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Income Tax : The new law treats gains from depreciable assets as short-term capital gains for all purposes, not merely for computation. This ef...
Income Tax : The reform replaces dividend-based taxation with capital gains to ensure only real income is taxed. It removes the distortion of t...
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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...
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Income Tax : Finance Bill 2024 amends Section 55 to include fair market value for unlisted shares in IPOs. Changes apply retroactively from Apr...
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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 : The ITAT ruled that the Assessing Officer wrongly adopted the stamp duty valuation despite contrary valuation material on record. ...
Income Tax : Delhi ITAT held that before the amendment effective from 01.04.2015, exemption under Section 54 could be claimed for investment in...
Income Tax : ITAT Indore held that Section 54 exemption cannot be denied merely for failure to deposit capital gains in the Capital Gain Deposi...
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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...
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ITAT Jaipur accepts LTCG claim of Vivek Agarwal; rejects AO’s addition under Section 68, citing adequate evidence of share transactions and demat holdings.
ITAT Kolkata deletes addition under Section 68, accepting LTCG on share sale by Kiran Kothari as genuine, rejecting AO’s reliance on general reports.
This article explores how taxpayers can save Long-Term Capital Gains (LTCG) arising from the sale of agricultural land. Relevant Section for the purpose of Capital Gain exemption are Section 54B, Section 54F and Section 54EC, which we are going to discuss in this article.
Mumbai ITAT clarifies LTCG on property: Allotment date, not registration, determines holding period. Impact on tax, Sec 54/54F claims.
Therefore, such interest partook the character of the compensation itself. The Court further observed that the statutory obligation to pay compensation for compulsory acquisition was rooted in Article 300A of the Constitution, which safeguarded a citizen’s right to property.
ITAT Mumbai held that as per circular no. 6 of 2016 dated 29th February 2016, it is clear that it is the assessee who decides whether the shares are held as investment or stock-in-trade. Thus, here since shares are held as investments, gains are taxable as capital gains.
ITAT Pune rules mere execution of a development agreement without transfer of possession doesn’t trigger capital gains tax. Follows Bombay HC precedent.
Understand income tax rebate u/s 87A and LTCG tax u/s 112A under the new tax regime for FY 2024-25 with calculation rules, limits, and examples.
ITAT acknowledged the taxpayer’s claim under Section 54F, despite its late submission, and instructed the AO to verify the claim and provide appropriate relief. The ITAT cited a jurisdictional High Court ruling that allows taxpayers to raise additional claims, provided they are legitimate.
ITAT Mumbai allows pre-possession interior fit-out expenses as cost of improvement for capital gains, setting aside AO/CIT(A) disallowance.
