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...
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.
