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Property Deal Mismatch? How Section 50C and 56(2)(x) Can Create Phantom Income

Income Tax : The article explains how violating the twin conditions under Section 50C(2) can block valuation relief and trigger taxation on hig...

February 12, 2026 1620 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment Void as AO Finalized Without DVO Report: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : The ITAT held that an assessment completed before receiving the DVO report under section 50C(2) is invalid. All additions and disa...

December 3, 2025 960 Views 0 comment Print

Using Intra-Spousal Transfers as Gifts to Save Tax: Is It Legal?

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that capital gains from land gifted to spouse are taxable in the husband’s hands under Section 64(1)(iv), no...

September 2, 2025 1848 Views 0 comment Print

Section 50C: How to tackle unfair taxes on Genuine Property Deals

Income Tax : Learn how Section 50C impacts genuine property sales. Explore case laws, strategies, and defenses to handle unfair tax additions d...

May 3, 2025 4344 Views 1 comment Print

Section 50C & 43CA: Full Value of Consideration in Immovable Property Sales

Income Tax : Section 50C: For property sales, if the sale price is lower than the value assessed by Stamp Valuation Authority, that value is co...

September 12, 2024 15492 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


6 Suggestions for Amendments in Income Tax Act by BCAS

Income Tax : Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society has made a Representation on 'Suggestions for Amendments in the Income Tax Act', on 24th May...

May 28, 2019 8352 Views 2 comments Print

Section 50C: Option for adopting stamp duty value on date of agreement- ICAI Suggestion

Income Tax : In relation to computing capital gains tax liability on transfer of land or building, amendment made via the Finance Act, 2016 giv...

January 14, 2018 3909 Views 1 comment Print

Provide relief when agreement date fixing sale consideration & Registration Date not same

Income Tax : Rationalisation Of Section 50c To Provide Relief Where Sale Consideration Fixed Under Agreement To Sell- Section 50C makes a spec...

January 20, 2016 1646 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Mumbai: No Section 56(2)(x) Addition if Difference Within 10%-Tolerance Limit Held Retrospective

Income Tax : The case examined whether minor valuation differences can trigger taxation under Section 56(2)(x). ITAT held that differences with...

April 13, 2026 165 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Deduction Allowed Due to Investment Within Time from Registered Deed Date

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that where registration is delayed, the stamp duty value on the agreement date must be considered. The ruling ap...

April 7, 2026 528 Views 0 comment Print

Wrong Section, Wrong Valuation – ITAT Quashes Capital Gains Assessment

Income Tax : The dispute involved incorrect invocation of valuation provisions by the AO. The Tribunal ruled that using Section 142A instead of...

April 6, 2026 330 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad: DVO Valuation Ignored-LTCG Recomputed Based on Valuation Report

Income Tax : The Tribunal found that capital gains were computed without considering the DVO valuation report. It held that ignoring such evide...

April 6, 2026 294 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: Notional Rent Taxable on Unsold Flats Held as Stock-in-Trade (Pre-Sec 23(5) Era)

Income Tax : ITAT held that vacant unsold flats attract tax on notional rent under house property. The key takeaway is that ownership triggers ...

April 6, 2026 345 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT notifies more modes of e-payments; 6DD limit reduced to ₹ 10000

Income Tax : Notification No. 8/2020-Income-Tax- CBDT has notified Other electronic modes by inserting New Income TAx Rule 6ABBA. It also amend...

January 29, 2020 14103 Views 0 comment Print


‘Undervalued’ vs ‘Understated’ Capital Asset- Fiction of Fair Value

January 20, 2020 8049 Views 0 comment Print

It is a well settled and in substance a legal precedent that what is subject to tax is a real income. The principle of real income has been subject matter of intrinsic litigation in past and the possibility of probable dispute on the scope of what constitutes real income in days to come cannot be completely ruled out despite there have been series of amendments/clarification brought into the existing provisions of the Income Tax Act 1961 (the Act).

Agriculture land situated beyond 8 kms is not Capital Asset & Section 50C not applies

January 8, 2020 12063 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Shri Ravjibhai Manibhai Patel (ITAT Ahmedabad) If an agriculture land is situated beyond 8 kms. from the local limit of any municipal or cantonment area, whose population is more than Rs.10 lakhs, then that would not fall within the ambit of definition ‘capital assets. This demarcation of the geographical situation of the land […]

Assessee holding General Power of Attorney with respect of Land Sold Not Liable for Capital Gains

January 1, 2020 2340 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Sejal Gopalbhai Shah (ITAT Ahmedabad) The issue under consideration is whether capital gain will be taxed in the hands of general power of attorney holder with respect to land sold? ITAT states that, the assessee was just general Power of Attorney holder with respect to the lands in dispute. This fact has not […]

No transfer u/s 2(47)(v) in absence of possession of land to JDA

November 28, 2019 3111 Views 0 comment Print

Since possession of land was not handed over to the Developer by assessee-society, therefore, there could not be any transfer within the meaning of section 2(47)(v) read with section 53A of Transfer of Property Act, 1882, even based on part performance of the contract. Accordingly. there was no liability of capital gain tax under section 50C.

Section 50C provisions cannot be applied for section 69B addition

August 20, 2019 8184 Views 0 comment Print

Gayatri Enterprise Vs ITO (Gujarat High Court) Provisions of Section 50C of the Income Tax Act cannot be applied for the purpose of making addition under section 69B of the Act. We fail to understand why section 50C of the Act has been brought into play having regard to the facts of the present case. […]

Section 45(3) AO cannot disturb value of consideration recorded in books of firm

August 19, 2019 8379 Views 0 comment Print

Provision of section 45(3) are exhaustive and does not confer any power on the AO to adopt consideration different from what is recorded in the books of account of the firm. Thus, AO was not correct in adopting the market value of land as revalued subsequently by the firm in the books of account.

Certain instances of tax planning in case of sale of house property

August 14, 2019 5376 Views 5 comments Print

The last 4-5 years have not been the best period for the real estate industry in India. Many real estate companies have become bankrupt and many still continue to be under great financial stress due to stalled projects. Even a normal home buyer is not in a profitable position due to declining property rates. The […]

Time to Revisit Section 50C/43CA/56(2) – Adoption of Circle Rates

August 9, 2019 7614 Views 2 comments Print

Time to Revisit Section 50C/43CA/56(2) of Income Tax Act concerning Adoption of Circle Rates for Computation of Capital Gain/Business Profits/Income from Other Sources on Land & Building!! The Finance Act 2002 has introduced a new section 50C with effect from 1-4-2003, for the purpose of computation of capital gains in real estate transactions, in the […]

Pre-Budget Memorandum 2019- A Small Wish List From New Finance Minister

July 2, 2019 3597 Views 1 comment Print

Union Budget 2019 – New Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman’s first budget after the huge and unprecedented electoral win of Sh. Narendra Modi Government has the backing of a mammoth public mandate and as such is expected to be a reform oriented budget and not a populist one. However, along with the bold and reform […]

Brokerage paid by purchaser cannot be taken into account for Section 50C

June 26, 2019 12714 Views 1 comment Print

Since the market value of immovable property sold by assessee had to be Rs.2,60,05,348/- and the purchase consideration together with costs towards obtaining vacant property should stand at Rs.2,26,00,000/-, therefore, the long term capital gain would be Rs.34,05,348/- as per section 50C and the brokerage costs incurred on sale consideration by the purchaser could not be taken into account for the purposes of Section 50C.

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