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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 491683 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 486 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 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


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 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


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 54F exemption cannot be denied for Home Loan default

July 24, 2020 10035 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the default in home loan by the owner of the property can be the reason to disallow the capital gain deduction u/s 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961?

Section 54/54F- Cost of new residential house includes cost of land also!

July 24, 2020 28464 Views 5 comments Print

This article aims to highlight the meaning of ‘Cost of new residential house’ in the context of deduction under section 54 of Income Tax Act. To resolve the controversy of claiming deduction under section 54/54F of the Act, ‘cost of new residential property includes cost of land’.

Section 54/54F exemption: ITAT directs AO to consider additional evidence

July 24, 2020 1050 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the tribunal can give fresh opportunity to the assessee to submit evidence which assessee might not have been able to provide at the time of hearing?

Law Vs Case Law> Role of A Professional (CA & Lawyer) (Part II)

July 20, 2020 1746 Views 0 comment Print

This is a supplement to the earlier published Article under the above Title (‘the earlier Article’). Law Vs Case Law Role of A Professional (CA And Lawyer)- Part I 1.The idea of acquiring and holding a ‘Unit’ in a building, with ‘ownership’ rights, – notwithstanding its peculiar characteristics, as distinct from an independent and exclusively […]

Law Vs Case Law Role of A Professional (CA And Lawyer)- Part I

July 14, 2020 3501 Views 0 comment Print

By and large,  clients engage CAs  for professional assistance, from the initial stage of preparing and filing tax return,  then during the assessment proceedings, and, thereafter, up to the second appeal stage of ITAT for representation.

Prior to A.Y. 2015-16 word ‘a’ employed under Section 54 can include plural residential houses

July 10, 2020 1911 Views 2 comments Print

If the word ‘a’ as employed under Section 54 prior to its amendment and substitution by the words ‘one’ with effect from 01.04.2015 could not include plural units of residential houses, there was no need to amend the said provisions by Finance Act No.2 of 2014 with effect from 01.04.2015 which the Legislature specifically made it clear to operate only prospectively from A.Y.2015-2016.

Mere Expense on Electricity & Water bills won’t convert Status of Plot of Land into Residential Property

July 7, 2020 2892 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the expense on electricity and water bill will convert the status of plot of land into residential property and accordingly assessee will be eligible for deduction u/s 54?

Check new deadlines to file ITR for FY20, FY19 & Other due dates

June 25, 2020 2652 Views 0 comment Print

Vide Income Tax Notification No.35/2020 dated 24.06.2020 government extends various due date upto 31st July, 2020. The salient features of which are as under: 1) The time of filing of original as well as revised income tax returns of the FY 18-19 (AY 2019-20) has been extended to 31st July, 2020. 2) The returns of […]

Decoding ‘One House’, ‘One Unit’ Concept in Section 54F

June 24, 2020 22023 Views 5 comments Print

Assesses wanting to claim exemption u/s 54F should ensure that there is unity of structure and they are indeed just independent units and not independent houses altogether that are located in different places.

Govt Extends due dates under Income Tax Law & Benami laws

June 24, 2020 264081 Views 11 comments Print

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 date for investments to be eligible for deduction under Chapter VI-A i.e. 80C, 80D etc for the FY 2019-20 [AY 2020-21] upto 31.07.2020, Last date for ITR for FY 2019-20 [AY 2020-21] upto 30.11.2020, Last […]

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