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Can Sikhs have HUF?
1. The Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains are eligible to form an HUF. The HUF includes all lineal descendants of a family, including the husband, wife and children.
Are Parsi included in HUF?
An HUF is definitionally a family of Hindus. The super rich in India are the biggest beneficiaries of the HUF’s status in the IT Act. This is patently unjust and discriminatory to religious minorities like Parsis, Christians, Muslims and Jews who can not set up such separate tax entities and save on taxes.
Who is the main person responsible for HUF?
Well, any person born into the family (boy or girl) up to the next coming three generations is a part of the HUF. These members are the co-parceners. The head of such a Joint Family Business is the eldest member of the family, the “Karta”. He is the main person responsible for the business and the finances.
What is HUF Law?
Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) Under Hindu Law, an HUF is a family which consists of all persons lineally descended from a common ancestor and includes their wives and unmarried daughters. An HUF cannot be created under a contract, it is created automatically in a Hindu Family.
What are the benefits of HUF?
Tax benefits on a HUF account
- According to IT act, tax rebates and deductions can be availed under sections 80C for HUF account.
- Gifts collected up to a worth of Rs 50,000 will be tax free.
- Corpus can be used for investment in tax free money instruments.
What is Hindu undivided property?
The Hindu Undivided Family or HUF is a business form recognized only in India. Partition of a HUF results in dividing or splitting up the HUF so that the property can be divided into shares of the individual coparceners (i.e. members in the family entitled to a share) instead of being held jointly by the entire family.
Who is assessee in case of HUF?
Assessee has been defined in section 2(7) means every person in respect of whom any proceeding under this Act has been taken for the assessment of his income. The person has been defined under section 2(31) which includes an individual, Hindu Undivided family, etc.
What is the purpose of HUF?
What is a HUF? HUF means Hindu Undivided Family. You can save taxes by creating a family unit and pooling in assets to form a HUF. HUF is taxed separately from its members.
Can father and son have separate HUF?
It is possible to have a separate HUF with father as the Karta and another HUF with his son or sons as Karta or even with daughters in view of the amendment made in the Hindu Succession Act.
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