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Unlisted Bonds Lose LTCG Benefit; No Capital Gains Exemption for Depreciable Assets under Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The new law treats gains from depreciable assets as short-term capital gains for all purposes, not merely for computation. This ef...

May 6, 2026 657 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation of income under the head “Salaries”

Income Tax : The case explains how salary income is computed on a gross basis with only specific deductions permitted. It clarifies the scope o...

April 4, 2026 885 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Gains Taxability under Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The issue concerns when capital gains become taxable under the law. The framework clarifies that gains are taxed in the year of tr...

April 2, 2026 14607 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of 20% LTCG with Indexation vis-à-vis 12.5% Without Indexation

Income Tax : The Finance Act 2023 introduced a 12.5% LTCG tax without indexation as an alternative to 20% with indexation. Taxpayers must compa...

March 7, 2026 3336 Views 0 comment Print

Section 195 TDS on Share Purchase from Non-Resident: Complete LTCG Guide

Income Tax : When a resident buys unlisted shares from a non-resident, TDS must be deducted on gross consideration under Section 195, subject t...

February 23, 2026 3093 Views 0 comment Print


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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 5136 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: Capital Gains Taxation Simplified And Rationalised

Corporate Law : Finance Ministry's new capital gains tax: Short-term gains at 20%, long-term at 12.5%. Exemption limit raised to ₹1.25 lakh for ...

July 23, 2024 4473 Views 0 comment Print

4 Major Tax Exemptions to Startups

Income Tax : 4 Major Tax Exemptions to Startups includes Income Tax Exemption on profits under Section 80-IAC of Income Tax (IT) Act, Tax Exemp...

December 11, 2019 6417 Views 0 comment Print

Scrip wise details of long term capital gains in ITR is Optional: CBDT

Income Tax : Schedule 112A and 115AD(1)(iii) of long term capital gain are provided in the Income Tax Return software as per the Instructions t...

July 19, 2019 7644 Views 4 comments Print

Draft Notification on Tax on Long Term Capital Gain on Shares

Income Tax : Finance Act, 2018 has withdrawn the exemption under clause (38) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) and has introd...

April 24, 2018 13197 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Capital Gains Cannot Become Business Income Merely Due to Borrowed Funds: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that delivery-based share transactions shown as investments in books could not be treated as business income w...

May 22, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

LTCG Benefit Allowed as Ownership Rights Passed Before Registration: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi ruled that the holding period for capital gains purposes began from the date of full payment and transfer of possession...

May 22, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Reassessment as AO Changed Reason from Fake Loan Entries to Penny Stock LTCG

Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad held that reassessment under Section 147 was invalid because the Assessing Officer reopened the case for fictit...

May 17, 2026 3189 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat Upholds Bogus LTCG Addition on Sunrise Asian Penny Stock, Applies ‘Human Probability’ Test

Income Tax : The ITAT Surat held that abnormal price rise in a penny stock and surrounding circumstances justified treating claimed LTCG as une...

May 15, 2026 303 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows Section 54F Deduction as Demolished Property Was Not Habitable

Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad held that a demolished and uninhabitable structure could not be treated as a residential house for Section 54F ...

May 9, 2026 606 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 17457 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 56679 Views 0 comment Print

No requirement of scrip wise reporting for listed shares in ITR

Income Tax : There was a report in certain section of media that stock traders/day traders are required to furnish scrip wise details in the re...

September 26, 2020 12564 Views 0 comment Print

Cost Inflation Index for Financial Year 2020-21- CBDT Notifies

Income Tax : CBDT notifies Income Tax Cost Inflation Index for Financial Year 2020-21 or Assessment Year 2021-22 vide  Notification No. 32/202...

June 12, 2020 32256 Views 0 comment Print

24 FAQs on Taxation of Long Term Capital Gain on Shares

Income Tax : Since the introduction of the Finance Bill, 2018 on 1st February, 2018, several queries have been raised in different fora on vari...

February 4, 2018 48423 Views 7 comments Print


Addition u/s 68 sustained for LTCG exemption from bogus co. share

June 17, 2022 1071 Views 0 comment Print

Zeeshan Azizmohmed Shaikh Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Both SEBI and BSE corroborated the fact that Kailash Auto Finance Ltd was not a genuine company – LTCG exemption u/s 10(38) denied – addition u/s 68 sustained Facts- The assessee is an individual and is engaged in the business of trading in paper. The assessee filed its […]

LTCG on Paper Company Shares: ITAT Upheld Disallowance

June 16, 2022 906 Views 0 comment Print

Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal (HUF) Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) It was noticed by the AO that as per computation of income submitted by the assessee, income from LTCG of Rs.22,76,598/-had been claimed out of the sale of shares of Eco Friendly Food Processing Park Ltd. The AO called upon the assessee to substantiate the claim and […]

Penny Stocks Bogus Capital Gain – Calcutta HC upheld Additions

June 15, 2022 28164 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court order on Penny stock in which  Department’s appeal in penny stock case has been allowed. The Orders of AO and CIT(A) have been restored. Reversed the order of ITAT. The Court Held that : 1. The assessees cannot take shelter under the opinion given by the experts as it is not the […]

Tax on Long Term Capital Gain under Income Tax Act, 1961

June 4, 2022 471618 Views 71 comments Print

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 long-term capital gain @ 10% in certain special cases, Adjustment of LTCG against the basic exemption limit and Deductions under sections 80C to 80U and LTCG.

Section 54- Exemption from Capital Gain arising on Transfer of House

June 4, 2022 476374 Views 68 comments Print

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.

Section 54B Exemption on Capital Gains from Transfer of Agricultural Land

June 4, 2022 395322 Views 17 comments Print

The Articles discusses about Basic conditions, Exemption Under Section 54B of Income Tax Act, 1961 available to Individual and HUF against Capital Gain Arising from Transfer of Agricultural Land by investment of Capital Gain amount in another land or in Capital Gains Deposit Account Scheme.

Introduction of unaccounted money as LTCG: ITAT upheld addition

May 17, 2022 1689 Views 0 comment Print

After considering detailed reasoning by AO as to how assessee has introduced unaccounted money in the garb of LTCG, ITAT upheld addition.

Exemption under Section 54 of Income Tax Act, 1961

April 6, 2022 35211 Views 2 comments Print

1. WHAT IS SECTION 54? As we all know that on selling or transferring a capital asset like property, capital gains arise which are taxable in the hands of the assessee/ taxpayer. Under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act, an individual or HUF selling a residential house property can claim exemption from such capital […]

A Comprehensive Guide to Tax on Sale of Securities

March 22, 2022 20415 Views 1 comment Print

Everyone knows that Income from salary, rental income and business income is taxable under their respective heads. But what about income from sale or purchase of securities? Many stakeholders which includes homemakers, retired people, youth, working professionals spend their time gainfully buying and selling securities but are unsure of how this income is taxed. The […]

LTCG exemption allowed in absence of any link between assessee’s transaction & investigation carried out by DIT

March 3, 2022 1821 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the Revenue has failed to comply to the direction of the Bench in furnishing any report from the AO as to in what manner, the investigation carried out by the Directorate of Investigation, Kolkata and report of SEBI has any link with the transactions carried out by the assessee, we allow the claim of Long Term Capital Gain on account of sale of shares of M/s Esteem Bio Organic Food Processing Ltd. and consequently the exemption claimed u/s 10(38) of the Act.

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