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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


Section 54F- Source of funds is irrelevant & Possession date is Purchase date 

March 13, 2022 13398 Views 1 comment Print

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.

Exemption under section 54, 54B, 54D, 54EC, 54F, 54G & 54GGA

February 18, 2022 30786 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation on Capital Gains in India (Fy 31.03.2022/Ay 2022-23) S. N. Under the head Section 54 Section 54B Section 54D Section 54EC Section 54F Section 54G Section 54GA 1 Nature of Assesse Individual / HUF ‘only’ Individual / HUF ‘only’ ‘All’ assesses All’ assesses Individual / HUF ‘only’ ‘All’ assesses ‘All’ assesses 2 Nature of […]

Section 54 exemption cannot be denied for delay in possession due to builder’s fault 

February 10, 2022 10326 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Vinay Girish Bajpai (ITAT Mumbai) Assessee claimed that he has complied with all the requirements of claiming exemption/deduction under section 54 of the IT Act. He submitted that assessee has made the payment to the builder within the stipulated time. There was some issue of obtaining the completion certificate by the builder. Hence, […]

Section 54 : Allotment date is Relevant to Compute Holding Period

January 10, 2022 4077 Views 0 comment Print

In our considered view, the date of allotment is relevant for the purpose of computing holding period and not the date of registration of conveyance deed as held by the Hon’ble Jurisdictional High Court of Delhi in the case of K. Ramakrishnan 48 com 55

Section 54 exemption eligible on multiple residential houses before A.Y. 2015-16

January 1, 2022 8832 Views 0 comment Print

Sunandan Kumar Minocha Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) ITAT held that assessee is eligible for claim of exemption u/s 54 in respect of purchase of 3 different residential houses and amendment brought in the Finance Act, 2014 w.e.f. 01.04.2015 will not be applicable in AY 2013-14. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF ITAT DELHI Aforesaid appeal […]

Section 54 & 54F of Income Tax Act-Capital Gains Exemption

November 8, 2021 75222 Views 4 comments Print

Hello readers, Today I will discuss Section 54 & section 54F exemptions in simplified manner as Income tax due dates approaching – Section 54 & section 54F of Income tax Act –deals with exemption from tax on LTCG only if used for purchase or construction of a house with in specified limits. There are similarities […]

Section 54 deduction available even on amount invested in excess of share in property

October 22, 2021 2058 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Rachna Arora (ITAT Chandigarh) Solitary issue in the present appeal pertained to claim of exemption u/s 54 of the Act of Long Term Capital Gains earned by the assessee being invested in another property. The shares of three co-owners namely the assessee, her son in law and her daughter in the purchased property […]

Commentary on section 54 of the Income-tax Act, 1961

September 30, 2021 5970 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding section 54 of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Learn about the relief it provides to individuals and HUF on the transfer of residential property.

Section 54 exemption cannot be claimed on the basis of non-genuine agreement

September 24, 2021 1227 Views 0 comment Print

Jayaseelan Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) Shri Jayaseelan (the Appellant) has filed the current appeal being aggrieved against the order dated March 5, 2018 passed by the ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) (the CIT(A)) for the assessment year 2014-15 wherein  the claim of the Appellant claiming benefit under section 54 of the Income Tax Act,1961 […]

Independent Building with multiple Residential Units Eligible For Section 54F Exemption

September 24, 2021 4050 Views 0 comment Print

Ramaiah Harish Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) It was held that an independent building can have a number of residential units and it will not lose the character of one residential house.

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