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SEBI Act

The 1992 statute that established SEBI as a statutory body and set out its powers over the securities market.

Test: the matter falls within the Act's scope, giving SEBI powers of registration, inspection, investigation, penalty and adjudication qualitative
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Section 80C

The Income Tax Act provision allowing a deduction for specified investments and payments, capped at ₹1.5 lakh a year.

Tax Saved = Amount Invested (up to ₹1.5 lakh) x Applicable Marginal Tax Rate
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Securities Appellate Tribunal

The statutory tribunal that hears appeals against orders of SEBI and certain other financial regulators.

Test: an appeal is filed against an order of SEBI, an exchange, a depository, the pension regulator or the insurance regulator, within the prescribed period qualitative
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Securities Lending and Borrowing

An exchange-regulated mechanism through which securities are lent for a fee and returned on a set date.

Lending Fee = Lending Rate x Value of Securities Lent x (Days Lent / 365) %
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Securities Transaction Tax

A tax levied on the value of transactions in securities on Indian exchanges.

STT = Transaction Value x Applicable Rate, which differs by segment and by whether the leg is a buy or a sell %
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Sensex

The BSE's benchmark index of 30 large Indian companies, weighted by free-float market capitalisation.

Index Value = (Current Free-Float Market Capitalisation of Constituents / Base Market Capitalisation) x Base Value index points
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Short-Term Capital Gain

A capital gain on an asset held for less than the qualifying period, taxed at a higher rate than a long-term gain.

Test: listed equity or equity-oriented fund units held for 12 months or less; other assets have longer qualifying periods
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Speculative Income

Income from transactions settled without delivery, which in Indian equity markets means intraday trading.

Test: the contract is settled otherwise than by actual delivery or transfer of the commodity or scrip
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Stamp Duty

A duty levied on the buy side of securities transactions, at rates uniform across India since 2020.

Stamp Duty = Buy-Side Transaction Value x Applicable Rate, which differs by segment %
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

T Plus Zero Settlement

Same-day settlement, in which securities and funds are exchanged on the trade date itself.

Test: pay-in and pay-out both occur on the trade date rather than on a subsequent day days
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

Tax-Loss Harvesting

Deliberately realising losses to set them off against gains and reduce the tax payable in a year.

Tax Saved = Loss Realised x Applicable Tax Rate on the Gain it Offsets
Indian Market, Regulation & Taxation

TDS

Tax deducted at source: tax withheld by the payer and deposited against the recipient's permanent account number.

TDS = Payment Amount x Applicable Rate, credited against the recipient's final tax liability