Confused about my holding after bonus shares: 100 shares of Motilal Oswal Financial Services

Ans: I understand that you have sold listed shares and all corporate actions took place before 31st January 2018, hence capital gain earned after such date will be taxable.

For example: Today you hold 100,000 shares of that company, FMV as on 31st January 2018 is Rs 200 and today if you transfer 10,000 shares through recognised stock exchange at shares Rs 300, Capital gain of Rs 10,00,000 will be taxable on FIFO basis.

You have to show such gain in 112A schedule (acquired before 31st January 2018) under the Schedule CG.

Ans: Issuance of bonus share does not invoke any tax liability. It is treated as shares acquired on date of allotment at zero price. Whenever you sell these bonus shares the LT/ST CG liability will come into play based on your holding period. Regarding Jio Finance demerger from RIL, it was a part of RIL business which they have now separated therefore for eg. if your buy price of RIL share is Rs.100 per share then you need to apportion this cost between the two after demerger, in the ratio as communicated by RIL to regulators, and record that as your cost of these shares on the date you purchased original RIL shares. Let's say it is 95 & 5 so your acquisition cost of RIL share shud be shown as 95 and cost of acquiring Jio Finance share as 5. Sounds like lot of calculations but if you deal in shares you must have a habit of physical/digital record keeping. Also LT/ST count for Jio Finance shares will be from the same date as you bought original RIL shares and not the date of demerger. Hope this helps.

Ans: tax treatment will be same as your buy value of bonus share will be zero so zero minus the sell price will be your capital gain