Income Tax : The Income-tax Act, 2025 replaces the dividend-based taxation of buy-backs with capital gains taxation for ordinary shareholders, ...
Income Tax : Explore the latest exemptions, deductions and allowances available under the Income-tax Act for AY 2026-27. The guide covers salar...
Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. Aggregating gains from multiple t...
Income Tax : The document provides a detailed summary of the special tax provisions applicable to different securities and classes of taxpayers...
Income Tax : Learn the exemptions available under Sections 54 to 54GB of the Income-tax Act, including eligible investments, timelines, exempti...
Income Tax : India and France have signed a protocol granting full taxing rights on capital gains from share sales to the country of company re...
Income Tax : Govt rationalizes long-term capital gains tax, reducing rates to 12.5% and simplifying holding periods. Relief provided for pre-Ju...
Income Tax : Finance Bill 2024 amends Section 55 to include fair market value for unlisted shares in IPOs. Changes apply retroactively from Apr...
Income Tax : The Finance Bill 2024 proposes a streamlined and rationalized taxation system for capital gains, with changes including reduced ho...
Income Tax : From April 1, 2025, Section 47 will exclude transfers of capital assets under gifts or wills from capital gains tax, with specific...
Income Tax : ITAT held ₹33 crore settled rights over the entire land, allowing full indexed acquisition cost and rejecting proportionate rest...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. The benefit cannot be restric...
Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54F deduction cannot be denied where capital gains are invested in a residential house within the prescribe...
Income Tax : ITAT held that agricultural land within the prescribed municipal distance is a capital asset and restricted the on-money addition ...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that a penalty under Section 271AAB cannot survive where the show cause notice fails to specify the exact statutory ...
Income Tax : The government has authorised all non-rural branches of 19 banks to operate Capital Gains Account Scheme accounts, enhancing taxpa...
Income Tax : The amendment introduces electronic payment modes for capital gains deposits and clarifies the effective date of deposit. It enhan...
Income Tax : Ministry of Finance notifies IREDA bonds issued post-July 9, 2025, as long-term specified assets under Section 54EC for income tax...
Income Tax : Ministry of Finance announces amendment to Section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, introducing a new cost inflation index effectiv...
Income Tax : The Ministry of Finance, through the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), issued Notification No. 44/2024-Income-Tax on May 24, 2...
Shri I. Seshagiri Rao Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) The issue under consideration is whether the capital gains will be applicable where assessee signed a release deed waiving all his rights, title and interests in the property? During the assessment, the A.O. found that the assessee had entered into a release deed and also a supplementary […]
1. As per the section 2(14) a Perpetual Bond is a Capital Asset as the Assessee (i.e. your client in this case) is holding property in the bond. 2. As per the proviso to section 2(42A) a security (which also includes perpetual bond) listed on a recognised stock exchange will be treated as ‘Long Term […]
Taxability of Capital Gains in case of Specified Agreements. {Section 45 (5A) of Income Tax Act} Taxation of Specified Agreements Pre Introduction of Sec.45 (5A): – Transfer: Includes any arrangement or transaction where any rights are handed over in execution of part performance of contract, even though the legal title has not been transferred. Applying […]
A capital asset has been defined under section 2(14) of the Income Tax Act. Any gain arising from the transfer of the capital asset is termed as capital gain it can be short term or long term. And when there is a loss on the transfer of a capital asset, the loss termed as a […]
1. What is the test that determines land is agricultural land? The Gujrat HC in CIT v Siddhartha J. Desai 139 ITR 628 (Guj)(1983) has laid down the following tests for determining whether the land is agricultural or not: a) Whether, the land was classified in the revenue records as agricultural and whether it was subjected […]
As per Finance Act, 2020, there is an amendment in Section 6 of the Income tax Act, 1961, for determining the residential status of an individual. An individual, who is citizen of India, is said to be Non Resident if he doesn’t satisfy any of the below conditions: He is in India for a period […]
Section 54B of the Income Tax Act provides an exemption from the capital gain arisen on the transfer of agricultural land by acquiring another agricultural land. The present article explains the provisions attached with the exemption available under section 54B of the Income Tax Act. Some conditions to avail exemption under section 54B The assessee […]
SECTION 45(5) – COMPULSORY ACQUISITION Compulsory Acquisition by the Central Government is always be a concern for many people as how it should be tax. Hence today I am writing this article to cover various aspects of this section in question answer form. 1. Do consideration received from Government against compulsory acquisition attracts capital gain? […]
Capital gains is considered as one of the most crucial head of income. Since it is that crucial, everybody needs to be doubly sure at the time of computation of tax liability from capital gains. Many times, we observed that there is always a confusion regarding bifurcation of short term and long term capital asset […]
Under the provisions of section 111A tax on short-term capital gains, in the case of equity shares in a company or units of an equity oriented fund on which Securities Transaction Tax (STT) has been paid, is levied at the rate of 15%. This rate was increased from 10% to 15% vide Finance Act, 2008 with effect from 1.4.2009. However, in the proviso to this section while providing relief, the rate of short-term capital gains tax is still referred to as 10% which needs to be corrected to 15%.
