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SECTION 12B:

RULE 8AA:

Method of determination of period of holding of capital assets in certain cases.

8AA. (1) The period for which any capital asset, other than the capital assets mentioned in clause (i) of the Explanation 1 to clause (42A) of section 2 of the Act, is held by an assessee, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this rule.

(2) In the case of a capital asset, being a share or debenture of a company, which becomes the property of the assessee in the circumstances mentioned in clause (x) of section 47 of the Act, there shall be included the period for which the bond, debenture, debenture-stock or deposit certificate, as the case may be, was held by the assessee prior to the conversion.]

[ (3) In the case of a capital asset, declared under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016,—

  • (i) being an immovable property, the period for which such property is held shall be reckoned from the date on which such property is acquired if the date of acquisition is evidenced by a deed registered with any authority of a State Government; and
  • (ii) in any other case, the period for which such asset is held shall be reckoned from the 1st day of June, 2016.]

[(4) In the case of a capital asset which became the property of the Indian subsidiary company in consequence to conversion of a branch of a foreign company referred to in subsection (1) of the section 11 5JG there shall be included the period for which the asset was held by the said branch of the foreign company and by the previous owner, if any, who has acquired the capital asset by a mode of acquisition referred to in clause (i) or clause (ii) or clause (iii) or clause (iv) of sub-section (1) of section 49 or sub-section (1) of section 115JG.]

1[(5). In case of the amount which is chargeable to income-tax as income of specified entity under sub-_ section (4) of section 45 under the head - "Capital gains",-

  • (i) the amount or a part of it shall be deemed to be from transfer of short term capital asset, if it is attributed to,-
    • (a) capital asset which is short term capital asset at the time of taxation of amount under sub-section (4) of section 45; or
    • (b) capital asset forming part of block of asset; or
    • (c) capital asset being self-generated asset and self-generated goodwill as defined in clause (ii) of Explanation 1 to sub-section (4) of section 45; and
  • (ii) the amount or a part of it shall be deemed to be from transfer of long term capital asset or assets, if it is attributed to capital asset which is not covered by clause (i) and is long term capital asset at the time of taxation of amount under sub-section (4) of section 45.]