be uniformity in treatment and consistency when the facts
and circumstances are identical from year to year.
From the facts above, it can be seen that appellant is an investor
in shares and not a trader. Therefore the gain has to be taxed
as short term capital gain. The treatment given by the Assessing
Officer is deleted."
7. Thus, we notice that the assessee has been declaring Short term
Capital gains since last three years and his status as "Investor" has been
accepted by the assessing officer. Further the Long term capital gains
declared by the assessee has also been accepted. With regard to the
Short term Capital gains, we notice that the Ld CIT(A) has analysed the
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transactions as per the criteria prescribed by the CBDT/Courts and has
come to the conclusion that the Share transactions carried on by the
assessee fall in the category of Investments. Hence, we do not find any
infirmity in the decision of Ld CIT(A).
8. In the result, the appeal filed by the revenue is dismissed.
The above order was pronounced in the open court on 11th Mar, 2015.
11th March, 2015
sd sd
( /SANJAY GARG) ( .. / B.R. BASKARAN)
/ JUDICIAL MEMBER / ACCOUNTANT MEMBER
Mumbai: 11th March,2015.
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/Copy of the Order forwarded to :
1. / The Appellant
2. / The Respondent.
3. () / The CIT(A)- concerned
4. / CIT concerned
5. , , /
DR, ITAT, Mumbai concerned
6. / Guard file.
/ BY ORDER,
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