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A person wanted to shift his residence due to certain reason, hence, he sold his old house and from the sale proceeds he purchased another house. In this case the objective of the seller was not to earn income by sale of old house but to acquire another suitable house.
Chain Singh Mundra Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) In the instant case, the limited dispute relates to whether the assessee has transferred a residential house or not. On perusal of the Sale Deed executed by the assessee, it is noticed that what has been transferred is an industrial plot No.C-10 alongwith construction thereon situated at Sector […]
ITO Vs Sanika Avadhoot Shilotri (ITAT Mumbai) When the developer failed to provide original flat then it had offered another flat in the building which was to be constructed on a future date. When the assessee has booked the flat that property was not in existing and it was a property to be constructed in […]
Mathew Pradeep Francis Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) In the instant case, we noticed that the assessee has made investment in acquiring new residential house property within the time given in section 54 of the Act and also within the time limit prescribed u/s 139(4) for filing revised return of income. Accordingly, following the binding decision […]
Y. Manjula Reddy Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) The next impediment in the minds of the tax authorities was that the plot was purchased jointly in the name of the assessee and her husband and hence it should be held that both held 50% right each and hence the assessee could have purchased only her husband’s […]
Hiren Himmatsingh Rathod Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) It is a fact that the assessee had incurred the cost for making the new property inhabitable before taking over possession of the same but considering the provision of the act we do not find any embargo in granting relief to the assessee under Section 54 of the […]
The passport to derive benefit under sec. 54F(1) is investment in construction of property within the period required u/s 54(1)F or to invest in residential property within the stipulated time for enabling deduction under section 54F of the Act.
1. WHAT IS SECTION 54? As we all know that on selling or transferring a capital asset like property, capital gains arise which are taxable in the hands of the assessee/ taxpayer. Under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act, an individual or HUF selling a residential house property can claim exemption from such capital […]
There is nothing in Section 54/54F which specify that the residential house should be constructed in a particular manner. Any person will construct his house according to his need and on the basis of future requirements.
ITAT Mumbai held that for claiming exemption under section 54 Date on which possession is by the Assessee should be taken as the date of purchase and further section only require Assessee to purchase/Construct a residential house within the specified period and source of funds is quite irrelevant.
