Question ID : 21045

TAXABILITY U/S.56(2)(VI)

Taxability U/s.56(2)(VI)

Dear Colleagues

Please clarify on the following points:

Whether a Male Donor can settle his Immovable Property infavour of his Grand Daughter (Daughter’s Daughter) and claim exemption 56(2) of the Income Tax Act. Assuming the Sub Registrar collects Stamp Duty on the Settlement Deed on treating it as Sale of Property, whether the assessee would be denied exemption on this account?

A.S. Raman
Chartered Accountant

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