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Set-off and Carry Forward of Losses: Compliance under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The issue relates to restrictions on adjusting losses against specific incomes. The rules clearly prohibit set-off against gamblin...

April 5, 2026 945 Views 0 comment Print

Carried‑Forward Losses in Amalgamations: Smooth Transition under Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The issue concerns treatment of carried-forward losses when post-merger conditions are breached. The law provides that such benefi...

March 30, 2026 357 Views 0 comment Print

Set-off/Carry Forward of Losses & Deductions during Transition to Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : Losses computed under the earlier law can be carried forward under the new Act. However, eligibility depends strictly on complianc...

March 23, 2026 1149 Views 0 comment Print

Carry Forward and Set Off of Losses with FAQs

Income Tax : Learn the rules for set off and carry forward of income tax losses in India. Covers intra-head and inter-head adjustments, restric...

November 4, 2025 1568056 Views 129 comments Print

Set Off and Carry Forward Provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : An overview of India's tax provisions for set-off and carry forward of losses, covering key sections, conditions, and anti-abuse r...

September 19, 2025 5337 Views 0 comment Print


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Effectively utilize losses to reduce the tax burden

Income Tax : Income tax is a tax on income earned by a taxpayer in a given year. However, activity of a taxpayer may not always result in incom...

February 27, 2009 684 Views 0 comment Print


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Carry Forward Loss Cannot Be Denied After Treating Return as Valid: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that once the return is accepted as valid under Section 139(1), denial of carry forward loss on belated filing g...

February 14, 2026 762 Views 0 comment Print

Eight-minute delay in Return filing cannot justify denial of loss carry forward: Bombay HC

Income Tax : The Court ruled that a marginal eight-minute delay in filing the return could not justify denial of loss carry forward. The order ...

January 30, 2026 3675 Views 0 comment Print

Demerger Loss Carry Forward: Sec 72A(4) Applies; PCIT Revision Using Sec 72A(2) Conditions Invalid

Income Tax : The court ruled that invoking an inapplicable statutory provision vitiates revision. Proper identification of the governing sectio...

January 12, 2026 633 Views 0 comment Print

Non-Speculative F&O Losses Allowed to Set Off Against Capital Gains

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi heard an appeal from Kamal Kant, whose set-off of non-speculative business losses from Futures & Options (F&O) agai...

October 17, 2025 846 Views 0 comment Print

Technicalities Can’t Defeat Justice: ITAT Kolkata Allows Set Off of Losses & MAT Credit

Income Tax : The ITAT in Kolkata ruled that tax claims cannot be denied on technicalities when documentation is on record. The case of Ambika M...

September 19, 2025 570 Views 0 comment Print


Income Tax Loss Set-off and Carry Forward Provisions

July 27, 2023 3981 Views 1 comment Print

Intra-head adjustment allows taxpayers to set off losses from a specific source against income from the same head. For instance, loss from one business can be adjusted against profit from another business.

Loss from derivative trading can be set off against regular business income

July 20, 2023 3852 Views 0 comment Print

Detailed analysis of the ITAT Kolkata ruling in favor of Kippy Engineering Pvt Ltd, where the tribunal deleted an addition made from losses in derivative trading adjusted with business income.

Relief to start-ups in carrying forward and setting off of losses

February 3, 2023 6606 Views 0 comment Print

Time period for carrying forward and setting off of losses of eligible start-ups is increased from 7 years to 10 years from incorporation date

ITAT restore issue of claim of brought forward loss to CIT(A) for passing speaking order

January 15, 2023 933 Views 0 comment Print

Shivdham Industries P. Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Guwahati) It has been stated before us by the ld. Counsel for the assessee that in the return of income filed in Form no. ITR­-6 in Schedule CFL, the assessee has furnished ‘details of loss to be carried forward to future years’ totaling to Rs. 82,89,050/- which included […]

Business Losses set-off allowable against Speculative Income

August 29, 2022 5571 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that unabsorbed business losses can be set off against any income from business, be it speculative or otherwise.

Before 01.04.2017 assessee can set off loss against Section 115BBE income

July 12, 2022 4269 Views 0 comment Print

Heera Kerala Developers Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT  (ITAT Cochin) After hearing the rival submissions we observe from the assessment order passed under Section 143(3) of the Act that there was an addition made by the AO under Section 68 of the Act to the tune of Rs.71,66,000/-which has been set off from the returned loss […]

Non-business expense cannot be claimed as Business expense to set-off against house property Income

July 10, 2022 3147 Views 0 comment Print

C. Krishniah Chetty & Co. Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) The grounds raised by the assessee, are only seeking set off of current year loss against income from house property and carry forward of loss to the future years amounting to Rs.76,26,766/-. The Ld.AR vehemently submitted that, the assessee incurred expenses in terms of […]

Carry Forward & Set Off of Losses in Case of Closely Held Companies [Section 79]

June 15, 2022 6540 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about carry forward and set off of losses in case of closely held companies under Section 79. Understand the conditions for carrying forward losses and make informed financial decisions.

Carry Forward & Set Off of Accumulated Business Losses and Unabsorbed Depreciation in Certain Cases

June 13, 2022 24255 Views 0 comment Print

Carry Forward and Set Off of Accumulated Business Losses and Unabsorbed Depreciation in Certain Cases of Amalgamation, Demerger, Re-organisation of business & Conversion of a company into LLP

Denial of carry forward of business loss for non-completion of statutory audit is unjustified

March 3, 2022 3945 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the carry forward of business loss cannot be denied to the assessee merely on the ground that the statutory audit/tax audit was not completed within the prescribed period.

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