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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


Latest News


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Income Tax : Finance Act, 2018 has withdrawn the exemption under clause (38) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) and has introd...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


No Idea about Capital Gain Tax but Property Under Redevelopment? Here’s all you Need to Know!!

May 9, 2021 96735 Views 18 comments Print

No Idea about Capital Gain Tax but Property Under Re-Development? Here’s all you Need to Know!! The Finance Act, 2017 inserted a new sub-section 5A in section 45 which deals with the capital gain in case of re-development of any land or building or both. But first, let us understand the meaning of capital gain […]

Loss arising from exempt source income u/s 10(38) held allowable to be set-off or carried forward

April 24, 2021 8994 Views 0 comment Print

The main issue in this appeal is whether loss from sale of long term capital share on which security transaction tax has been paid should be allowed to be carried forward for set off even though the income from such transfer of long term capital asset is exempt u/ s 10 (38).

LTCG cannot be treated as Unexplained Cash Credits merely for astronomical increase in price of shares

April 6, 2021 1680 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Mukesh Mittal Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) The assessment order clearly shows that the AO has merely reproduced the modus operandi of the entry providers who booked bogus long term capital gains through penny stock companies. The show cause notice dated 2.12.2016 issued by the AO during the assessment proceedings and the findings of the […]

AO cannot treat LTCG as Bogus by treating a company as penny stock company without any evidence

April 6, 2021 4410 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Shivani Gupta (ITAT Delhi) The A.O. in this case noted that assessee has sold the shares of Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd., and claimed exempt under section 10(38) of the I.T. Act of the impugned amount. The A.O. merely declared this company to be penny stock company without bringing any evidence on record. Though […]

Indexed Long-Term Capital Loss from Sale of Government Securities allowable

March 19, 2021 1911 Views 0 comment Print

Peerless General Finance & Investment Company Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) It is observed that the issue relating to the assessee’s claim for Long-Term Capital Loss arising from the sale of Government Securities by applying the Cost Inflation Index was disallowed by the Assessing Officer in the assessment completed under section 143(3). However, the set […]

Date of allotment relevant for determining STCG/LTCG & Section 54/54F exemption

March 16, 2021 5934 Views 0 comment Print

Mahendrasingh Ramsingh Jadav Vs. ITO (ITAT Bangalore) Assessee gets a right to the impugned property on the date of allotment letter, i.e., on 22.02.2006 and payment of instalment as per the terms is only a follow up action and taking delivery of possession is only a formality. Therefore, reckoning the period from 22.02.2006, i.e. the […]

Practical Intricacies under Capital Gain Account Scheme

February 22, 2021 99054 Views 23 comments Print

If a taxpayer earns any profit on sale of assets then such gain is taxable at special rates prescribed under income tax act 1961. The Income Tax Act, however provides options to save taxes on these capital gain by making investments under specified sections of income tax act. In order to save taxes on profits […]

Capital Gain from shares cannot be treated as Business Income merely for low cost of acquisition

February 5, 2021 2967 Views 0 comment Print

JCIT Vs United Spirits Limited (ITAT Bangalore) It is not in dispute that the shares of M/s. Lee Edges were purchased by the assessee in the Financial Year 2003-04 and those of M/s. Shaw Wallace Breveries Ltd., were purchased in the Financial Year 2001-02 were unlisted shares. These shares were sold in Financial Year 2004-05. […]

No applicability of section 14A on LTCG exemption of Rs.1 Lakh

January 14, 2021 65397 Views 2 comments Print

No applicability of section 14A on exemption of Rs.1,00,000/- (One Lakh) Long Term Capital Gain (LTCG) under Section 112A of Income Tax Act, 1961. Section 14A shall not be applicable on LTCG income earned u/s 112A. The answer to the questions of applicability of section 14A for LTCG u/s 112A, as income covered under section […]

Without evidence LTCG on sale of Shares through Recognized Stock Exchange cannot be treated as Accommodation Entries

January 6, 2021 2658 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Badresh Mansukhlal Dodhia Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) Without evidence LTCG on sale of Shares through Recognized Stock Exchange cannot be treated as Accommodation Entries The main issue under consideration in this appeal is the claim of deduction u/s 10(38) of the Act, the relevant facts are, during the year assessee had earned LTCG of […]

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