Central Board of Direct Taxes vide Notification dated 15/11/2023 has issued the format, procedure, and guidelines for submission of information relating to capital gains on transfer of listed securities or units of mutual funds by Depository Institutions. The notification lists various files, file formats, data types for different data fields that need to be reported, and various DQ rules that should be validated by Depository Institutions before submission of the data. The following directions are made to depository institutions:
- With effect from 1st April 2023, the statement of financial transactions data shall be submitted on half yearly basis instead of existing quarterly basis i.e. data relating to 1st half of the Financial Year ending 30th September and remaining half of the Financial Year ending on 31st March shall be furnished on or before 31st of October and 30th of April respectively.
- The Estimated Sale Consideration for the debit transaction should be determined on Weighted Average Price i.e., taking into actual value of the transactions executed. The taxpayer will be able to modify the sales consideration before filing the return.
- For every debit transaction, the corresponding credit transaction should be identified using First in First Out (FIFO) method. The estimated cost of acquisition for the credit should be determined on weighted average price of the asset i.e taking into actual value of the transactions, if purchase was made after 1st February 2018 or End of the day price, if purchase was made before 1st February 2018, available with the depository. The estimated cost of acquisition is to be taken as NIL for OFF Market purchase, Corporate Action or for any transaction through other than Exchange. IPO credit will be treated as Market credit and cost of the acquisition of the same will be arrived using the formula i.e. Number of shares allotted x Per unit price at which share is allotted. The taxpayer will be able to modify the cost of acquisition before filing the return.
