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Definition :

Net wealth, 'net wealth' means the amount by which the aggregate value computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act of all the assets wherever located, belonging to the assessee on the valuation date, including assets required to be included in his net wealth as on that date under this Act, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Bishwanath Chatterjee, AIR 1976 SC 1492 (1494): (1976) 3 SCC 385: (1976) 3 SCR 1096. [Wealth Tax Act, 1957, ss. 2(m) and 21(5)]

It means the amount by which the aggregate value computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act of all the assets, wherever located, belonging to the assessee on the valuation date, including assets required to be included in his net wealth as on that date under this Act, is in excess of the aggregate value of all the debts owed by the assessee on the valuation date which have been incurred in relation to the said assets. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 32 (m)]

A coparcenary has unity of possession but not unity of ownership on the property. In pursuance to a decree for partition each coparcener takes a defined share and that share is 'net wealth'.