• Past car buying query

One Hyundia i10 grand car was bought in name of my wife with contributions from her parents in the year 2014 in month of February. It was bought mainly in cash with no EMIs and PAN was declared. Cost of car was around INR 5,50,000.

Now, few months back she got an enquiry from IT about the purchase and explaination. My father-in-law's CA negotiated with IT person and is asking to pay INR 53,000 in cash for clearing the enquiry.

We got married in Dec 2013, have nothing to hide and are ready to pay whatever is the legal penalty. 

Annual salary of my wife is around 12,00,000 now and then it was around 7,00,000 with duly filed ITRs. Similar is my salary, may be a little more. 

Now I do not understand what are the complexities involved, what have we done wrong and how we can get out with bare minimum penalty?
Asked 8 years ago in Income Tax

Dear Sir

you can easily explain to Income Tax officers regarding the source of income and purchasing car from that.There is no penalty under income tax act in your matter.seek professional advice from any other CA in your matter.

Deepak Arora
CA, Rudrapur
5 Answers
1 Consultation

Hiii

you can show some amount from accumulated savings of her and some amount as gift received in marriage.

Lalit Bansal
CA, Delhi
774 Answers
61 Consultations

Hello Sir,

Could you please clarify that how was the purchase consideration paid ? Was it through a Cheque or totally in Hard Cash to help me guide you better.

Trust this clarifies your query.

Feel free to call / get back in case of further clarifications.

Thanking You.

Regards,

Rohit R Sharma

BCOM, ACA, LLB-GEN, CERT. FAFP

Rohit R Sharma
CA, Mumbai
2104 Answers
95 Consultations

Hi,

Since you are saying you got a Notice from IT Department, it would not be proper on my part to comment without looking into the Notice.

Request you to share the Notice by email to pradeep@capradeepbhat.com so that I can help you in this Regard.

Pradeep Bhat
CA, Bengaluru
542 Answers
94 Consultations

hope your query is answered . For more info mail at modani005@gmail.com

Shyam Sunder Modani
CA, Hyderabad
1409 Answers
164 Consultations

Hi,

. Gifts with a monetary value of over Rs 50,000, received from anyone other than a defined relative, is subject to tax in the hands of the recipient.

2. However, gifts received by the bride and the groom, on the occasion of their wedding, are exempt from tax.

3. Deposit cash received as gifts into the bank account as close to the wedding date as possible.

4. High value gifts, especially a car or a house, should be supported by a gift deed, dated close to the date of the wedding.

in your case , had you made any payment by cheque or demand draft, or had made whole payment in cash.

can you proof to the IT department about the cash received from relatives and friends amounts to rs 5.5 lakhs. dividing into small amounts among the relatives.

Relatives as per section 56(2)

in case of individual

spouse of the individual

brother or sister of the individual

brother or sister of the spouse of the individual

brother or sister of either of the parents of the individual

any lineal ascendant or descendant of the individual

any lineal ascendant or descendant of the spouse of the individual

spouse of the person referred to in above points

if you can proof and say because you were planning to purchase vehicle so didnt deposit the amount in bank and due to ignorance didnt declare the amount received in marraiage as exempt incomein the income tax return filed.

i dont think there is any need to give bribe to the assessing officer.

your case is simple.

Vishakha Agarwal
CA, Bangalore
448 Answers
85 Consultations

Dear Sir,

There is no problem in case you can show that car is bought from tax paid money and money received from your parents as a gift which is exempt from tax.

Further, please check whether have you shown the gift from the parents in the ITR or not. You should have shown it.

Please feel free to call/revert in case of any doubts

Thanks and Regards

Abhishek Dugar

CA CS B.Com

Abhishek Dugar
CA, Mumbai
3576 Answers
183 Consultations

Dear Sir,

As per the information provided by you, no penalty will be imposed on you since you have a justified source of income. You can directly meet the A.O and explain the source of your income and provide him the copy of your ITR.

Regards

CA.Yogesh Kumar

Yogesh Kumar
CA, Delhi
7 Answers

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