The newly elected most competitive Indian government under #NarendraModi has announced tax pass through
for REITs in the recently presented Union Budget F2015. This should facilitate REIT formation in the months ahead, we believe. We have presented below the highlights of the tax pass through.
Trading of listed REIT units would attract the same levy of STT and would enjoy the same tax benefits with respect to capital gains as equity shares of a company – This should put investments in the units of REITs at par with the stock investments in terms of capital gains tax, we believe (more…)