Exemption Under Section 54EC of Income Tax Act, 1961- Amendment, Articles, News Notifications, Judgments and Detailed Analysis at one place
Income Tax : The new law treats gains from depreciable assets as short-term capital gains for all purposes, not merely for computation. This ef...
Income Tax : This article explains how Section 54EC allows exemption from long-term capital gains through investment in notified bonds. The key...
Income Tax : Learn about capital gains tax exemptions under Sections 54 to 54GB of the Income Tax Act, conditions for eligibility, and withdraw...
Income Tax : Comprehensive summary of capital gains—definition, classification, computation, exemptions, reinvestment reliefs, and procedures...
Income Tax : This report provides a consolidated overview of the critical monetary threshold limits stipulated under various sections of the In...
Income Tax : Representation against Extension of time limit under section 54 to 54GB without extension of Income Tax Return due date Vidarbha I...
Corporate Law : It has been decided to close the 54 EC capital gain bond issue 2022-23 of NHAI with Immediate effect. Accordingly, please ensure t...
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...
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,...
Income Tax : In furtherance of the existing proviso to section 54EC, a new proviso has been inserted to clarify that the investment made by an ...
Income Tax : The tribunal held that the holding period of the previous owner must be included when property is acquired through inheritance or ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that cash received as part of sale consideration for immovable property does not automatically attract pen...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that compensation and hardship allowance received during redevelopment are capital receipts and cannot be taxed...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that land cost must be allocated based on saleable/built-up area under the JDA, not total land area. It directed...
Income Tax : The issue was whether an appeal could be dismissed solely for delay without examining merits. The Tribunal held that where delay i...
Income Tax : Ministry of Finance notifies IREDA bonds issued post-July 9, 2025, as long-term specified assets under Section 54EC for income tax...
Income Tax : HUDCO bonds issued after April 1, 2025, notified as long-term assets under Section 54EC for capital gains exemption, usable for in...
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...
Income Tax : The Government of India in IEBR for FY 2022-23 have not mandated NHAI to raise funds from the market. Therefore. NHAI shall not is...
Income Tax : Central Government notifies Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited 54EC Capital Gains Bond issued by Indian Railway Finance Co...
Booking of bare shell of a flat was a case of construction of house property and not purchase, and since construction had been completed within three years of sale of original asset, assessee was duly entitled to deduction under section 54.
The persons having long-term capital gain can avail exemption under various sections by making prescribed investments. The long-term capital gains are usually taxed @ 20%. This tax can be saved by making investments as per section 54, 54EC and 54F. Section 54: Profit on sale of property used for residence: Capital gain arising on transfer of […]
Specified bond for Section 54EC of Income Tax Act – 1961 The benefit under section 54EC can be availed only if there is an income from a capital asset, being long-term in nature. Long-term capital gains are the profit that a person makes when he sale any capital asset (w.e.f A.Y 2019-20, the said long term capital asset shall […]
The claim of deduction under section 54EC could not be disallowed since assessee has demonstrated that non–investment in REC Bonds within the stipulated period was due to non–availability of bonds in the market.
In the given case the issue under consideration is that whether capital gains, which were exempt under section 54EC could be reckoned for purpose of computing book profit under section 115JA
Date of transfer of property to compute the six-months period for the purpose of claiming deduction under section 54EC could not be taken from the date when the purchase agreement was registered because the transfer would complete after additional stamp duty to complete the process of registration was paid by assessee.
Buying a house is a dream for millions of people in India. The government has provided various tax benefits to individuals to encourage them to buy a house property under the ‘housing for all’ initiative. One of the important things to note is that if the property is held jointly, individuals can receive additional tax […]
While giving full effect to the deeming fiction contained under section 50C of the Act for the purpose of computation of the capital gain under section 48, for which section 50C is specifically enacted, the automatic fallout thereof would be that the computation of the assessee’s capital gain and consequently the computation of exemption under section 54EC, shall have to be worked out on the basis of substituted deemed sale consideration of transfer of capital asset in terms of section 50C of the Act.
Where assessee had deposited sale consideration amount in the Escrow Account as a security in respect of future liabilities of the company/ transferor, the year of taxability, irrespective of the delay in making investment in REC Bonds on account of uncertainty involved for receiving the amount, the year of taxability was year of receipt and therefore, assessee was eligible for deduction under section 54EC.
Where the capital gain arises from transfer of long-term capital asset being land or building or both, and the assessee has, at any time within a period of six months after the date of such transfer invested the whole or any part of capital gains, in the ‘long-term specified assets’, then the capital gain shall be dealt with in accordance with the following provisions of section –
