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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

Allowances / Exemptions Under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Explore the latest exemptions, deductions and allowances available under the Income-tax Act for AY 2026-27. The guide covers salar...

July 4, 2026 491689 Views 40 comments Print

Section 54F vs Section 86: Has Anything Really Changed?

Income Tax : The Income Tax Bill, 2025 renumbers Section 54F as Section 86 while retaining the existing conditions, computation, and exemption ...

July 2, 2026 489 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

Taxation of Capital Gain in India – FAQs

Income Tax : This guide explains the taxation of capital gains, computation methods, capital assets, and transfer provisions under the Income-t...

June 24, 2026 496411 Views 165 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


Karnataka HC Quashed Reassessment as It Was Based on Mere Change of Opinion

Income Tax : Karnataka High Court held that reopening a completed scrutiny assessment without fresh tangible material is impermissible as it am...

July 3, 2026 252 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 579 Views 0 comment Print

Indexed Cost Can’t Be Reduced When Entire Property Rights Are Surrendered: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : ITAT held ₹33 crore settled rights over the entire land, allowing full indexed acquisition cost and rejecting proportionate rest...

July 3, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

Structural Improvements Qualify as Construction for Section 54F Deduction: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held that substantial construction and structural improvements satisfied Section 54F. AO was directed to allow the deduction....

July 1, 2026 234 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


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


Section 54/54F exemption cannot be disallowed merely for closure of capital gain account without NOC of AO

August 13, 2022 1722 Views 0 comment Print

Closer of capital gain account without NOC of AO, the broad provisions and compliance of law surpass the mere default in not taking prior permission of ITO before closer of account

No Section 54F exemption on House purchased by Wife from her fund

August 4, 2022 1710 Views 0 comment Print

Dilip B. Mundada Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) Jurisdictional High Court and other Hon’ble High Courts and ITAT Pune have held that for availing the benefit of deduction u/s 54F the new asset shall be purchased in the name of the assessee. Applying the said proposition of law to the present case, we hold that the […]

‘Purchase’ under Section 54F of Income Tax Act, 1961

August 4, 2022 4689 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding Section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961: A detailed overview of the recent judgment and its implications on claiming capital gain exemption.

Section 54F Deduction allowable on Independent Residential Units in single building

July 31, 2022 1356 Views 0 comment Print

Venkatesharaiyer Subramanian Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai) There could be no quarrel on the fact that post-amendment to Sec. 54F, as applicable from AY 2015-16, deduction u/s 54F could not be claimed on purchase / construction of more than one residential house. However, the factual matrix would reveal that the assessee has made investment in one […]

HUF Eligible For section 54F Exemption for Property Purchased in Joint Name of Members

July 26, 2022 3051 Views 0 comment Print

S.K. Agarwal (HUF) Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) It is an admitted fact that during the AY 2015-16, the assessee HUF sold a plot of land and earned capital gain which it claimed exempt under section 54F as the assessee purchased a residential house. The only cause of denial of exemption by the Revenue is that […]

Section 54F Deduction available on reinvestment in twin residential units

July 21, 2022 5115 Views 0 comment Print

Held that a residential house for the purpose of section 54F(1) deduction can indeed cover multiple units in same or different towers or residential blocks

Section 54F deduction eligible against new residential house acquired outside India

July 18, 2022 2499 Views 0 comment Print

Held that deduction u/s 54F is available against new residential house acquired outside India as provisions of section 54F doesn’t use the word ‘in India’.

No section 271(1)(c) penalty for Mere Disallowance of section 54F Claim

July 3, 2022 2706 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Ashif Mehbbobelahi Rushnaiwala (ITAT Ahmedabad) CIT(A) deleted the penalty levied on the disallowance of exemption u/s 54F of the Act noting that the assessee had furnished all particulars relating to the claim of exemption by way of investment in residential properties, that the claim was made under the boanfide belief that all investment […]

Multiple Flats not linked to each other cannot be treated as Single Residential House

July 2, 2022 1509 Views 0 comment Print

It was the submission that assessee has acquired multiple units and, therefore, the assessee is not entitled to claim of exemption u/s. 54F

Section 271(c) penalty not imposable on Deletion of 54F Disallowance

June 16, 2022 534 Views 0 comment Print

Impugned Section 271(c) penalty has arisen in consequence to the lower authorities action disallowing the assessee’s section 54F deduction claim. And in assessee’s quantum appeal ITAT has already deleted the foregoing 54F disallowance and therefore, penalty in issue herein has no legs to stands as a necessary corollary.

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