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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 496408 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


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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 576 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


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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 amendment restricting deduction to One Residential House is prospective

March 8, 2021 1044 Views 0 comment Print

Dinesh Chandra Dutta Bhargava Vs DCIT (ITAT Agra) The only question to be adjudicated in the instant case is whether the assessee is entitled for deduction u/s. 54/54F of the Act in the attending circumstances of the case or not and whether the changed legal position of section 54, as noted by ld. CIT(A), is […]

An independent building having multiple residential units can be treated as ‘one residential house” for Section 54F

February 24, 2021 6573 Views 1 comment Print

AO, accordingly, took the view that each of the unit is separate house. Since deduction u/s 54F of the Act is not permitted, if the assessee is having more than one house property, the AO rejected the claim for deduction u/s 54F of the Act.

Section 54F exemption eligible on residential house in daughter’s name

February 22, 2021 8532 Views 0 comment Print

We are of the opinion that the assessee has invested the sale consideration on transfer of Capital Asset in purchasing a new residential property in the name of Smt. Shailaja J who is being married widowed dependent daughter of the assessee and also legal heir of the assessee. Accordingly, we direct the Assessing Officer to grant exemption u/s. 54F of the Act on the amount invested in purchase of residential house in his daughter’s name.

Representation to FM on Concerns of Chartered Accountants

January 30, 2021 3225 Views 0 comment Print

We have not noticed any heed being extended towards various issues and possible solutions we have proposed through those representations to your good selves and it gives an impression to us that the same were safely brushed aside by your ministry.

Request to extend time limits under section 54 to 54GB

January 10, 2021 15996 Views 0 comment Print

KSCAA has requested to Hon’ble Minister of Finance to extend various time limits under section 54 to 54GB of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act). It is requested that various due dates for compliance and completion of specified actions under sections 54 to 54GB of the Act which falls between 20.03.2020 to 30.03.2021 (as against […]

ITAT allows section 54 deduction on multiple flats in same premises

January 6, 2021 8841 Views 0 comment Print

Maurice Patrick De Rebello Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) The facts of the assessee’s case are similar to the case of Smt.K.G.Rukminiamma reported in 331 ITR 221 (Kar.) In the case of K.G.Rukminiamma (supra) the assessee on a site measuring 30′ x 110′ had a residential premises. Under a joint development agreement the assessee gave that […]

Section 54F exemption allowable on sale proceed utilised for construction of residential property Within a period of 3 years

January 5, 2021 1731 Views 0 comment Print

Rajyalakshmi Reguraj Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) The A.O. had restricted the claim of exemption u/s 54F of the I.T.Act for the reason that the assessee had utilized only the sale consideration of Rs.1,75,83,000 out of the balance sale consideration of Rs.1,90,00,000 (Rs.2,40,00,000 – Rs.50,00,000) for the construction of a residential house. Accordingly, proportionately exemption u/s […]

Request for extension of due dates of Tax Audit Reports/ITR

December 19, 2020 32715 Views 19 comments Print

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 assesses be suitably extended, to 28.02.2021,from the current extended due date of 31.12.2020 for AY 2020-21. Simultaneously, the ‘specified date’ for filing tax audit reports be extended from 31.12.2020 to 28.02.2021 as […]

ICAI requests for extension of various Income-tax due dates

December 18, 2020 77535 Views 20 comments Print

Direct Taxes Committee of ICAI has Request(s) for extension of various due dates under Income-tax Act, 1961 especially Tax Audit Reports and related returns including Income Tax Return Forms for AY 2020-21 to Chairman, Central Board of Taxes.  Full text of the Representation is as follows:- Request(s) for extension of various due dates under Income-tax […]

Deduction u/s 54F Not Eligible for Investment Made in two Differently Placed Properties

November 28, 2020 7407 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the investment made in two different properties out of the capital gains is eligible for deduction u/s 54F?

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