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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 177 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 263712 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


No Section 54B Deduction on Agriculture Land Purchased in Wife’s Name: ITAT Chandigarh

May 14, 2025 1263 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that deduction u/s 54B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not admissible if the new capital asset i.e. agriculture land is purchased in the name of wife of the assessee. Accordingly, appeal of assessee partly allowed.

Section 54 Benefit Allowed for Property Purchased Jointly with Spouse

May 14, 2025 1377 Views 0 comment Print

Summary of ITAT Mumbai decision in Tejal Kaushal Shah vs ITO case. Examines Section 54 deduction for joint property and Section 23 deemed rental income dispute.

Passing of order under rule 96(10) of CGST Rules after its omission is invalid

May 12, 2025 1035 Views 0 comment Print

Uttarakhand High Court held that order is invalid since the same is passed invoking the provisions of rule 96(10) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 [CGST Rules] after the same was omitted on 8th October 2004.

Date of allotment letter to be considered for holding period of property: ITAT Mumbai

May 2, 2025 3621 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that date of allotment letter, rather than date on which purchase deed of conveyance was entered, should be considered for holding period of the property. Accordingly, appeal of assessee allowed.

Liquidation Order Revocation Under Section 33(2) Not Possible Post Asset Transfer to Auction Buyer

April 24, 2025 456 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT Chennai held that post completion of liquidation process and property of Corporate Debtor is handed over to Successful Auction Purchaser, order u/s. 33(2) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, directing liquidation of corporate debtor’s cannot be revoked.

Will allotment date of property will be considered over registration date? Analysis of LTCG computation for real estate assets

April 21, 2025 9180 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT clarifies LTCG on property: Allotment date, not registration, determines holding period. Impact on tax, Sec 54/54F claims.

NCLT rejects Private Sale by Liquidator for Lack of Maximization Strategy for Asset Realization

April 17, 2025 693 Views 0 comment Print

NCLT Mumbai held that the private sale has to be conducted by the liquidator in a manner so as to maximize the realizations from the sale of assets. Since strategy to maximize realisation from sale of assets absent.

No addition sustains if addition based on which reasons recorded for reopening got deleted

April 14, 2025 1488 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that once addition on the basis of which reasons recorded for reopening of assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act has been deleted, then, other addition made are not sustainable in law. Accordingly, appeal allowed.

ITAT Indore Deletes Addition for Property Investment, Accepts Loan from Brother & Wife’s Payment as Sources

April 2, 2025 1236 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Indore deleted Rs. 70.13 lakh investment addition, ruling source of funds sufficiently explained, overturning part of CIT(A) order.

GST Refund admissible if State of Telangana failed to transfer relevant TDS amount pertaining to State of Maharashtra

April 1, 2025 435 Views 0 comment Print

The petitioner raised bills on respondent No.4 based on the works executed from time to time, TDS @ 2% on the total value of the bills were recovered by respondent No.4 for the value of works executed in the State of Telangana and Maharashtra.

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