Section 22 – Finance Acts

Amendment of section 55

In section 55 of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (2), in clause (ac), in the Explanation, in clause (a), in sub-clause (iii), after item (A), the following item shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2018, namely:—

“(AA) not listed on a recognised stock exchange as on the 31st day of January, 2018, or which became the property of the assessee in consideration of share which is not listed on such exchange as on the 31st day of January, 2018 by way of transaction not regarded as transfer under section 47, as the case may be, but listed on such exchange subsequent to the date of transfer (where such transfer is in respect of sale of unlisted equity shares under an offer for sale to the public included in an initial public offer);”.