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...
The issue under consideration is whether the tribunal can give fresh opportunity to the assessee to submit evidence which assessee might not have been able to provide at the time of hearing?
The issue under consideration is whether the provisions of section 50C of the Act can be applied in cases where the market value of the property is reduced due to the defect in the title of the property?
The issue under consideration is whether the benefit of section 54 of the Income Tax Act, being a beneficial provision, can be denied to the assessee due to non-compliance of procedural requirements?
This is a supplement to the earlier published Article under the above Title (‘the earlier Article’). Law Vs Case Law Role of A Professional (CA And Lawyer)- Part I 1.The idea of acquiring and holding a ‘Unit’ in a building, with ‘ownership’ rights, – notwithstanding its peculiar characteristics, as distinct from an independent and exclusively […]
The Income Tax Act grants total or partial exemption under Section 54, 54B, 54D, 54EC, 54F, 54G, 54GA and 54H. ♣ Capital Gains Arising from Transfer of Residential Property – Section 54 Section 54 provides exemption on capital gains arising from the transfer of a residential house, being building or lands appurtenant (belonging) thereto, and […]
In business there are occasions when a capital asset is converted into stock-in-trade and stock-in-trade is converted into capital asset. There may also be occasions when an asset ceases to be a stock-in-trade. In this context, section 45(2) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) is relevant. For the sake of ready reference, section 45(2) is reproduced as follows :
By and large, clients engage CAs for professional assistance, from the initial stage of preparing and filing tax return, then during the assessment proceedings, and, thereafter, up to the second appeal stage of ITAT for representation.
This article is for better understanding of Treatment of Income from Sales of shares or other securities. Here I am explaining about the possibilities one can treat the income from sale of shares and what are the benefits of it. The article also comprises the corresponding guidelines from CBDT which are self explanatory and fiercest.
Bhagwan Keshu Sakhare Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) The issue under consideration is whether CIT is correct in denial of exemption u/s 54B of the Act? In the present case, the case of assessee is selected for limited scrutiny under CASS for the reason of “Deduction claimed under the head capital gains”. After claiming deduction for […]
The statutory provisions for the income in the nature of ‘Interest received on compensation or on enhanced compensation’ were brought to Income Tax by the Finance Act’ 2009. When these provisions were introduced, the Memorandum explaining the provisions of the Finance Bill 2009 had this to say:
