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Various Threshold Limits under Income Tax Act

Income Tax : A consolidated guide to Income-tax Act threshold limits for AY 2026-27 covering exemptions, deductions, TDS, TCS, compliance and p...

July 4, 2026 369776 Views 44 comments Print

Section 54 Exemption Must Be Computed Asset-Wise as Each House Transfer Is a Separate Source of Capital Gain: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. Aggregating gains from multiple t...

July 2, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

Various Income Tax exemptions available against Capital Gains

Income Tax : Learn the exemptions available under Sections 54 to 54GB of the Income-tax Act, including eligible investments, timelines, exempti...

June 30, 2026 7884 Views 0 comment Print

Can Capital Gains Exemption Be Claimed If House Is Bought in Spouse’s/Family Members Name?

Income Tax : This article examines conflicting judicial views on whether capital gains exemption is available when a new residential house is p...

June 18, 2026 1380 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption for Capital Gains on Residential Property Transfer

Income Tax : Section 54 grants exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of a residential house because the proceeds are reinvested in...

June 10, 2026 100575 Views 5 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 11793 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 3225 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 15996 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 32715 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 77535 Views 20 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


1439-day delay in Filing Appeal Condoned & Matter Remanded for Fresh Assessment: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata condoned appeal delay, set aside the CIT(A)'s order, and remanded the assessment for fresh adjudication after grantin...

July 5, 2026 255 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Gains from Sale of Multiple Residential Houses Eligible for Section 54 Exemption If Invested in One Residential House

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54 permits exemption where capital gains from more than one residential house are invested in a single resi...

July 3, 2026 366 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54/54F Exemption Allowed despite Non-CGAS Deposit if Sale Proceeds Invested in House on Time

Income Tax : ITAT held that exemption under Sections 54/54F cannot be denied where sale proceeds are invested in a residential house within the...

July 3, 2026 573 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption Available for Every House Sold: Bengaluru ITAT

Income Tax : The ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. The benefit cannot be restric...

June 30, 2026 735 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad Quashes Addition as AO Exceeded Limited Scrutiny Scope

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the Assessing Officer exceeded the scope of limited scrutiny by treating capital gains as business income w...

June 27, 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 873 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 21555 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 264081 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 7452 Views 0 comment Print


Joint Property Bought by Husband, Entirely His Investment: ITAT Deletes Addition in Wife’s Hands

September 11, 2025 2148 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi partly allows assessee’s appeal, holding Rs.70.46 lakh addition for Kolkata property wrongly made in wife’s hands; entire investment made and disclosed by husband.

DEPB scrips issued by DGFT cannot be held void by DRI: CESTAT Delhi

September 11, 2025 537 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that the DEPB scrips issued by the DGFT cannot be held ab initio null and void by the DRI or any other Customs Officers. Accordingly, confirmation of the demand under section 125(2) of the Customs Act, 1962 in the impugned order is without any authority of law.

Multiple residential unit construed as single residential house for exemption u/s. 54

September 10, 2025 1170 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that multiple residential units on same floor is construed as single residential house for purpose of exemption under section 54 of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, exemption u/s. 54 allowed and addition deleted.

ITAT Ruling on Section 50C & 54: Indexed Cost of Improvement Allowed

September 10, 2025 1242 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad has ruled on a capital gains case, allowing the cost of property improvement and a Section 54 deduction for a joint investment based on contribution ratio.

Jurisdiction of Collector of Stamps for valuing property not permissible

September 9, 2025 525 Views 0 comment Print

Chhattisgarh High Court held that questioning jurisdiction and authority of collector of Stamps for market value of property transferred under Income Tax Act not permissible since already accepted by petitioner. Accordingly, writ appeal sans merit is dismissed.

ITAT directs AO to adopt Rs. 60/sq.m FMV and verify Section 54F claims

September 9, 2025 363 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT has fixed the fair market value of land at Rs. 60/sq.m. for capital gains calculation and directed the tax authorities to re-examine a taxpayer’s deduction claim under Section 54.

ITAT Bangalore Grants Reasonable Estimate for Cost of Improvement

September 2, 2025 771 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Bangalore allows a reasonable estimate for cost of improvement and remands a case to verify if two adjacent houses can be considered a single unit for a capital gains exemption.

Sec 54 not just Purchase Price – Includes Interiors & Utilities – Habitable Home Costs are Eligible

September 1, 2025 10248 Views 1 comment Print

Chennai ITAT rules that costs for interior work and utility connections for a new home can be included in the LTCG exemption under Section 54 of the IT Act.

GST Refund application filed without debiting Electronic Credit Ledger not lawful: Writ not entertained

September 1, 2025 363 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court didn’t entertain the writ as refund application filed without debiting extent of refund claim amount from Electronic Credit Ledger. Accordingly, writ dismissed as mandatory requirement of filing refund application not complied.

GST notifications on RCM denying ITC on output security services were constitutionally valid under Articles 14 or 19(1)(g)

September 1, 2025 573 Views 0 comment Print

In RCM there was no output tax liability because it was treated as exempt and, therefore, in tune with the objective of GST, credit of ITC could not be claimed in the absence of liability but same could be claimed by the recipient of service.

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