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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 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


Section 54F exemption on house purchased in the name of assessee’s wife & son allowed

April 1, 2023 11112 Views 0 comment Print

Mukkamala Srihari Rao Vs ACIT (ITAT Ranchi) Whether the sale consideration received by a person from sale of capital asset if applied in the name of his wife or son for purchasing/constructing residential house whether the assessee can claim deduction u/s. 54F or 54 of the Act?. From going through the decision(s) relied on by […]

Individual resident of 60 years or more not having business income is not required to pay advance tax

March 24, 2023 1608 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that as per provisions of section 207 of the Income Tax Act, an individual resident of 60 years or more and not having income chargeable under the head ‘profit and gains’ of business or profession is not required to pay the advance tax.

Section 54 Exemption from Tax on Sale of House

March 15, 2023 9450 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about Section 54 exemption from capital gains tax on the sale of a house property as per the Finance Act 2023. Understand eligibility, conditions, limits, consequences, and revocation of the exemption.

ITAT restricts section 54 deduction to one floor of residential house

March 11, 2023 6024 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that deduction under section 54 of the Income Tax Act restricted to only for one floor (3rd floor) as assessee failed to establish that two floors (3rd and 4th floor) is one residential house.

ITAT Restricted section 54 exemption as investment in house property was done jointly

March 8, 2023 12612 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that when the investment in house property is done jointly, claim under section 54 of the Income Tax Act is restricted to the 50%.

Prior to 01.04.2020, capital gain exemption u/s 54 was allowed to be claimed without filing return

March 6, 2023 8010 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that prior to amendment in section 139(1) of the Income Tax Act effective from 01.04.2020, exemption under section 54, 54B, 54D, 54EC, 54F, 54G, 54GA or 54GB can be claimed even without filing income tax return.

Amendment in Capital Gain exemption under Section 54 & 54F – Budget 2023

March 4, 2023 55038 Views 1 comment Print

Explore the amendments in Capital Gain exemptions under Section 54 & 54F in the Budget 2023, aiming to limit exemptions for high net worth individuals.

Deduction u/s 54 of Income Tax Act not available on sale of vacant plot

March 3, 2023 3507 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that sale of vacant plot is not eligible for deduction under section 54 of the Income Tax Act.

Major amendments in Budget 2023 relating to Capital Gains

March 1, 2023 16545 Views 1 comment Print

Learn about the major amendments in Budget 2023 related to Capital Gains, including changes affecting Residential House Property, Gold, and Market Linked Debentures.

Amendments by Finance Act, 2023 related to Tax on Capital gain

February 25, 2023 23619 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Act 2023 redefines capital gains Introduces amendments in Sec 54, 54F, and 45(5A), caps exemptions, and modifies MLD taxation. Embracing clarity and fairness in capital gain taxation.

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