Form 178: Statement of exempt income under Schedule VI, Table serial number 10
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Purpose, person and period
Statement of exempt income under Schedule VI, Table serial number 10.
The specified fund furnishes Form 178 with the eligible gain and rule-defined daily-AUM attribution, separately for each scheme where required, supported by the accountant’s Form 179.
Period gate: This numbered form belongs to the Income-tax Rules, 2026, effective 1 April 2026. The predecessor 10-II is a concordance, not permission to change an earlier-year filing into a new-law form. For earlier periods, use the applicable 1961 Act form and saved procedure.
Controlling rule and source pages
Rule 285; . Physical PDF pp 940-942; printed Gazette pp 2472-2474.
Rule 285 — connected rule text
285. Computation of exempt income in nature of capital gains in connection with relocation of original fund, etc. — (1) For the purpose of Schedule VI [Table: Sl. No. 10] to the Act, income of the nature of capital gains, arising or received by a specified fund, which is attributable to units held by non -resident (not being a permanent establishment of a non-resident in India) in such specified fund shall be computed as under: — (a) where the specified fund files Form No. 178 in accordance with sub -rule (2), the income exempt under Schedule VI [Table: Sl. No. 10] to the Act = [(A×B)/C], where, — A = income of the nature of capital gains, arising or received by a specified fun d, which is on account of transfer of shares of a company resident in India, by the specified fund and where such shares were received by the specified fund, being resultant fund, in relocation from the original fund, or from its wholly owned special purpo se vehicle, and where such capital gains would not be chargeable to tax if the relocation had not taken place; B = aggregate of daily assets under management of the specified fund, which are held by non - resident unit holders (not being the permanent estab lishment of a non -resident in India), from the date of acquisition of the share of a company resident in India by the specified fund to the date of transfer of such share; and C = aggregate of daily total assets under management of the specified fund, fro m the date of acquisition of the share of a company resident in India by the specified fund to the date of transfer of such share; and (b) if Form No. 178 is not filed by the specified fund, the exempt income shall be nil. [PDF PAGE 258] 1790 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] (2) The specified fund shall furnish an annual statement of exempt income in Form No. 178 electronically under digital signature on or before the due date, which is duly verified in the manner indicated therein. (3) It shall get the annual statement referred to in sub -rule (2), certi fied by an accountant as defined in section 515(3)(b), before the specified date and such accountant shall furnish by that date the certificate in Form No. 179 electronically under digital signature, which is duly verified in the manner indicated therein. (4) In this rule, the expressions — (a) ―assets under management‖ means the closing balance of the value of assets or investments of the specified fund as on a particular date; (b) ―due date‖ shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 263(1)(c); (c) ―original fund‖, ―relocation‖, ―resultant fund‖, ―securities‖, "specified fund" and ―unit‖ shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Schedule VI to the Act; (d) ―permanent establishment" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 173(c); and (e) ―specified date" in relation to the certification of the annual statement in Form No. 178, means the date one month prior to the due date;
Completed field illustration
Fictional data, not for filing. A fictional resultant specified fund computes only the non-resident-unitholder share of a model Indian-share capital gain.
| Form field / block | Completed fictional entry |
|---|---|
| Part A / B: specified fund / PAN / status / TY | Example Resultant Fund, synthetic ZZZTE0000Z / trust / 2026-27 / 10 Model IFSC Road GIFT City, fund@example.invalid |
| Establishment / operations / IFSCA | 1 April / 1 June 2026 / MODEL-IFSCA-178; actual registration and relocation conditions expressly assumed |
| Original fund / foreign residence / regulation / conditions | Example Original Fund, UK, MODEL-UK-TIN-178 / not India resident / treaty-country and investor-protection/section 70 conditions assumed, supporting index only |
| Row 21: Indian company / shares / dates / cost / sale | Example India Ltd / 10,000 shares / acquired 1 June 2026, sold 1 December 2026 / Rs 30 lakh / Rs 50 lakh |
| Row 22(1): capital gain | Rs 20,00,000, assuming no other adjustment |
| Row 22(2)-(4): daily AUM aggregate / total / ratio | Rs 800 crore-days eligible non-resident AUM / Rs 1,000 crore-days total AUM / 0.80; daily ledger assumed |
| Row 22(5): attributable income / certificate | Rs 16,00,000 / paired unsigned Form 179 model, no actual filing or certification |
| Verification | NOT SIGNED; no exemption established for a real fund |
This illustrates the named fields, not every possible schedule. Use the complete official extract for additional applicable fields, annexures and verification. “Not signed” means no professional certification or authority action has occurred.
Reconcile the example
- 50 - 30 lakh = 20 lakh model gain; 800/1,000 = 80%; 20 lakh × 80% = 16 lakh.
Use aggregate daily AUM over the actual holding period, excluding ineligible PE-held units, rather than just the closing unitholder percentage. All fund, relocation, share and registration conditions must independently hold.
Prepare, furnish and retain
- Use the form identity and period above, then determine the person who prepares, issues or verifies it from Rule 285. An authority-issued order is not an applicant filing.
- Collect the records that support the actual fields in the example; keep any mandatory schedules and annexures specified in the complete source form.
- Reconcile dates, amounts, units and identifiers to the underlying records. Preserve the applicable rule version and any later correcting notification.
- Where the rule prescribes electronic furnishing, use the current official utility/schema and authorised verification. A local PDF does not produce a portal acknowledgement.
- Retain the submitted version, supporting schedules and actual acknowledgement or issued certificate/order, as applicable. This fictional model supplies none of those evidential outcomes.
Download the correct documents
Official Form 178 source extract Filled sample — fictional field illustration
The official extract preserves source pages; later amendments are supplied with affected forms. Read the April corrigendum where its printed-page corrections apply. The filled field illustration is an educational model and cannot be filed.
Primary sources
Questions readers ask
Does this sample prove approval, filing or a professional conclusion?
No. It completes the named fields using synthetic facts. It has no real signature, DSC, approval or acknowledgement.
Can I use the legacy form number for a current tax-year obligation?
Establish the governing period first. A predecessor number is a cross-reference; earlier-year procedures and current-year forms must be kept distinct.