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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


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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


GST Refund Application U/S 54 Beyond Relevant Date Liable for Rejection

March 5, 2025 2079 Views 0 comment Print

This is because the granite blocks, which had been exported by the petitioner, were zero rated goods and consequently, the relevant date would be explanation 2 (a) (i) to Section 54 (14) of the CGST Act.

Supply of Holographic Stickers Not Taxable supply: Madras HC Allows GST Refund

February 23, 2025 1287 Views 0 comment Print

In the recent judgment Hon’ble Madras HC allowed writ petition to claim refund under the category of Excess payment on tax which was paid by the petitioner on holographic stickers affixed on beer bottles

GST Refund Limitation on Salary Forfeiture Starts from clarifying Circular Date: Gujarat HC

February 22, 2025 1089 Views 0 comment Print

This amount of tax had been deposited by assessee from its own pockets and the GST on the amount of notice pay recovery was deposited by assessee as and when such recovery was made.

ITAT Bangalore Remands Section 54 Exemption Case for Review

February 19, 2025 1776 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore sets aside CIT(A) order in Section 54 exemption case due to lack of documents. The case is remanded for fresh review.

HC directs Refund of Ocean Freight Tax to Petitioner for refund to Consumers

February 18, 2025 720 Views 0 comment Print

After pronouncement of the Judgment of this Court, the petitioner stopped paying IGST on ocean freight in respect of the CIF contracts and also claimed the refund of the IGST already paid on the ocean freight on the basis of the said Judgment.

ITAT Directs Reassessment in ₹1.8 Crore Capital Gains & Section 54 exemption denial Case

February 16, 2025 1374 Views 0 comment Print

Chennai ITAT directs AO to review e-notices and deductions u/s 54 in ₹1.8 crore capital gains case, giving assessee another chance to present evidence.

No Transfer Under Section 2(47) for Immovable Property Contract Without Consideration

February 14, 2025 1002 Views 0 comment Print

In the recent ruling HC of Telangana have held that assessee is eligible to claim capital gain after observing that the possession of the immovable property has not been handed over to the developer as contemplated u/s 53A of the Transfer of the Property Act, 1882.

Sections 54 & 54F Apply to One Residential House Unless Adjacent Units Form a Single Unit

February 7, 2025 1752 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai ruled on Neville J Pereira vs. ITO, addressing Section 54 exemption for multiple residential flats. Analysis of capital gains and judicial precedents.

Capital gain tax set aside as land not situated within municipal limits: ITAT Jodhpur

January 28, 2025 924 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jodhpur held that addition of income and capital gain tax levied thereon is liable to be set aside as land not situated within the municipal limits of Sardarsahar. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee allowed.

No Appeal U/s. 61 of IBC maintainable post Corporate Debtor dissolution: NCLAT Delhi

January 28, 2025 438 Views 0 comment Print

NCLAT rules that appeals under Section 61 of IBC are invalid after corporate debtor dissolution. Explore the judgment on corporate insolvency proceedings.

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