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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


Capital Gain Tax Exemption on Residential Property: Landmark Judgments – Part A

January 9, 2025 226392 Views 16 comments Print

Explore landmark judgments on capital gain tax exemptions under Sections 54 and 54F of the Income Tax Act. Key highlights from ITAT and High Court cases explained.

Delay in submission of physical certified copy of order for appeal u/s. 107 under GST condoned

January 8, 2025 1047 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that delay in submission of physical copy of certified order condoned since online filing of an appeal u/s. 107 of CGST Act, 2017 along with order within time limit.

Refund for unutilized ITC was not allowed except in specific circumstances u/s 54 of CGST

January 6, 2025 807 Views 0 comment Print

The blocking and unblocking of ITC by the SGST authorities between 20.03.2021 and 07.07.2021 were not subject matter of any litigation where the issue of legality or correctness of such blocking was determined.

Levy of IGST on ocean freight unconstitutional: Delhi HC

December 28, 2024 753 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that levy of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on ocean freight is unconstitutional. Accordingly, directed department to refund service tax paid on ocean freight during April to June 2017.

Entertaining claim of deduction otherwise than a revised return not permissible: ITAT Chennai

December 25, 2024 708 Views 0 comment Print

Further, the change in the claim of deduction or status of the assessee would not mount to mistake apparent from records, and, as such, it cannot be rectified u/s. 154 of the Act.

Fair market value on area allotted under occupancy certificated accepted: ITAT Bangalore

December 20, 2024 540 Views 0 comment Print

AO also made an addition on account of refundable security deposits paid by the developer to the assessee while entering the Joint Development Agreement as income of the assessee.

Exemption u/s. 54F admissible in respect of only one residential property: Delhi HC

December 18, 2024 1941 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that in case of investment in two residential properties, exemption under section 54F of the Income Tax Act is available in respect of only one of the two residential properties. Accordingly, appeal dismissed.

Requirement of separate notification for cross-empowerment u/s. 6(1) of CGST Act referred to division bench

December 10, 2024 1509 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that the issue relating requirement of separate notification as contemplated by the provisions of section 6(1) of the CGST Act for cross-empowerment requires an authoritative pronouncement by a Division Bench of this Court.

Income Tax Implications on Sale of Property in India

December 10, 2024 36594 Views 5 comments Print

Understand capital gains tax, exemptions under Sections 54/54F, TDS rates, and tax filing requirements for property sales in India, including for non-residents.

Units allotted to commercial space buyers not to be excluded from CIRP of Corporate Debtor

December 9, 2024 1032 Views 0 comment Print

Thus, the prayer of the Appellant to exclude the commercial space from the Resolution Plan, could not have been accepted, nor any direction could have been issued for registration of Sale Deed.

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