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How to Avoid Higher Circle Rate Addition When Property Registration Is Delayed

Income Tax : The law permits taxpayers to adopt the stamp duty value on the agreement date instead of the registration date where prescribed co...

June 1, 2026 342 Views 0 comment Print

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 2043 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 1179 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 2007 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 4704 Views 1 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 8406 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 3978 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 1682 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 54 Relief Allowed on Construction Cost as New House Was Built Within Statutory Period

Income Tax : Tribunal held that purchase of land outside the prescribed period does not automatically disqualify exemption on construction of a...

June 6, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed as Reasons Were Based on Incorrect Facts & Mechanical Recording

Income Tax : The Lucknow ITAT held that reassessment proceedings cannot survive where the reasons recorded contain incorrect facts and lack pro...

June 5, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes LTCG Addition as DVO Reference Was Invalid for Pre-July 2012 Transaction

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that a land sale completed before 01.07.2012 could not be subjected to a DVO reference under the amended Section...

June 5, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Capital Gains Addition as Section 55A DVO Reference Was Invalid

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that for AY 2011-12, the Assessing Officer could not refer property valuation to the DVO when the assessee relie...

June 5, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening of Assessment Invalid as DVO Valuation Was Lower Than Assessee’s Declared Value

Income Tax : The Court held that the Assessing Officer could not refer the matter to the Valuation Officer under Section 55A where the assessee...

June 5, 2026 81 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 14220 Views 0 comment Print


IF Valuation referred by AO, then DVO valuation shall be final sale consideration for computing capital gain

August 27, 2018 11178 Views 0 comment Print

Sudha Garg Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) The assessing officer made the assessment order u/s 147/143(3). The only issue involved in this appeal is regarding computation of long term capital gain on sale of property located at Ghaziabad. The assessee has declared the long term capital gain on the sale of the said property claiming real […]

Capital Gains on Income From Sale of Agricultural Land

August 26, 2018 263354 Views 41 comments Print

Sale of land resulting in business income The first and most important issue to be determined is whether the land is held as investment or stock in trade. If the agricultural land is held as stock in trade then the sale of such lands is taxable as business income and no exemption under the Act is provided in this regard.

Section 50C – Tax Provisions, Assessment, Case Laws

August 25, 2018 59964 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.

Amendment to Section 50C by FA 2018 curative? Hence retrospective?

June 4, 2018 13386 Views 0 comment Print

The author discusses that recent amendment by Finance Act, 2018 to section 50C of allowing 5% deviation may be curative in nature and hence there is a case that the same may be treated as having a retrospective effect from the date on which section 50C came into force i.e. 1-4-2003. IT will reduce burden […]

Section 50C- ITAT deletes addition of 8% difference in Value

May 4, 2018 1620 Views 0 comment Print

Shri B.S. Sanjay [HUF] Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) In the present case, the sale consideration as per sale deed is Rs. 59.40 Lakhs and the value adopted by DVO u/s. 50C (2) is Rs. 64,10,400/- and therefore, the difference between these two values is of Rs. 4,70,400/- which is less about 8% of the sale […]

Section 50C not applicable to cold storage building

April 17, 2018 1959 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions of section 50C of the Act is not applicable to the cold storage building so to substitute actual sale consideration by deemed sale consideration and the order of the Assessing Officer passed under section 147/143(3) of the Act cannot be a subject matter of section 263.

Compliance under Income-tax Rule 114B to 114D, 114DB & 114E

April 14, 2018 34992 Views 3 comments Print

Reporting requirements of transactions without PAN and for certain Financial transactions under the Income-tax Act, 1961 and Rules prescribed thereto

Section 50C not applicable on Right to Purchase a Building

February 16, 2018 2826 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions of section 50C of the Act are not applicable in the case of the assessee as the capital asset involved here was not land or building but it is a right to purchase a building (shop).

Budget 2018 Impact on Deemed Income arising on sale/ purchase of immovable property

February 3, 2018 20733 Views 7 comments Print

Article discusses Income Tax impact of union Budget 2018 on Deemed Income arising on sale/ purchase of immovable property under Section 50C, Section 56 and Section 43CA.

No adjustment if variation between stamp duty value & sale consideration not exceeds 5%

February 2, 2018 18582 Views 0 comment Print

Rationalization of section 43CA, section 50C and section 56. At present, while taxing income from capital gains (section 50C), business profits (section 43CA) and other sources (section 56) arising out of transactions in immovable property, the sale consideration or stamp duty value, whichever is higher is adopted. The difference is taxed as income both in the hands of the purchaser and the seller.

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