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Vague Income Tax Department’s New E-Intimations: Information or Intimidation?

Income Tax : This explains why recent income disclosure intimations lack statutory support and create uncertainty. The key takeaway is that vag...

January 1, 2026 6393 Views 0 comment Print

Can Interest on home loan be added to cost of acquisition when computing capital gains?

Income Tax : Explains when home-loan interest can be added to the cost of acquisition and how the AY 2024-25 amendment blocks double benefits. ...

December 26, 2025 5133 Views 0 comment Print

Cost Inflation Index – Meaning & Index from 1981-82 to 2024-25

Income Tax : This guide explains the concept, calculation formula, and notified values of CII from 2001-02 to 2025-26, as per CBDT. A must-read...

October 19, 2025 2547593 Views 330 comments Print

Portfolio Management Fees Allowability under Section 48 for Capital Gains Tax

Income Tax : Learn whether PMS fees can be deducted from capital gains under Section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. This article explains the ...

September 1, 2025 6627 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Rate on Long Term Capital Gains on Listed Securities Increased To 12.5%

Income Tax : Summary: As per the Finance Act 2024, the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax on listed securities has been raised from 10% to 12.5...

November 26, 2024 8160 Views 0 comment Print


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Cost Inflation Indexed Cost Calculator

Income Tax : Calculate Long term capital gain on sale of capital Assets other then shares with the help of Indexation.- We have given below the...

November 20, 2011 42928 Views 9 comments Print


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Share Transfer in Family Arrangement Not Taxable: ITAT Deletes ₹489 Crore Addition

Income Tax : The issue was whether a share transfer without consideration constituted taxable capital gains. The Tribunal held that genuine fam...

April 29, 2026 522 Views 0 comment Print

Sec 50C Addition Invalid if AO Ignores DVO Reference Request: ITAT Lucknow

Income Tax : The decision underscores that failure to follow the prescribed valuation procedure under section 50C leads to invalidation of addi...

April 24, 2026 873 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) Enhancement Quashed for No Notice – ITAT Restores LTCG Issues to AO

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that enhancement of income without issuing notice under section 251(2) is invalid. Such action violates principl...

April 18, 2026 405 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Purchase Addition Restricted to Profit Element: ITAT Grants Relief

Income Tax : The case examined whether compensation paid to exit prior agreements was a sham arrangement. The Tribunal ruled it was a valid bus...

April 18, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

Custodian Not Liable Under Customs Law for Absence of Seal Tampering Evidence

Custom Duty : The case addressed whether a custodian could be held liable for duty when container contents differed from declared goods. The Tri...

April 18, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print


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Competition Commission of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2024

Corporate Law : Explore the new Competition Commission of India (CCI) Lesser Penalty Regulations 2024. Learn about conditions, procedures, and ben...

February 20, 2024 1716 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024-25: Changes in ICES by Directorate General of Systems

Custom Duty : Stay informed about the Union Budget 2024-25 changes in ICES. Learn how the Directorate General of Systems manages updates and the...

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Section 48 in summarized form – Reduction in case of Computation of Capital Gain

September 9, 2021 98784 Views 3 comments Print

Section 48 Mode of computation. The income chargeable under the head “Capital gains” shall be computed, by deducting from the full value of the consideration received or accruing as a result of the transfer of the capital asset the following amounts, namely :— (i) expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively in connection with such transfer; (ii) […]

Detailed Analysis of Section 9B, Section 48(III) & Section 45(4)

July 8, 2021 23787 Views 1 comment Print

Hello friends, here we discussed Section 9B, Section 45(4), & Section 48 of the Income Tax Act SECTION 9B OF INCOME TAX ACT Finance Act 2021, introduced a new section, section 9B under income tax act which specifies the provision related to transfer of Capital Assets or stock in trade on Reconstitution or Dissolution of […]

Improvement of owner’s title to asset is different from improving asset itself

July 8, 2021 2736 Views 0 comment Print

Improvement of owner’s title to asset is different from improving asset itself | Section 48, 49, and 55 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Cost of improvement which is liable to be deducted , should be an improvement to the asset itself , not an improvement of the owner’s title to the asset . Meaning […]

Compensation paid to Earlier Buyer to Cancel Agreement is Deductible Expenses u/s 48 for Capital Gains

July 29, 2020 4116 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is Whether compensation paid to earlier buyer to cancel the agreement is deductible expenditure u/s 48 for calculation of Capital Gains?

No capital gain tax on land transfer to co-op society formed by flat purchasers

June 12, 2020 8565 Views 1 comment Print

Whether the AO is correct in considering that the capital gain will arise in the year when the land is transferred to the co-operative society formed by the flat purchasers and not when flats are sold?

Indexation of Inherited Property

June 6, 2020 91129 Views 12 comments Print

A big question arise in the mind of every professional that whether benefit of Indexation can be claimed on Inherited Property ; if yes then second half thought is whether it can be claimed from the year in which it is first held by the assessee or from the year in which it is occupied by the Previous Owner or predecessor.

Cost Inflation Index [Explanation (v) to Section 48 of Income Tax]

April 14, 2020 34704 Views 1 comment Print

As per Incoem Tax- COST INFLATION INDEX in relation to a previous year, means such index as the Central Government may, having regard to 75% of average rise in the Consumer Price Index (urban) for the immediately preceding previous year to such previous year, by notification in the official Gazette, specify, in this behalf.

Neither of Section 24(b) & Section 48 excludes operation of other

December 22, 2019 2955 Views 0 comment Print

Deduction under section 24(b) and computation of capital gains under section 48 of the Act are altogether covered by different heads of income i.e., income from ‘house property’ and ‘capital gains’. Further, a perusal of both the provisions makes it unambiguous that none of them excludes operative of the other.

A.O. cannot refer the matter to DVO to reduce FMV

September 19, 2019 1704 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Dinesh Khodidas Patel Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmadabad) The issue under consideration is whether A.O. is correct in referring the matter to DVO to find FMV by rejecting valuation report submitted by assessee? In the present case, assessee sold a land along with others co-owners. It had submitted the valuation report as on 1-4-1981 of […]

Section 50C – Tax Provisions, Assessment, Case Laws

August 25, 2018 59760 Views 6 comments Print

Section 50C was introduced in the Income-tax Act, 1961 by the Finance Act, 2002 with effect from 1-4-2003 for substituting valuation done for Stamp Valuation purposes as full value of consideration in place of apparent consideration shown by the transferor of capital asset, being land or building and, accordingly, calculating capital gains under Section 48.

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