Income Tax : The Finance Act 2023 introduced a 12.5% LTCG tax without indexation as an alternative to 20% with indexation. Taxpayers must compa...
Income Tax : This guide explains the concept, calculation formula, and notified values of CII from 2001-02 to 2025-26, as per CBDT. A must-read...
Income Tax : Learn how recent amendments to Section 112 of the Income Tax Act impact capital gains tax, including indexation rollback and new t...
Income Tax : Explore how changes in the Finance Act impact tax on long-term and short-term capital gains through revised indexation rates. Insi...
Income Tax : Budget 2024 removes indexation benefits for long-term capital gains on immovable properties, reducing tax rate but increasing the ...
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 : Calculate Long term capital gain on sale of capital Assets other then shares with the help of Indexation.- We have given below the...
Income Tax : According to a recent decision of the Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Apellate Tribunal, non-resident companies and individuals are...
Income Tax : Foreign companies cannot be discriminated vis-a-vis Indian firms so far as capital gains tax on securities transaction is concerne...
Finance : Markets have stopped trading for the day as the benchmarks hit another upper circuit Monday as soon as the trade resumed after 2 ...
Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that indexation on construction cost cannot be denied when details of the building are already contained in the ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that year of acquisition is determined by payment and handing over of possession under Section 2(47)(v), not by ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal found that indexation was wrongly applied from a later year. It held that long-term capital gains must be computed fr...
Income Tax : Delhi HC held that indexation benefit on Long Term Capital Gain for flat sale begins only from the date Builder Buyer Agreement is...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai states holding period for capital gains should be computed from the allotment letter date, not the sale agreement regi...
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...
Income Tax : CBDT notifies Income Tax Cost Inflation Index for Financial Year 2020-21 or Assessment Year 2021-22 vide Notification No. 32/202...
Income Tax : CBDT notifies Cost Inflation Index for Financial Year 2019-20 vide Notification No. 63/2019 dated 12th September, 2019. Cost Infla...
Income Tax : CBDT has vice Notification No. 44/2017 notified Cost Inflation indexes with Base Year as 2001-02 for the Financial Year 2001-02 to...
Calculate Long term capital gain on sale of capital Assets other then shares with the help of Indexation.- We have given below the Cost Inflation (CII) Index calculator which automatically calculates Indexed cost of your asset. In the calculator You just have to fill the Year of Sale, Year of Purchase , Cost of Purchase/Acquisition/Improvement and Index if sale is made in financial year 2011-12 or later. Cost Inflation Index for financial Year 2011-12 is 785 and for financial year 2012-13 the Index will be announced somewhere in August 2012.
This article summarizes a recent ruling of the Special Bench (SB) of the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) [ITA No. 7315/Mum/2007] in the case of DCIT vs. Manjula Shah (Taxpayer) which held that, in the case of gifted capital asset, indexation benefit is available to a donee from the year of its acquisition by the previous owner. The SB adopted a purposive construction of the definition of ‘Indexed Cost of Acquisition’ (ICOA) by looking at the scheme of the Indian Tax Law (ITL), which seeks to grant the benefit of cost and holding period of the previous owner to the donee.
According to a recent decision of the Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Apellate Tribunal, non-resident companies and individuals are entitled to a beneficial rate of tax of 10% on long-term capital gains arising from the sale of shares of listed entities. Earlier, non-resident assessees were taxed at the rate of 20%.
The assessee transferred a capital asset which was received by her by way of gift on 1.2.2003. The previous owner had acquired the capital asset on 29.1.1993. In computing capital gains, the assessee claimed that the indexed cost of acquisition had to be worked out by taking the date of acquisition by the previous owner.
Discover the meaning of Shariah index and the reasons behind its creation. Explore how companies are screened for compliance with Islamic law.
The new draft Direct Taxes Code proposes to tax capital gains as regular income at normal tax rates, thereby removing the benefits of lower rates for long-term capital gains on sale of shares.
Foreign companies cannot be discriminated vis-a-vis Indian firms so far as capital gains tax on securities transaction is concerned, according to an order by the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR). Giving its ruling in a case related to UK-based Fujitsu Services, AAR said the company should also be given an option of paying tax at […]
Markets have stopped trading for the day as the benchmarks hit another upper circuit Monday as soon as the trade resumed after 2 hour break. Investors are euphoric after the United Progressive Alliance emerged victorious in the 2009 general elections. Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was locked at 14272.62 up 2099.21 points or 17.24 per cent. National Stock Exchange’s […]
The merger of Reliance Pertroleum (RPL) with Reliance Industries (RIL) is the latest in a long string of amalgamations and mergers that have taken place over time in the Reliance group. As per the arrangement announced by RIL, RPL shareholders of RPL will get one share of RIL for every 16 RPL shares held by […]
YESTERDAY was a red-letter day for the Indian Income Tax Department. It was an important day from the taxpayers’ angle as well. If the Netizens are thinking in terms of any tax relief, then they need to take a close look at the concept of relief. A fiscal relief is certainly a welcome news even for taxmen in their capacity as taxpayers.
