Section 46 Income Tax Act

2 where a shareholder on the liquidation of a company receives any money or other assets from the company he shall be chargeable to income tax under the head capital gains in respect of the money so received or the market value of the other assets on the date of distribution as reduced by the amount assessed as dividend within the meaning of sub clause c of clause 22 of section 2 and the sum so arrived at shall be deemed to be the.
Section 46 income tax act. 46 see rule 113 application for information under clause b of sub section 1 of section 138 of the income tax act 1961 to the chief commissioner or commissioner of income tax. There have been significant amendments to section 46 of the income tax act no 58 of 1962 the act which deals with unbundling transactions. Section 46 in the income tax act 1995.
This act may be cited as the income tax act. The specific requirements of section 46 include the following. 1 notwithstanding anything contained in section 45 where the assets of a company are distributed to its shareholders on its liquidation such distribution shall not be regarded as a transfer by the company for the purposes of section 45.
46 tax deducted from interests etc. 254 and shall be ascertained in the same manner as annual value is ascertained under that act. 21 1 for the purposes of this section paragraphs 18 11 b 60 j j 1 and l 74 5 12 a 146 01 3 a and 146 02 3 a and parts x 1 and x 5 and for the purposes of section 214 1 of the income tax regulations a contribution made by an individual to an account of the individual or of the individual s spouse or common law partner.
Section 46 of the income tax act no 58 of 1962 act provides tax relief where a company unbundling co wishes to unbundle its shareholding in a subsidiary unbundled co to the company s own shareholders. The income tax department appeals to taxpayers not to respond to such e mails and not to share information relating to their credit card bank and other financial accounts. Annual value has the same meaning as in section 2 of the property tax act cap.
Capital gains on distribution of assets by companies in liquidation. The income tax department never asks for your pin numbers passwords or similar access information for credit cards banks or other financial accounts through e mail. Section 46 2 in the income tax act 1995.
Tax management with reference to capital gains on distribution of assets by companies in liquidation section 46 as already discussed as per section 46 1 where the assets of a company are distributed to its shareholder on its liquidation such distribution shall not be regarded as a transfer by the company. Section 46 of income tax act capital gains on distribution of assets by companies in liquidation.