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...
Under the Income-tax Act, 1961, Originally jewellery was treated as personal effects (you can simply understand personal effects as movable property of any kind for personal use of the assessee or any member of family of the assessee dependent on him) like other personal effects (e.g. cars, furnitures, wearing apparels, mobiles, televisions etc.) therefore there […]
Krishna Kumar Sharma Vs DCIT (ITAT Agra) It is clear that the land in question was acquired by National Highway Authority of India on 05.02.2013 under the National Highway Authority Act, 1856. When the award was passed acquiring the land, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 […]
If a taxpayer earns any profit on sale of assets then such gain is taxable at special rates prescribed under income tax act 1961. The Income Tax Act, however provides options to save taxes on these capital gain by making investments under specified sections of income tax act. In order to save taxes on profits […]
JCIT Vs United Spirits Limited (ITAT Bangalore) It is not in dispute that the shares of M/s. Lee Edges were purchased by the assessee in the Financial Year 2003-04 and those of M/s. Shaw Wallace Breveries Ltd., were purchased in the Financial Year 2001-02 were unlisted shares. These shares were sold in Financial Year 2004-05. […]
(i) Whether the gain on sale of stock options in USA that were given to the Indian employee by M/s.Google Inc., USA amounts to perquisites taxable under the Income Tax Act, 1961 or not?; (ii) Whether the amounts shown in Form-16 as Tax Deducted at Source on such perquisites would be the exclusive gain made by the Assessee on such stock options issued by the Holding Company in USA is sufficient to hold that it is taxable under the head ‘salary’ as ‘perquisites’ with reference to the provisions under Section 5(1) (c) and 6(6) (a) read with Section 17?;
Union Budget 2021 proposed to relax Section 234C interest on Dividend income along with capital gains if shortfall in the advance tax payments and tax due has been paid in the subsequent advance tax instalments. Advance tax instalment for dividend income, Capital Gain etc. Section 234C of the Act provides for payment of interest by […]
Swatiben Anilbhai Shah Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) The solitary issue for adjudication on merits is whether gains arising on sale of certain quantity of shares of a company, namely, Pyramid Siamira Theatre Ltd. (PSTL) by the assessee in the relevant assessment order is required to be taxed under the head ‘capital gains’ as offered by […]
DCIT Vs Azalea Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Delhi) The facts clearly shows that on October 20, 2010, India Bulls Power Ltd pursuant to the provisions of Section 192A of the Companies Act, 1956 made a preferential allotment of 42 crore as fully convertible warrants to 4 different companies which are the entities promoted by the […]
In this article I wish to give some suggestions to the Finance Minister to make the taxation of capital gain more rational by removing some anomalies. Here are my suggestions. Rebate available under Section 87 A for capital gains Section 87 A allows a resident Individual a tax rebate tax upto Rs. 12,500/- if his […]
Execution of unregistered Joint Development Agreement with an irrevocable Power of Attorney in favour of the Developer does not result in the “transfer” for capital gains liability.
