Exemption Under Section 54EC of Income Tax Act, 1961- Amendment, Articles, News Notifications, Judgments and Detailed Analysis at one place
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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 Chandigarh ITAT held that deduction under Section 54 cannot be restricted merely because the new residential property is joint...
Income Tax : The appellate authority had rejected the exemption claim on limitation grounds, but ITAT held that the assessee’s explanation re...
Income Tax : The Surat ITAT held that for assessment years prior to AY 2013-14, the DVO had no authority under Section 55A to reduce the fair m...
Income Tax : Eempt income, which were disallowed under Section 14A could not be automatically added back to compute the book profit for Minimum...
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 : 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...
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 –
Gain arising on transfer of ESOP options should be taxed as long term capital gains where the holding period was more than 3 years as assessee acquired a valuable and transferable right and the right of share constituted capital assets from the date of grant.
Whether the Right to own the Property is a Capital Asset? What is a capital asset is defined in section 2(14) of the I.T. Act, 1961. Under that provision, a capital asset means property of any kind held by an assessee, whether or not connected with his business or profession. The other sub-clauses which deal with what property is not included in the definition of capital asset are not relevant. Under section 2(47), a transfer in relation to a capital asset is defined as including the sale, exchange or relinquishment of the asset or the astonishment of any right therein or the compulsory acquisition thereof under any law.
The benefit under section 54EC can be availed of 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 sells any capital asset (wef A.Y 2019-20, the said long term capital asset shall be land or building or both) which he has held for a period exceeding 24 months. An exception is his holding of shares in which the holding period has been fixed at one year.
Introduction- The topic of taxation of capital gains on real estate transaction under the income tax act is live and ever interesting topic from point of view of all concerned with such taxation. This is one set of provisions in the Act which has raised maximum number of issues of interpretation. In the recent years several amendments have been brought about in the income tax act relating to computation and chargeability of capital gain. Frequent changes have only added to the complexity of an already complicated subject.
Article Explains Exemption / Deduction under Section 54, Section 54EC & Section 54F of Income Tax Act, 1961 with FAQs and Case Laws. It explains regarding Capital Gain Account Scheme, deduction on multiple sales & purchases of residential houses, capital gains arising from sale of more than one house
Article Explains all about Section 54, Section 54B, Section 54D, Section 54G/ 54GA in case of shifting to SEZ, Section 54EC, Section 54F and Section 54GB
