Income Tax : The article explains how Section 45(5A) shifted the capital gains trigger for landowners from JDA execution to issuance of the com...
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...
Income Tax : Establishes that higher tax burdens on promoters under the new regime require companies to reassess payout strategies. The takeawa...
Income Tax : The distinction between slump sale and itemised asset sale determines how capital gains are taxed. A true slump sale applies Secti...
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 : 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...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that delayed filing or incorrect disclosure in Form 67 does not automatically disentitle an assessee from claim...
Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld tax addition where agricultural land was acquired below stamp duty valuation and DVO-determined fair market va...
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...
Understand the 2025 tax rules for capital gains on stocks and mutual funds in India. Learn about STCG, LTCG, exemptions, and tax-saving strategies.
Kerala High Court rules that the assessee must prove land is agricultural for capital gains tax exemption. Tribunal’s factual findings upheld; appeal dismissed.
Understand the new capital gains tax rules for Gold ETFs & MFs effective April 2025. Learn about holding periods, tax rates, and examples.
Mumbai ITAT rules co-ownership doesn’t imply tax liability. Sale proceeds taxed only for the beneficial owner, not co-owner in Vinod Nihalchand Jain case.
ITAT Delhi’s ruling in Mahavir Prasad Gupta vs. JCIT (AY 1997-98) addresses Section 54F exemption, long-term capital gains, and interest under Sections 234B & 234C.
Learn key tax rulings on Section 54/54F exemptions for property sales, including land size, appurtenant land, property use, and agricultural land considerations.
ITAT Chandigarh held that treating capital gains earned on sale of shares as bogus merely on the basis of warning letter of SEBI without any incriminating material found during course of search demonstrating transaction as bogus is unjustified.
Capital gain is considered as the gain/profit on sale of property which is arrived at by deducting the Purchase Price from its Sale Price and the tax is to be paid on that gain which is termed as Capital Gain tax. There are two types of gains that arise on Sale/transfer of property and those are Short term Capital Gain (STCG) and Long term Capital Gain (LTCG).
Telangana HC clarified that capital gains tax applies only when ownership or possession is transferred along with consideration.
