Gold and Taxation 2026

Gold & Taxation is the first and only dedicated treatise in India on the taxation of gold and silver across all forms of ownership, investment, and trade. Now in its Fifth Edition, the book has been comprehensively revised to incorporate the Income-tax Act 2025 (ITA 2025), the Union Budget 2026, and the latest GST framework applicable to the gold and silver sector.

The book’s scope is comprehensive. It covers gold in all its forms—jewellery, ornaments, coins, biscuits, bars, utensils, Gold ETFs, Sovereign Gold Bonds, Gold Mutual Funds, Electronic Gold Receipts, gold futures and options, and gold held in bank lockers. Silver is treated as a co-equal subject, with its own dedicated chapter covering jewellery, coins, bars, silverware, and Silver ETFs. GST is addressed at the retail and trader levels, and through the full apparatus of HSN codes, rates, input tax credit, and compliance forms.

The writing style is a deliberate departure from the impenetrable prose typical of legal reference books. The author deploys anecdote, wit, rhetorical questions, and worked examples alongside hard statutory text, making the book genuinely engaging. The preface itself opens with a conversation between Chitragupta and a wealthy soul who failed to pay income tax on his gold—immediately signalling the register in which the book operates.