03-Basic of Stock Market

Taxation, Return, and ways to Analysis Stock Market

Taxation on shares


Short term capital gain (STCG)

  • Holds for less than 1 year
  • Rate of flat @15% tax on profit

Long term capital gain (LTCG)

  • Holds for more than 1 year
  • Upto 1L tax-free, But above 1L @10% in FY
  • The Union Budget 2018 proposed to levy long-term capital gains tax (LTCG) of 10 percent on gains exceeding Rs 100,000 from the sale of equity shares.
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