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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 150 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


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

January 14, 2018 3978 Views 1 comment Print

In relation to computing capital gains tax liability on transfer of land or building, amendment made via the Finance Act, 2016 gives an option for considering the stamp duty value as on date of agreement instead of stamp duty value on date of registration

Conversion of Agricultural land: Section 50C not apply to business income

January 10, 2018 6774 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT bench comprising Pramod Kumar (AM) and S. S. Godara (JM) recently confirmed that the sale consideration on agricultural land after its conversion to non-agricultural Land constitutes business income and therefore, section 50C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be applicable to such cases.

Reference to DVO is mandatory for invoking Section 50C (2 )

December 29, 2017 6837 Views 0 comment Print

Impugned addition u/s.50C(2) of the Act mandates reference to DVO in case an assessee contests the jantri price in question to be higher than fair market value of the relevant capital asset.

Section 50C could not be applied to lease hold rights in land

December 29, 2017 8901 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs. Everest Industries Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) 1. The only grievance of the revenue in this appeal is that the provisions of section 50C of the Act mandates that where a transfer of capital asset being land or building or both is for consideration less then its value as adopted/assessed by the State Government for […]

Sec 50C not applies to distress Sale of Land to Govt Company

December 7, 2017 8475 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs. Southern Steel Ltd. (ITAT Hyderabad) The moot point in this case is whether Sec. 5OC can be invoked when the purchaser is a government undertaking i.e, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (APIIC). In the real estate business it is prevalent that the substantial part of the consideration is unaccounted. In order to […]

Penalty U/s. 271(1)(c) not justified based on mere high stamp duty valuation of property

December 4, 2017 5190 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee had offered actual amount received on sale of property for taxation, revenue authorities were not justified in passing penalty order under section 271(1)(c) by adopting higher sale consideration under section 50C on basis of stamp duty valuation of said property

Transfer of property by way of GPA is not a valid transfer, So no capital gain arises

November 17, 2017 7947 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Maniza Jumabhoy Vs. Asst. Commissioner of Income Tax (ITAT Hyderabad) Assessee has entered into is not a ‘sale deed’ as considered by the AO and CIT(A) but only an ‘agreement of sale cum Irrevocable General Power of Attorney’ for a property, which the Hon’ble Court has held that these three parties have no ownership […]

Transfer of property to daughter through sale deed cannot be treated as gift

November 8, 2017 4758 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee has contended that the impugned property had been transferred to her daughter as a gift and therefore charging Long Term Capital Gains applying provisions of Section 50C is bad in law. In its written submission on behalf of the assessee, the learned Authorised Representative of the assessee has contended that the intention of the […]

Section 50C applies even to Unregistered Transfer of Capital Assets

October 7, 2017 2691 Views 0 comment Print

Justices Akil Khureshi and Biren Vaishnav, in a recent ruling, held that section 50C of the Income Tax Act is applicable to a case where even a case where the document evidencing transfer of the capital asset has not been presented for registration

Deal cancellation compensation expense cannot be claimed from Capital Gain

October 6, 2017 6627 Views 0 comment Print

Under the head Capital gains only direct expenses relatable to transfer of property are allowed as deduction. Therefore, the cancellation expenses should not be held to be incurred either for acquiring the property or for transfer of property

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