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Income Tax - A person wanted to shift his residence due to certain reason, hence, he sold his old house and from the sale proceeds he purchased another house. In this case the objective of the seller was not to earn income by sale of old house but to acquire another suitable house....
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Article Discusses about Tax Treatment of Long Term Capital Gain arising from Transfer of Capital Assets under Income Tax Act, 1961. Articles discusses Meaning of Capital Assets, What Constitutes a Capital and what is not a capital Asset, How to Apply Indexation Provisions, Period for Computation of Long Term Capital Asset, Tax on lon...
Read MoreIncome Tax - LTCG Tax on Equity Shares, Equity oriented Mutual Fund (MF) units Taxability upto F.Y. 2017-18/A.Y. 2018-19 Capital gains arising from sale of equity share/unit of equity oriented fund provided from tax, where the share/unit is held for a period of at least 12 months. The exemption is available if securities transaction tax (STT) is paid ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Introduction: Computation of Capital gain has always been a complex provision under the Income-tax Act. New controversies are created dime a dozen merely because the amounts involved are usually large in case of capital gain assessments. A controversy arises where the purchaser of the land makes payment to seller for the land and furthe...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Finance Act, 2018, withdrew the exemption for long-term capital gains on the sale of listed equity shares, units of equity oriented mutual fund or business trust, etc., (subject to certain conditions) and subjecting such gains to tax at a concessional rate of 10% under section 112A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act)....
Read MoreIncome Tax - Finance Act, 2018 has withdrawn the exemption under clause (38) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) and has introduced a new section 112A in the Act, to provide that long term capital gains arising from transfer of a long-term capital asset being an equity share in a company or a unit of an equity oriented fund or a unit o...
Read MoreIncome Tax - In order to curb the practice of declaring unaccounted income as exempt long term capital gain by entering into sham transactions, the Finance Act, 2017 amended the provisions of section 10 (38) of the Act to provide that exemption under this section for income arising on transfer of equity share acquired or on after 1st day of October, 2...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Investments are made in the secondary share markets with a view to capturing gains. In this market, out of nearly 8,000 listed companies, several scrips are not traded regularly. With the collusion of promoters, some brokers arrange for price(s) with purchase of such scrips at nominal costs, and sales at exorbitant prices, with a view t...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The Supreme Court will hear on September 10 the impleadment petition filed by the Forex Derivatives Consumers Forum along with the Special Leave Petition filed by Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA). Forex Derivatives Consumers Forum is a registered association of exporters from across the country, a ma...
Read MoreIncome Tax - The government is likely to maintain the distinction between short term and long-term capital gains to encourage long-term savings, as it deliberates the draft direct taxes code. The finance minister said in his Budget speech that the new direct taxes law could be rolled out from April 1, 2011. The government is veering around to the view...
Read MoreM/s. J.C. Bhalla & Co. Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) - M/s. J.C. Bhalla & Co. Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: Assessee-firm was entitled to claim deduction claim under Section 54EC as assessee had made an investment in the specified bonds and capital gain had arisen to the assessee from transfer of client relationship and goodwill which was lo...
Read MoreSanjay Kumar Jain Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) - Conclusion: Claim of assessee for long term capital gains arising on transfer of shares u/s.10(38) was real or sham, required a revisit by AO by considering all the evidences produced by assessee and also, AO should allow the opportunity of cross-examination to check the nature of transaction....
Read MoreRajesh Singhvi and Sons (HUF) Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) - Rajesh Singhvi and Sons (HUF) Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) Claim of the assessee for exemption u/s.10(38) of the Act, on alleged long term capital gains arising on sale of shares of M/s.Cresanda Commercial Solutions Ltd and M/s. Surabhi Chem & Investment Ltd were disallowed by the ld. Assessing Office...
Read MorePr. CIT Vs M/s. Monsanto India Ltd. (Bombay High Court) - Pr. CIT Vs M/s. Monsanto India Ltd. (Bombay High Court) Tribunal recorded that the Non Compete Agreement was part of the agreement for the sale of the business. Under this Agreement, the Assessee could be seen to have transferred the right to manufacture the product in question. The Tribunal, ther...
Read MoreMukta Gupta Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) - Mukta Gupta Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: Long-term capital gains on sale of shares could not be treated as bogus on the reason that the price of these shares had risen manifolds and the reason for astronomical rise was not related to any fundamentals of market. Once the transactions were duly pro...
Read MoreF.No. 370149/20/2018-TPL - (04/02/2018) - Since the introduction of the Finance Bill, 2018 on 1st February, 2018, several queries have been raised in different fora on various issues relating to the proposed new tax regime for taxation of long-term capital gains. The responses to these queries are provided below....
Read MoreNotification No. 44/2017-Income Tax [S.O. 1790(E)] - (05/06/2017) - CBDT has vice Notification No. 44/2017 notified Cost Inflation indexes with Base Year as 2001-02 for the Financial Year 2001-02 to 2017-18 and same are applicable from Financial Year 2017-18....
Read MoreNotification No. 60/2015 - Income Tax - (24/07/2015) - Notification No. 60/2015 - Income Tax S.O. (E) – In exercise of the powers conferred by clause(v) of the Explanation to section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the...
Read MoreCircular No. 6/2015-Income Tax - (09/04/2015) - CIRCULAR NO. 6/2015, Dated: April 9, 2015 no capital gains will arise at the time of exercise of the option in the case of Fixed Maturity Plans (FMPs) by the investor to continue in the same scheme. The capital gains will, however, arise at the time of redemption of the units or opting of the scheme...
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M/s. J.C. Bhalla & Co. Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) -
Sanjay Kumar Jain Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) -
Rajesh Singhvi and Sons (HUF) Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) -
Pr. CIT Vs M/s. Monsanto India Ltd. (Bombay High Court) -
Mukta Gupta Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) -
N. R. Ravikrishnan Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) -
