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Buy-Back of Shares Taxation Before & After Income-tax Act, 2025: Complete Analysis

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act, 2025 replaces the dividend-based taxation of buy-backs with capital gains taxation for ordinary shareholders, ...

July 6, 2026 432 Views 0 comment Print

Allowances / Exemptions Under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Explore the latest exemptions, deductions and allowances available under the Income-tax Act for AY 2026-27. The guide covers salar...

July 4, 2026 491665 Views 40 comments Print

Section 54 Exemption Must Be Computed Asset-Wise as Each House Transfer Is a Separate Source of Capital Gain: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. Aggregating gains from multiple t...

July 2, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

Special Tax Rates for Capital Gains/Incomes arising out of certain securities

Income Tax : The document provides a detailed summary of the special tax provisions applicable to different securities and classes of taxpayers...

June 30, 2026 4032 Views 0 comment Print

Various Income Tax exemptions available against Capital Gains

Income Tax : Learn the exemptions available under Sections 54 to 54GB of the Income-tax Act, including eligible investments, timelines, exempti...

June 30, 2026 7884 Views 0 comment Print


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India–France DTAA Amended to Grant Source Country Taxing Rights on Share Capital Gains

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...

February 24, 2026 1440 Views 0 comment Print

Indexation Removal on LTCG Tax: Govt Clarifies Impact

Income Tax : Govt rationalizes long-term capital gains tax, reducing rates to 12.5% and simplifying holding periods. Relief provided for pre-Ju...

December 27, 2024 5394 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: Section 55 amendment- Cost of Acquisition for Unlisted Shares

Income Tax : Finance Bill 2024 amends Section 55 to include fair market value for unlisted shares in IPOs. Changes apply retroactively from Apr...

July 24, 2024 6840 Views 0 comment Print

Simplified Capital Gains Taxation Regime Introduced in Finance Bill 2024

Income Tax : The Finance Bill 2024 proposes a streamlined and rationalized taxation system for capital gains, with changes including reduced ho...

July 24, 2024 3264 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: Amendment to Section 47 on Capital Asset Transfers

Income Tax : From April 1, 2025, Section 47 will exclude transfers of capital assets under gifts or wills from capital gains tax, with specific...

July 24, 2024 3600 Views 0 comment Print


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Indexed Cost Can’t Be Reduced When Entire Property Rights Are Surrendered: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : ITAT held ₹33 crore settled rights over the entire land, allowing full indexed acquisition cost and rejecting proportionate rest...

July 3, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption Available for Every House Sold: Bengaluru ITAT

Income Tax : The ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. The benefit cannot be restric...

June 30, 2026 735 Views 0 comment Print

Mere Non-Deposit in Capital Gains Account Scheme Not Fatal to Section 54F Claim

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54F deduction cannot be denied where capital gains are invested in a residential house within the prescribe...

June 30, 2026 795 Views 0 comment Print

Agricultural Land Taxable as Capital Asset as It Fell Within Statutory Distance from Municipality

Income Tax : ITAT held that agricultural land within the prescribed municipal distance is a capital asset and restricted the on-money addition ...

June 29, 2026 321 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Deletes Section 271AAB Penalty as SCN Did Not Specify Applicable Clause

Income Tax : The ITAT held that a penalty under Section 271AAB cannot survive where the show cause notice fails to specify the exact statutory ...

June 28, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print


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Government Expands Bank Network for Capital Gains Accounts

Income Tax : The government has authorised all non-rural branches of 19 banks to operate Capital Gains Account Scheme accounts, enhancing taxpa...

November 19, 2025 1533 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Gains Accounts (Second Amendment) Scheme, 2025

Income Tax : The amendment introduces electronic payment modes for capital gains deposits and clarifies the effective date of deposit. It enhan...

November 19, 2025 3237 Views 0 comment Print

IREDA Bonds: New Long-Term Asset for Section 54EC Tax Exemption

Income Tax : Ministry of Finance notifies IREDA bonds issued post-July 9, 2025, as long-term specified assets under Section 54EC for income tax...

July 9, 2025 1173 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies Cost Inflation Index for F.Y. 2025-26

Income Tax : Ministry of Finance announces amendment to Section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, introducing a new cost inflation index effectiv...

July 1, 2025 17862 Views 2 comments Print

CBDT notifies Cost Inflation Index for Financial Year 2024-25

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...

May 24, 2024 56862 Views 0 comment Print


Decoding Sections 54 and 54F of Income-Tax Act, 1961

August 23, 2022 54729 Views 1 comment Print

Sections 54 and 54F of Income tax Act, 1961 contain the provisions for claiming the deduction relating to long-term capital gains on the sale of house property and other capital assets and reinvestment while purchasing of residential house property.

Tax Harvesting: It’s Not As Difficult As You Think

August 23, 2022 5979 Views 3 comments Print

Long-term capital gains (LTCG) made on the sale of equity shares, and equity funds were completely tax-free in your hands before March 2018. However, the amendment made in the Union Budget 2018 has changed the tax treatment of LTCG on sale of listed equity shares and equity funds.

No wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts in case capital gains tax was paid on profit/compensation received

August 22, 2022 1095 Views 0 comment Print

Since the whole case of Revenue was based on the balance sheets of assessee who had declared all the transactions in their records and had even paid capital gains tax on the profit/compensation received, therefore,  it could not be said that assessee had resorted to wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts or had contravened of any of the provisions of service tax law with intent to evade payment of service tax.

Portfolio Management Services income taxable under ‘Capital gains’

August 21, 2022 8850 Views 0 comment Print

Portfolio Management Services earning should be assessed as ‘Capital gains’ and not as ‘Profit and gains of business or profession’.

Section 54: Land value includible in cost of new residential house

August 19, 2022 7554 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Cost of new residential house includes cost of land construction materials labour & other cost of construction of residential house

No tax on capital gain in case of permissive possession in Immovable Property

August 18, 2022 3021 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee had given permissive possession and not legal possession, as contemplated within the meaning of section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act. Therefore, the provisions of section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, were not applicable to the impugned Joint Development Agreement and the conditions laid down in section 2(47)(v), could not be invoked, so as to bring the capital gains into tax in the assessment year 2012-­2013.

Section 54B- Land Re-purchased need not be Agricultural on Re-Investment date

August 14, 2022 1869 Views 0 comment Print

Legislature has nowhere incorporated that the lands re-purchased in section 54B deduction claim have to be agricultural on re-investment date

Section 54EC deduction on Short Term Capital Gain from depreciable assets

August 14, 2022 6063 Views 0 comment Print

Article explains How to claim deduction under section 54EC on Short Term Capital Gain on depreciable assets held for more than 36 Months. 

Reasonable time limit for issue of notice u/s 201(1)/201(1A) is 4 years

August 13, 2022 14313 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that Reasonable time limit for issue of notice u/s 201(1)/201(1A) is 4 years and Assessee cannot be taxed for non-deduction of TDS U/s. 195  if non-resident discharged obligation with respect to payment of capital gains tax

Section 54/54F exemption cannot be disallowed merely for closure of capital gain account without NOC of AO

August 13, 2022 1722 Views 0 comment Print

Closer of capital gain account without NOC of AO, the broad provisions and compliance of law surpass the mere default in not taking prior permission of ITO before closer of account

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