Income Tax : Section 50AA overrides the normal holding period rules and deems gains from specified assets as short-term capital gains, even if ...
Income Tax : This guide explains the taxation of capital gains, computation methods, capital assets, and transfer provisions under the Income-t...
Income Tax : The article explains how Short-Term Capital Gains are classified, computed, and taxed under the Income-tax Act, 1961, as amended b...
Income Tax : The updated provisions explain how long-term capital gains are classified, computed, and taxed following amendments introduced by ...
Income Tax : Section 54B grants capital gains tax exemption when proceeds from the sale of agricultural land are reinvested in another agricult...
Corporate Law : Finance Ministry's new capital gains tax: Short-term gains at 20%, long-term at 12.5%. Exemption limit raised to ₹1.25 lakh for ...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court will hear on September 10 the impleadment petition filed by the Forex Derivatives Consumers Forum along with the...
Income Tax : DTC Billproposes to tax short-term capital gains arising from stocks and mutual funds at half the marginal rate.So, if your margin...
Income Tax : The Income Tax department is all set to move the Supreme Court for a final judgement on its tax claims of around Rs 2,000 crore (R...
Finance : The decision to make half-yearly internal audits obligatory for stock broking houses spells doom for smaller firms that are alread...
Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 87A rebate cannot be denied on tax payable under Section 111A where the assessee qualifies under the prescr...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that an Investigation Wing report alone cannot justify an addition under Section 68 without independent verific...
Income Tax : The Hyderabad Bench emphasized that penalty under Section 271(1)(c) cannot be imposed solely because an addition survives appellat...
Income Tax : The assessee had fully disclosed the share transactions and claimed exemption under Section 10(38) in the original return. The ITA...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi ruled that the holding period for capital gains purposes began from the date of full payment and transfer of possession...
Income Tax : CIRCULAR NO. 6/2015, Dated: April 9, 2015 no capital gains will arise at the time of exercise of the option in the case of Fixed M...
Introduction: ♦ As per Section 2 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 definition of Income includes losses also. ♦ Losses in the Income Tax Act, 1961 are dealt in accordance with Chapter VI of the Act which consist of Section 70 to Section 80. ♦ Assessee paid tax on Total Income. It might be possible […]
Govt. has imposed many restrictions on sale of property and has also allowed deductions and exemptions that can be claimed when someone sells his property. Some of the Considerations to be kept in mind while selling property are explained in this article.
The long term capital loss (LTCL) can be set off against the short term capital gain (STCG) arise on depreciable assets u/s 50 of income tax act, 1961 As per provisions of section 74(1)(b) loss related to a long term capital gain can be set off against the long term capital gain. Long Term Capital […]
Taxation of Long Term Capital Gain (LTCG) under section 112A vis a vis Taxation of Long term Capital Gain Prior to Finance Act, 2018 We all saw an Havoc amongst taxpayers when Finance Act, 2018 was announced in the union budget speech specifically among those assessees whose major part of their total income consisted of […]
The issue under consideration is Unlisted shares sold after holding for 23 months considered as Long Term Capital Gains or Short Term Capital Gains?
This article is for better understanding of Treatment of Income from Sales of shares or other securities. Here I am explaining about the possibilities one can treat the income from sale of shares and what are the benefits of it. The article also comprises the corresponding guidelines from CBDT which are self explanatory and fiercest.
Compulsory acquisition is the power of government to acquireprivate rights in land without the willing consent of its owner or occupant in order to benefit society. Compensation against such acquisition is provided to the assessee by the government.
In India, the income from long term capital gains on transfer of Shares and Mutual Funds on which security transaction tax (STT) has been paid, is exempt from levy of income tax under section 10(38) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’). This is a well known exemption amongst the tax payers and investors in India.
Capital Gains & Interest on compensation received on Compulsory acquisition of urban agricultural land Section 10(37) inserted by the Finance Act, 2004, with effect from 01.04.2005 (from assessment year 2005-06). Under Section 10(37) of the Income Tax Act, Capital Gains on compensation received on compulsory acquisition of urban agricultural land is exempt from tax. Background With a view to mitigate the […]
Article explains What is Switching, Benefits of Switching, Tax effect of Switching If the units are held as stock-in-trade and Tax effect of Switching If the units are held as investments. Hi, almost all of us are aware of investing in Mutual Funds and their respective Tax effects. However, some areas still remain Grey for […]
