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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 969 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 369 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 1170 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 1568116 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 5421 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 690 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 783 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 3687 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 645 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 855 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 573 Views 0 comment Print


Set off of Loss against Income from Other Sources is prohibited wef 01.04.2017

March 9, 2020 1569 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee contended that the Assessing Officer has rightly allowed set off of income from other sources against other heads of income because up to assessment year 2016-2017 there was no prohibition on set off of losses. It was contended that the amendment to section 115BBE of the I.T.Act restricting the set off of any loss was inserted by the Finance Act, 2016 with effect from 01.04.2017 only, hence, not applicable to the concerned assessment year 2015-2016.

Carry forward & set off of losses when changes in shareholding takes place

February 26, 2020 88074 Views 0 comment Print

The existing provisions of section 79 of the Act, inter-alia provides that where a change in shareholding has taken place in a previous year in the case of a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially interested,

Pre Budget Recommendations of Income Tax for Union Budget, 2020

January 22, 2020 22683 Views 2 comments Print

As we all are aware that The Union Budget for 2020-21 will be presented in the Lok Sabha on 1st February, 2020) at 11.00 am by our Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman. As per every year, this year also Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has submitted its Pre Budget Memorandum to the government. Today we […]

Carry Forward and Set off of Losses in tabular form with FAQs

January 11, 2020 193330 Views 12 comments Print

Set off of loss from one source against income from another source under the same head of income/inter- source set-off under the same head of income Any loss in respect of one source shall be set-off against income from other source under the same head of income. But, there are some exception to this.

ITR can be filed in paper form if e-filing not allowing set off of losses

October 22, 2019 1863 Views 0 comment Print

Since the prescribed electronic return of income did not permit assessee to make his claim to set off of his profits of this year from the carried forward losses of the previous year, therefore, assessee was directed to make a representation on the above issue to the CBDT and in the meantime, assessee without prejudice to his rights and contentions would file the return of income in electronic form on the system before the last date. 

Analysis of Section 79-Carry forward & set off of losses in companies

September 24, 2019 69870 Views 2 comments Print

Analysis of Section 79 of Companies Act, 1961 -Carry forward and set off of losses in companies Section 79 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 deals with the carry forward of losses for certain class of companies which satisfy the conditions specified in Sec.79 Below is the analysis on carry forward of losses in case […]

Income Tax on F&O Trading

July 13, 2019 70437 Views 18 comments Print

Future and Options (F&O) Trading is a popular activity amongst taxpayers due to availability of  multiple online trading platforms. The Income Tax provisions on F&O trading need to be analysed carefully. Meaning of F&O Trading F&O Trading comprises of trading in futures and options. They are classified under Derivatives. Derivatives are securities whose value is […]

Set Off and Carry forward of Losses

April 27, 2019 16428 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions pertaining to Set-Off and carry forward of losses are divided in 3 parts: Part 1 deals with Set off of loss from one source against income from another source under the same head of income.(Section 70) Part 2 deals with Set off of loss from one head against income from another head (Section 71) […]

Set off of business losses against capital gains is not mandatory

February 21, 2019 70245 Views 1 comment Print

Sh. Ajay Kumar Singhania Vs DCIT (ITAT Chandigarh) The sole issue involved in this appeal is as to whether under the provisions of section 71 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (in short ‘the Act’) there is an option to the assessee to set off the business losses against the capital gains or is it mandatory to […]

Set-Off & amp; Carry Forward – A Complete Summary

December 1, 2018 19587 Views 1 comment Print

Do you have Losses?? Have you also faced the losses in past years as well?? It’s sad to know that you have to confront the losses.! But do you know that there are some uses of these losses too? And these losses can somehow be used to make you benefited. Enough of Quizzes.! Right?? But […]

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