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AIS reports the sale value of securities, not the profit. In a best judgment assessment the officer may start from the sale value if you have not shown the purchase cost.
ITR
Officer treated total share sale value as income
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Provisions
Sec 144, Income-tax Act 1961 (now Sec 271); Sec 112A, Income-tax Act 1961 (now Sec 198)
Analysis
If you sold shares for ₹15,00,000 that cost ₹14,20,000, the gain is ₹80,000, part long-term and part short-term. Give the broker's capital gains statement and contract notes, and compute tax at the right rates. This one reply can cut the proposed income from ₹15 lakh to under ₹1 lakh.
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- Download the broker's capital gains statement for the year.
- Match each sale in AIS with its purchase.
- Compute short-term and long-term gains.
- Submit the computation with contract notes.
- Ask the officer to tax only the gain.
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