Sale of self acquired property by my father

Question

My father is selling his self acquired property and he is gifting the money to myself, brother & sister while he will keep some portion under Fixed Deposit scheme. Pls let me know if my father has to pay capital gain tax or do we need to pay the tax since the money is gifted to us.

Answer 1

Gift made to the blood relations mentioned by you are not subject to gift tax in the hands of donor as well as donee. Therefore money received by you is not taxable in your hands.  However, since your father has sold the property, capital gains tax may be payable by him and needs to be calculated on the basis of cost of acquisition, date of purchase and after applying inflation index if it was held for more than three years. He can save capital gains by investing the amount in capital gains saving bonds. However, since he is giving part of it to you, your brother and your sister, he may not be able to invest the full capital gain and may end up paying some tax.

Comments

I appreciate the reply posted by Mr. Tamoy.