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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 441 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 491689 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 4035 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 5397 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 1536 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 3240 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 17868 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 56865 Views 0 comment Print


No requirement of scrip wise reporting for listed shares in ITR

September 26, 2020 12615 Views 0 comment Print

There was a report in certain section of media that stock traders/day traders are required to furnish scrip wise details in the return of income for AY 2020-21. The gain from share trading in case of stock traders or day traders is generally categorised as short-term capital gains or business income.

Development Agreement – Income Tax on Land Owner

September 24, 2020 9909 Views 0 comment Print

Computation of income tax liability in the hands of the land owners upon execution of a development agreement has been a matter of litigation for ages. The injustice is caused to the land owners due to capital gain tax liability arising on the date of execution of the DA and handing over possession of the land to the Developer.

Capital Gain on Conversion of Capital Asset into Stock in Trade

September 22, 2020 316244 Views 20 comments Print

Section 45(2) of Income Tax Act deals with the cases where a capital asset is converted into stock in trade. Whenever a capital asset is converted into stock in trade by an assessee it is deemed as transfer of capital asset and attracts capital gain provisions, in spite of the fact that the ownership of such capital asset doesn’t change by such conversion.

Deeming Fiction of Sec 50C can’t be brought into Section 54/54F Exemption

September 21, 2020 4128 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the Section 50C need to be complied at the time of computation of exemption u/s 54 or 54F?

Purchased 4 Adjacent Residential Flats- Can Claim Exemption U/S 54F?

September 15, 2020 7812 Views 0 comment Print

Mrs. Kamal Murlidhar Mokashi Vs. ITO (ITAT Pune) Capital Gain-Purchased 4 Adjacent Residential Flats- Can Claim Exemption U/S 54F (With Provisions of Section 54F) In this article I will discuss some clarification (with the judgment of a recent case law) regarding the provisions of Section 54F i.e. Exemption from Capital Gain on purchase of Residential […]

Section 54/54F- Purchase of under construction flat from builder- Purchase or Construction?

September 14, 2020 36243 Views 1 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether agreement for construction of house interpreted as agreement for purchase for availing benefits of deduction u/s 54F if construction completed within three years?

Surplus consideration received on ‘Surrender of Booking Rights’ tantamount to ‘Capital Gains’

September 13, 2020 13608 Views 2 comments Print

Mukesh Sohanraj Vardhan Vs. ITO (Mumbai ITAT) The ITAT Mumbai has put to rest an important controversy in the case of Mukesh Sohanraj Vardhan vs Income Tax Officer Mumbai decided on 28 August 2020 by holding that the extra consideration received on cancellation of Booking of Flats constitutes a ‘Capital Receipt’ and cannot be taxed as […]

Investment on Renovation of New Residential House Eligible for section 54F Exemption

September 4, 2020 20820 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the investment made on renovation of new residential house is eligible for exemption u/s 54F?

Date of Award is Date of Accrual of Gains under Section 45 in case of Compulsory Acquisition

September 2, 2020 1545 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the High Court was right in taking the date of award as the date of accrual of capital gains for the purpose of Section 45 of the Act of 1961?

Income Tax on sale of property

August 27, 2020 161163 Views 29 comments Print

Govt. has imposed many restrictions on sale of property and has also allowed deductions and exemptions that can be claimed when someone sells his property. Some of the Considerations to be kept in mind while selling property are explained in this article.

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