Pankaj, a Company Secretary in practice for the past 30 years, retired and gave his practice to Chandra in consideration for ₹15 lakh by way of goodwill. His income for the past 3 assessment years are ₹12 lakh, ₹10 lakh

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Pankaj, a Company Secretary in practice for the past 30 years, retired and gave his practice to Chandra in consideration for ₹15 lakh by way of goodwill. His income for the past 3 assessment years are ₹12 lakh, ₹10 lakh and ₹8 lakh respectively. The amount of goodwill chargeable to income-tax as capital gain would be :
(A) NIL
(B) ₹15,00,000
(C) ₹10,00,000
(D) ₹3,00,000

Answer & Explanation:

Correct Answer: Option (A)

Official answer key: (A).

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