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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 582 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation of Property Transactions: Key Section 54/4F Judicial Pronouncements – Part 2

Income Tax : Courts held that investment in under-construction property qualifies as construction under Sections 54/54F. Deduction cannot be de...

April 11, 2026 1173 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation of Property Transactions: Key Section 54/4F Judicial Pronouncements- Part 1

Income Tax : Courts held that exemption cannot be denied merely due to lack of registration if possession and substantial payment are proven. T...

April 7, 2026 9492 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 3234 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Capital Gains Tax Exemption – What Constitutes Date of Transfer?

Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that Section 54 focuses on timely investment of capital gains, not rigid legal ownership milestones. The ...

January 15, 2026 6894 Views 2 comments Print


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Representation against Extension of time limit under section 54 to 54GB without extension of Income Tax Return due date

Income Tax : Representation against Extension of time limit under section 54 to 54GB without extension of Income Tax Return due date Vidarbha I...

January 20, 2023 11676 Views 0 comment Print

Representation to FM on Concerns of Chartered Accountants

CA, CS, CMA, Income Tax : We have not noticed any heed being extended towards various issues and possible solutions we have proposed through those represent...

January 30, 2021 3204 Views 0 comment Print

Request to extend time limits under section 54 to 54GB

Income Tax : KSCAA has requested to Hon’ble Minister of Finance to extend various time limits under section 54 to 54GB of the Income-tax Act,...

January 10, 2021 15936 Views 0 comment Print

Request for extension of due dates of Tax Audit Reports/ITR

Income Tax : All India Federation of Tax Practitioners (CZ) has requested CBDT that due date of filing return of income u/s 139(1) for all the ...

December 19, 2020 32598 Views 19 comments Print

ICAI requests for extension of various Income-tax due dates

Income Tax : Direct Taxes Committee of ICAI has Request(s) for extension of various due dates under Income-tax Act, 1961 especially Tax Audit R...

December 18, 2020 77418 Views 20 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Delhi HC: Additional Documents Can Be Filed in Criminal Tax Prosecution – “Truth Cannot Be Sacrificed for Technicalities”

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court held that additional documents already referred to in a criminal complaint can be filed later under Section 3...

May 12, 2026 180 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption Allowed as Possession Date Considered Over Registration Date

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that for under-construction properties, the date of possession is the relevant factor for Section 54 exemption. ...

May 5, 2026 309 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption not eligible on Sale of Open Land Without Building: ITAT Allahabad

Income Tax : The tribunal held that selling only open land, even if earlier part of a residential property, does not qualify as transfer of a r...

May 4, 2026 600 Views 0 comment Print

Wrong Section Claim Not Fatal: ITAT Remands Matter & Nullifies Penalty

Income Tax : The issue was denial of capital gains exemption due to claim under wrong section. The tribunal held that a genuine claim cannot be...

May 2, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai Remands Section 54F Claim, Protective Addition & TDS Credit Issues

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai set aside the appellate order and remanded issues on protective addition, Section 54F exemption, and TDS credit misma...

April 26, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


ICAI Reprimands CA for Claiming Section 54F exemption Instead of 54

CA, CS, CMA : The ICAI Disciplinary Committee reprimanded CA Jayant Ishwardas Mehta for professional misconduct involving an incorrect income t...

May 17, 2024 792 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of time limit for compliance under section 54 to 54GB

Income Tax : For claiming exemption Section 54 to 54 GB of the Act, for which last date falls between 01st April. 2021 to 28th February, 2022 m...

January 6, 2023 21432 Views 1 comment Print

Govt Extends due dates under Income Tax Law & Benami laws

Income Tax : Vide Income Tax Notification No. 35/2020 dated 24.06.2020  govt extends  Due date for ITR for FY 2018-19  upto 31.07.2020, Last...

June 24, 2020 263715 Views 11 comments Print

Amendments to Capital Gains Accounts Scheme, 2012

Income Tax : Notification No. 44/2012-Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 54, sub-section (2) of secti...

October 25, 2012 7344 Views 0 comment Print


Exemption Under 54 & 54F In Case of Reconstructed Building: Delhi High Court

August 1, 2025 2172 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court upheld that exemptions under Sections 54 and 54F are applicable even if a reconstructed property contains multiple independent residential units.

Exemption u/s 54F was allowable even though balance payment of consideration for purchase of residential house was made by third-Party

July 29, 2025 381 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee claimed deduction under section 54F on the basis that the long-term capital gain earned from the transfer of tenancy/possessory rights was invested for the purchase of a residential flat.

Writ against provisional attachment order u/s. 5(1) of PMLA not entertained due to availability of statutory remedy

July 28, 2025 783 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that writ against provisional attachment order passed u/s. 5(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act [PMLA] is not maintainable since efficacious alternative statutory remedy available. Accordingly, writ dismissed.

Exemption u/s. 54F and 54B cannot be denied solely on ground of non-adherence to strict time limits

July 15, 2025 900 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that exemption u/s. 54F and 54B of the Income Tax Act cannot be denied solely on the ground of non-adherence to strict time limits. Accordingly, the assessee is entitled to claim the deduction in respect of investments made beyond the prescribed time period.

Exemption u/s. 54 granted as amount utilized within extended time under TOLA

July 9, 2025 2583 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that denial of exemption under section 54 of the Income Tax Act on account of non-utilization of consideration not justified as utilization done within extended time limit for making the investment under the TOLA. Accordingly, exemption u/s. 54 granted and appeal allowed.

ED Search at Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corp Not Harassment: Madras HC

July 5, 2025 1149 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that search conducted by Directorate of Enforcement at Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd [TASMAC] under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is lawful and cannot be termed as harassment.

Tax Implications on Sale of Jointly Held Properties

July 5, 2025 15522 Views 2 comments Print

Understand capital gains tax on jointly held properties in India. Learn about beneficial ownership, funding patterns, clubbing provisions, and Section 54 exemptions for co-owners.

Purchase of four shops and one room doesn’t qualify for exemption u/s. 54: ITAT Agra

July 4, 2025 321 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Agra held that property purchased, being four shops at ground floor and one room at first floor, was predominantly commercial in nature and hence disqualifies for exemption under section 54 of the Income Tax Act. Hence, appeal dismissed.

Absence of three persons rules out agreement from scope of intermediary services: Refund granted

July 2, 2025 1071 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that absence of three persons straightaway rule out the agreement from the scope of intermediary services. Thus, refund granted as independent services provided qualifies as export of services u/s. 2(6) of IGST Act.

CIT(A) should have admitted alternate claim of Section 54 Exemption: ITAT Delhi

June 27, 2025 651 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi sets aside CIT(A) order, remanding Amit Gupta’s reassessment case for fresh review of Section 54F deduction and validity of Section 147 reopening

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