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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


Set-off of LTCL on sale of quoted equity shares allowable against LTCG on sale of properties

February 21, 2022 15945 Views 0 comment Print

Section 10(38) exempts only a stream of capital gain from tax and not the entire source. So if the assessee incurs loss in sale of equity shares, the gain from sale of which is exempt under section 10(38), then such loss will be allowed to be set off against long-term capital gain from sale of shares as well from sale of other assets.

Taxability of Income from Share Market

January 27, 2022 14937 Views 12 comments Print

When the corona pandemic first hit the Indian stock market in March, 2020, it became a complete mess with tons of loses. But the time that came after that made stock market a sensational topic discussed at every corner of the city. A large group of retailers are engaged in stock market activity without any […]

ITAT explains Basic modus of providing bogus LTCG- Upheld addition

January 14, 2022 6393 Views 0 comment Print

Abhinav Agarwal Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Snapshot of Basic modus of providing bogus LTCG 1. Merger of Unlisted companies with Listed Entity: This is the most preferred option for the persons willing to operate for the purpose of doing Long Term capital Gains. In case of the mergers with listed companies, the merger petition has […]

ITAT allows LTCG exemption on shares of ‘Unisys Software’

January 4, 2022 2370 Views 0 comment Print

Vasantlal Nyalchand Kikavat Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The case was reopened pursuant to receipt of certain information from investigation wing, Kolkata wherein it was alleged that the assessee was beneficiary of bogus Long-Term Capital gains (LTCG) by dealing in a scrip namely M/s Unisys Software & Holding Industries Ltd. (in short ‘Unisys’). Accordingly, the case […]

AIS – Income by LTCG from units by an offshore fund

December 15, 2021 1674 Views 0 comment Print

Annual Information Statement (AIS) – Income by long-term capital gain (LTCG) from units by an offshore fund u/s 115AB(1)(b) With its recent roll-out, the Annual Information Statement is currently the latest talk of the town. Due to its comprehensive coverage, it has started creating havoc amongst the taxpayers. Broadly speaking, the Annual Information Statement is […]

AIS- Income & LTCG from foreign currency bonds or shares of Indian companies

December 15, 2021 3345 Views 0 comment Print

Annual Information Statement (AIS)- Income and long-term capital gain (LTCG) from foreign currency bonds or shares of Indian companies under section 115AC Rule 31AB covering the provisions relating to Form 26AS was omitted vide the Income Tax (Eleventh Amendment) Rules, 2020. Correspondingly, rule 114-I was inserted in the Income Tax Rules. According to new rule […]

Note relating to Long Term Capital Gain/Loss (LTCG/LTGS)

November 28, 2021 6060 Views 0 comment Print

Govt of India introduced the Grand Fathering principle in the Indian Income tax Act for the purpose of safeguarding the Unrealised Profit earned by the Assesses upto 31-01-2018. In order to achieve this objective, the Actual Cost of Acquisition of the securities together with the unrealised profit is to be treated as Revised Cost of Acquisition as at 31-01-2018.

Provisions of set off carry and forward of losses?

November 21, 2021 198813 Views 0 comment Print

Meaning of set off of Losses under Income Tax Act, 1961: Set off means setting of losses against profits of same head of income or may be different during the year. Meaning of carry forward of losses under Income Tax Act, 1961: Carry forward of losses means carrying the losses amount to be be set […]

Section 54 & 54F of Income Tax Act-Capital Gains Exemption

November 8, 2021 75243 Views 4 comments Print

Hello readers, Today I will discuss Section 54 & section 54F exemptions in simplified manner as Income tax due dates approaching – Section 54 & section 54F of Income tax Act –deals with exemption from tax on LTCG only if used for purchase or construction of a house with in specified limits. There are similarities […]

All about Investment in Equity Shares & Tax planning !

October 19, 2021 41811 Views 2 comments Print

During the time slot of COVID-19 Pandemic record breaking Demat accounts and Trading accounts have been opened in Share Market in India. In the past more and more people use to invest their funds in FDs , Post Offices, Bonds etc. as a traditional method in search of some additional Income, due to increasing inflation […]

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