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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 966 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 1167 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 1568104 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 5415 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 3684 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 849 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


Remove proposed Restriction on set-off of loss from House property: ICAI

March 5, 2017 7278 Views 1 comment Print

The Finance Bill 2017 proposes to insert sub-section (3A) in section 71 to provide that set-off of loss under the head Income from house property against any other head of income shall be restricted to two lakh rupees for any assessment year.

Budget restricts set-off of loss from House property to Rs. 2 Lakh

February 1, 2017 37149 Views 5 comments Print

It is proposed to insert sub-section (3A) in section 71 to provide that set-off of loss under the head Income from house property”against any other head of income shall be restricted to two lakh rupees for any assessment year.

Set Off of Losses or Carry Forward and Set Off of Losses

July 29, 2015 7465 Views 0 comment Print

SET OFF OF LOSS FROM ONE SOURCE AGAINST INCOME FROM ANOTHER SOURCE UNDER THE SAME HEAD OF INCOME (INTER SOURCE). SET OFF OF LOSS FROM ONE HEAD AGAINST THE INCOME FROM ANOTHER (INTER HEAD)

Speculation Profit can be set off against carried forward speculation losses first

February 8, 2013 2246 Views 0 comment Print

First to setting-off the carry forward speculative losses against the speculative profit and then set-off the business losses to the extent of the balance speculation profit and other income.

Deduction U/s. 10A of the Income Tax Act is allowable without set off of losses of non-eligible units

February 9, 2010 2015 Views 0 comment Print

In respect of AY 2003-04, the assessee had an unit in Chennai which was engaged in software development and whose profits were eligible for deduction u/s 10A. The assessee had another unit in Delhi which was engaged in trading and had suffered a loss. The assessee claimed that it was eligible for a deduction u/s 10A

Set-off & Carry Forward of losses in direct tax code

August 15, 2009 2195 Views 0 comment Print

Set-off & Carry Forward of losses in direct tax code: Carry forward of loss permitted only if return filed within due date Set-off & Carry Forward of losses [Sections 58 to 60] Income from various sources falling within any head of income shall be set-off. Income / Loss from Capital Gains can be set-off against […]

Income under each head has to be computed only after considering the income from various sources under the same head

April 5, 2009 1526 Views 0 comment Print

11 If we go to the facts of the case the business loss returned by the assessee to the extent it could not be set off was in fact carried forward and while computing the gross total income the income under the head business was nil but in fact the assessee has incurred the net business loss aggregating to Rs.21,22,545/ -. The Hon’ble High Court there also did not take the view that the gross total income of the assessee

Effectively utilize losses to reduce the tax burden

February 27, 2009 690 Views 0 comment Print

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 income. Certain activities may cause losses too. It would be unfair to tax a person on his income, while ignoring the loss. In recognition of this principle, there are elaborate […]

Losses Abroad to Reduce Taxable Income in India

August 29, 2007 2194 Views 1 comment Print

An Indian company engaged in computer software business set up a trading office in Japan. The company’s Japan branch suffered loss, which it claimed as deduction from profits earned in India. The assessing officer, however, held that since the profits of the trading office are taxable in Japan only, any loss incurred by the firm in respect of its trading office is not allowable as deduction from the income which is taxable in India.

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