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...
Improvement of owner’s title to asset is different from improving asset itself | Section 48, 49, and 55 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Cost of improvement which is liable to be deducted , should be an improvement to the asset itself , not an improvement of the owner’s title to the asset . Meaning […]
CBDT inserts new Income Tax Rule 8AC -Computation of short term capital gains and written down value under section 50 where depreciation on goodwill has been obtained vide Notification No. 77/2021-Income Tax | Dated: 7th July, 2021 MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) New Delhi Notification No. 77/2021-Income Tax | […]
Taxability on transfer of Capital Assets/Stock-in-trade from specified entity to specified person The Finance Act 2021, has inserted Section 9B, Section 48(iii) and substituted section 45(4) of the Income Tax Act. The deeming provisions shall be applicable from Assessment Year 2021-22. For the purpose of this article, the term specified person and specified entity is […]
Only when the capital assets is sold off/transferred, capital gain arises. As per section 2(14) of Income Tax Act, 1961, any kind of property held by the assesse, or any kind of securities held by a foreign Institutional Investor who has invested in such securities as per SEBI Guidelines.
Income Tax Act has broadly defined taxability of income under five heads of Income. One of them is Capital Gain, where gains arising out of the sale of capital assets are taxable in the hands of the seller of the capital asset. However, with the intention of tax evasion, assesses started entering into an agreement […]
G. Dasaratharami Reddy Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) There is no dispute with regard to the fact that the ‘Agreement to sell’ dated 14.12.2007 contains the clause that the balance amount of Rs.16.50 lakhs shall be paid to the seller after obtaining occupancy certificate and also after giving possession of the property. There is also no […]
Conversion of Partnership firm into Private Limited – Why, Pre- requisites, Taxation Benefits & Impact and Procedure Why: Most of the business started as sole proprietorship or partnership firm due to its easy & lesser compliance and low cost. Although, once the business grows enough in terms of revenue, profit, operation area, number of employees, […]
Transfer of Equity Shares of Unlisted Company- Capital Gains Perspective Applicability of Section 50CA: In case of sale of Unlisted Equity Shares, first thing we have to check that whether the sale consideration is less than the Fair Market value (FMV) or not. If shares are transferred at a price which is less than FMV, […]
This question come in the minds of many how to save tax when we sale or transfer residential house property and then invest those amount to buy any other asset. Income tax provides tax exemptions to individual or HUF who sold his old house and from the sale proceeds he purchased another house. Under Section […]
Even after reading at length Income heads there are some issues which holds worth for Further consideration, some of them are being discussed here. Capital gains from long-term capital asset – Investment in a flat/house under the self-financing scheme of the City Development Authority / Housing Board – Whether to be treated as construction for […]
