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Various Threshold Limits under Income Tax Act

Income Tax : A consolidated guide to Income-tax Act threshold limits for AY 2026-27 covering exemptions, deductions, TDS, TCS, compliance and p...

July 4, 2026 369776 Views 44 comments Print

Section 54 Exemption Must Be Computed Asset-Wise as Each House Transfer Is a Separate Source of Capital Gain: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. Aggregating gains from multiple t...

July 2, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

Various Income Tax exemptions available against Capital Gains

Income Tax : Learn the exemptions available under Sections 54 to 54GB of the Income-tax Act, including eligible investments, timelines, exempti...

June 30, 2026 7884 Views 0 comment Print

Can Capital Gains Exemption Be Claimed If House Is Bought in Spouse’s/Family Members Name?

Income Tax : This article examines conflicting judicial views on whether capital gains exemption is available when a new residential house is p...

June 18, 2026 1380 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption for Capital Gains on Residential Property Transfer

Income Tax : Section 54 grants exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of a residential house because the proceeds are reinvested in...

June 10, 2026 100575 Views 5 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 11793 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 3225 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 15996 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 32715 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 77535 Views 20 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


1439-day delay in Filing Appeal Condoned & Matter Remanded for Fresh Assessment: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata condoned appeal delay, set aside the CIT(A)'s order, and remanded the assessment for fresh adjudication after grantin...

July 5, 2026 255 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Gains from Sale of Multiple Residential Houses Eligible for Section 54 Exemption If Invested in One Residential House

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54 permits exemption where capital gains from more than one residential house are invested in a single resi...

July 3, 2026 366 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54/54F Exemption Allowed despite Non-CGAS Deposit if Sale Proceeds Invested in House on Time

Income Tax : ITAT held that exemption under Sections 54/54F cannot be denied where sale proceeds are invested in a residential house within the...

July 3, 2026 573 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption Available for Every House Sold: Bengaluru ITAT

Income Tax : The ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. The benefit cannot be restric...

June 30, 2026 735 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad Quashes Addition as AO Exceeded Limited Scrutiny Scope

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the Assessing Officer exceeded the scope of limited scrutiny by treating capital gains as business income w...

June 27, 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 873 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 21555 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 264081 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 7452 Views 0 comment Print


Amendment to 6th proviso to section 139(1) applicable w.e.f. AY 2020-21

June 16, 2022 3630 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Ashaba Rajendrasinh Vs CIT (ITAT Rajkot) Ld. CIT(A) while rejecting the claim of the assessee observed that the assessee was mandatorily required to file the return of income for the year under consideration which he has failed to do. In that view of the matter the claim of deduction under section 54 has been […]

Section 54- Exemption from Capital Gain arising on Transfer of House

June 4, 2022 476764 Views 68 comments Print

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.

No Section 54 exemption on Gain on Sale of industrial plot of land with office-cum-residential structure

May 23, 2022 9672 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

ITAT allows Section 54 Exemption on Notional value of Flat to be constructed in future time

May 22, 2022 1923 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Section 54 deduction allowable for investment within time limit prescribed u/s 139(4)

May 8, 2022 1599 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Section 54F Deduction not deniable for mere mention of Name of Spouse in Purchase deed

May 8, 2022 1929 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Section 54 exemption eligible on Expense for making house habitable

April 30, 2022 2187 Views 0 comment Print

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 […]

Section 54 Deduction available on incomplete construction too consideration received used for constructing a residential house

April 23, 2022 3768 Views 0 comment Print

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.

Exemption under Section 54 of Income Tax Act, 1961

April 6, 2022 35343 Views 2 comments Print

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 […]

Section 54/54F: Several Independent Units Can Constitute ‘A Residential House’?

March 16, 2022 9657 Views 0 comment Print

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.

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