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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 654 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 14598 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 5127 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


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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 108 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 126 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 3180 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 32250 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


Inclusion of tenancy period for computing indexed Long Term capital Gain

October 22, 2020 2805 Views 0 comment Print

Jhonson Electric Company Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Surat) Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court in CIT Vs Ved Prakash & sons (HUF) (supra) held from the bare reading of section 2(42A), the word ‘owner’ has by design not been used by the Legislature. The word ‘held’ as per dictionary meaning means to possess, be the […]

Capital gains under Income Tax Act 1961

October 9, 2020 503862 Views 144 comments Print

Any Income derived from a Capital asset movable or immovable is taxable under the head Capital Gains under Income Tax Act 1961. The Capital Gains have been divided in two parts under Income Tax Act 1961. One is short term capital gain and other is long term capital gain.

In absence of evidence that transactions were bogus, LTCG declared by assessee cannot be doubted

October 5, 2020 1947 Views 0 comment Print

Dipesh Ramesh Vardhan Vs. DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The perusal of record would reveal that the assessee purchased certain shares of an entity namely M/s STL as early as September, 2011. The shares were converted into demat form in assessee’s account during the month of March, 2012. The transactions took place through banking channels. The investments […]

No requirement of scrip wise reporting for listed shares in ITR

September 26, 2020 12564 Views 0 comment Print

There was a report in certain section of media that stock traders/day traders are required to furnish scrip wise details in the return of income for AY 2020-21. The gain from share trading in case of stock traders or day traders is generally categorised as short-term capital gains or business income.

Set off or carry Forward & Set off of Losses (Chapter VI – Section 70-80 of Income Tax Act, 1961)

August 29, 2020 78258 Views 1 comment Print

Introduction: ♦ As per Section 2 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 definition of Income includes losses also. ♦ Losses in the Income Tax Act, 1961 are dealt in accordance with Chapter VI of the Act which consist of Section 70 to Section 80. ♦ Assessee paid tax on Total Income. It might be possible […]

Income Tax on sale of property

August 27, 2020 160896 Views 29 comments Print

Govt. has imposed many restrictions on sale of property and has also allowed deductions and exemptions that can be claimed when someone sells his property. Some of the Considerations to be kept in mind while selling property are explained in this article.

LTCG cannot be considered as bogus in absence of any evidences

August 20, 2020 1917 Views 0 comment Print

whether addition made by AO u/s 68 as Unaccounted/Unexplained Income by treating the Long Term Capital Gain as Manipulated Transaction is justified in Law?

Capital gain on sale of shares- Taxation

August 14, 2020 45906 Views 6 comments Print

Capital gains in case of transfer of shares ♦ If any capital asset has been transferred like land, building, gold etc. profit shall be called capital gains and if the asset has been transferred within a period of three years, capital gains shall be short term and shall be taxable at the normal rate and […]

Taxation Must-Knows If Selling House

August 9, 2020 6336 Views 4 comments Print

Buying a house is a dream for each one of us. There are various tax incentives offered by government towards stimulating individuals to buy house property under ‘Housing for All’ Mission. However it is of vital importance to keep an eye on calendar to time it well when we want to sell house property since […]

Tax on LTCG u/s 112A Vs Tax on LTCG Prior to Finance Act 2018

July 30, 2020 10251 Views 5 comments Print

Taxation of Long Term Capital Gain (LTCG) under section 112A vis a vis Taxation of Long term Capital Gain Prior to Finance Act, 2018 We all saw an Havoc amongst taxpayers when Finance Act, 2018 was announced in the union budget speech specifically among those assessees whose major part of their total income consisted of […]

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