Other Sources
Other Sources
Mr. Srujan Gupta submits the following information for computing his income under the
head income from other sources for the AY 2024-25
1. He is an author of Leadership Development book which fetched him gross royalty of
Rs: 35,400
He claims the following deduction in this regard:
a. Salary to DTP operator Rs: 3,400
b. Other books purchased for developing content of the book Rs: 2,000
2. Income from writing articles in magazines Rs: 7,500
3. During the year he conducted 25 workshops on leadership development from which
he earned an income of Rs: 1,000 per workshop
4. Income from agriculture in Srilanka Rs: 12,000
5. Dividend on shares of Tata Tea Ltd. A company incorporated under Indian companies
act Rs: 13,000
6. Winning from horse race (Net) Rs: 35,000
7. He lives in a rented house aying a rent of Rs: 3,000 per month. He has sublet 1/3
portion of the house on a rent of Rs: 1,500 p.m. Mr. Gupta has undertaken the liability
of paying municipal taxes of Rs: 3,000 on the whole house and also the current
repairs of the whole house amounting to Rs: 900
8. He also invested in the following:
a. Rs: 36,000 10% tax free commercial securities
b. 27,000 10% Karnataka Government Bonds
c. Rs: 18,000 10% Debentures of A Co. Ltd.
Problem No:
Mr. Tejas (Resident) gives the following information on his income for the previous year
2021-22
Compute his taxable income from other sources: (Ignore Alternative Tax Regime under
Section 115 BAC)
1. Dividend on preference shares (Gross) Rs: 2,00,000
2. Income from undisclosed sources Rs: 7,000
3. Income from letting on hire of building and machinery under lease Rs: 30,000
4. Interest on bank deposits Rs: 3,200
5. Income received from ground rent Rs: 6,000
6. Directors sitting fees received Rs: 4,000
7. Winning from lotteries (Net) received Rs: 7,000
8. Gifts received:
a. Received Rs: 80,000 as gift from his friend Mr. Keshav.
b. Received Rs: 1,00,000 as gift from his elder brother
c. Received Rs: 1,40,000 as gift on his marriage.
d. Received a gift from his grandmother Rs: 40,00,000
Following are the deductions which are claimed by him.
i. Depreciation allowed on building and machinery Rs: 2000
ii. Fire insurance on building and on plant and machinery Rs: 250
Problem No: (BU:2020)
Mr. Subhash a resident in India earned the incomes during the financial 2023-24 (Ignore
alternative Tax Regime under Section 115 BAC)
1. Interest on securities Rs: 6,000
2. Winning from horse races Rs: 12,500
3. Income earned from sub-letting of house Rs: 10,500
4. Dividend from a foreign company Rs: 26,000
5. Interest on postal savings bank account Rs: 2,000
6. Ground rent for land in patna Rs: 5,000
7. Expenses incurred on sub-letting Rs: 500
8. Income from agricultural land in Bangladesh Rs: 20,000
9. Director fees Rs: 1,800
10. He received a gift from his cousin a wrist watch Rs: 5,000 on 1.6.2020
11. Rs: 700 received by an account payee cheque as interest on debentures (listed) of a
company in which public are substantially interested.
12. Interest on deposit under Gold monetization Scheme, 2015 Rs: 15,000
13. He gets a gift of a house property from friend Mr. Basu on 10.4.2021
Stamp duty value of the property on the date of gift is Rs: 45,000