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Section 50AA: Why Long-Held Assets Can Still Be Taxed as Short-Term Gains

Income Tax : Section 50AA overrides the normal holding period rules and deems gains from specified assets as short-term capital gains, even if ...

June 29, 2026 1194 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 496390 Views 165 comments Print

Income Tax on Short Term Capital Gain with examples

Income Tax : The article explains how Short-Term Capital Gains are classified, computed, and taxed under the Income-tax Act, 1961, as amended b...

June 17, 2026 272639 Views 26 comments Print

Tax on Long Term Capital Gain under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The updated provisions explain how long-term capital gains are classified, computed, and taxed following amendments introduced by ...

June 15, 2026 472554 Views 71 comments Print

Section 54B Exemption on Capital Gains from Transfer of Agricultural Land

Income Tax : Section 54B grants capital gains tax exemption when proceeds from the sale of agricultural land are reinvested in another agricult...

June 15, 2026 396312 Views 17 comments Print


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Budget 2024: Capital Gains Taxation Simplified And Rationalised

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 ...

July 23, 2024 4590 Views 0 comment Print

DTC: Jewellery, works of art, property to qualify as long-term investments even if held for a year

Income Tax : The Supreme Court will hear on September 10 the impleadment petition filed by the Forex Derivatives Consumers Forum along with the...

September 1, 2010 2277 Views 0 comment Print

Shares Income: LTCG remains exempt and Short Term Capital Gain taxable at half the rate under DTC

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...

September 1, 2010 2795 Views 0 comment Print

Taxman gears up to move apex court on its tax claims of around Rs 2,000 crore

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...

February 26, 2009 576 Views 0 comment Print

Half-Yearly Audit Rule Puts Small Broking Companies in a Spot

Finance : The decision to make half-yearly internal audits obligatory for stock broking houses spells doom for smaller firms that are alread...

September 12, 2008 801 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Grants Section 87A Rebate on Special Rate STCG Tax as Total Income Qualified

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 87A rebate cannot be denied on tax payable under Section 111A where the assessee qualifies under the prescr...

June 29, 2026 588 Views 0 comment Print

Ahmedabad ITAT Deletes Bogus LTCG Addition; Independent Enquiry Essential

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that an Investigation Wing report alone cannot justify an addition under Section 68 without independent verific...

June 27, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

No Penalty on Capital Gains from JDA: ITAT Says Debatable Issue Cannot Trigger Concealment Penalty

Income Tax : The Hyderabad Bench emphasized that penalty under Section 271(1)(c) cannot be imposed solely because an addition survives appellat...

June 15, 2026 228 Views 0 comment Print

Mere Investigation Wing Alert Is Not ‘Reason to Believe’: ITAT Quashes Penny Stock Reopening

Income Tax : The assessee had fully disclosed the share transactions and claimed exemption under Section 10(38) in the original return. The ITA...

June 1, 2026 2760 Views 0 comment Print

LTCG Benefit Allowed as Ownership Rights Passed Before Registration: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi ruled that the holding period for capital gains purposes began from the date of full payment and transfer of possession...

May 22, 2026 411 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


No capital Gain on Rollover/Extension of Fixed Maturity Plans (FMPs) in same scheme

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...

April 9, 2015 5486 Views 0 comment Print


No capital Gain on Rollover/Extension of Fixed Maturity Plans (FMPs) in same scheme

April 9, 2015 5486 Views 0 comment Print

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 Maturity Plans (FMPs) by the investor to continue in the same scheme. The capital gains will, however, arise at the time of redemption of the units or opting of the scheme, as the case may be.

Taxability of Capital Gain Under Income tax Act, 1961

March 3, 2015 14963 Views 0 comment Print

The word ‘income’ has special meaning with reference to income-tax. It inter alia includes gains derived on transfer of a capital asset. Since these are not annual accruals, these are treated on a different footing for taxation purpose. The basic concepts and provisions relating to computation of taxable capital gains are briefly explained in this monograph. Chapter 1 briefly outlines the computation of total income and tax payable on the total income. Chapter II deals with the scope of taxation of capital gains and the rules of computation of taxable gains and tax thereon. Deductions from the Long¬term Capital Gains are discussed in Chapter-III. Chapter-IV contains rules applicable in certain exceptional cases. Treatment of losses and rules regarding carry forward and set off of such losses are discussed in Chapter-V.

Mere Change in Allotted flat without determining any consideration is not transfer

September 10, 2014 3131 Views 0 comment Print

Merely change in the flat without determining any consideration for the old flat cancelled and new flat transferred, it cannot be said that the old flat was sold and new flat was purchased on the date of change.

Capital Gain Tax – Income Tax Provisions with latest changes

August 28, 2014 28018 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Gain as defined u/s 45 Any profit or gain on transfer of a capital asset effected in the previous year (1) Receipt of insurance amount for capital assets in the year of receipt damage due to flood, riot, accident fire and action by enemy (1A) Any gain on transfer of capital assets by way of conversion in to stock in trade of business at fair market price (2) Any gain to beneficial owner in case of transfer of security by depository (2A)

Fast Track Quick revision of Capital Gain

January 28, 2014 6049 Views 0 comment Print

This is our second video of FAST TRACK – QUICK REVISION of Capital Gain. Our First Video was Fast track quick revision of Profits and gains of business or profession. Aim of this video is revision of Capital Gain in shortest possible time covering 90% of syllabus from examination point of view. However in class we devote almost 20 hours to Capital Gain which we have tried to condensed in 24 minutes approx.

conversion from lease hold to free hold period to be considered for short term/long term period computation

September 9, 2013 11100 Views 0 comment Print

The difference between the ‘short-term capital’ asset and ‘long-term capital asset’ is the period over which the property has been held by the assessee and not the nature of tittle over the property. The lessee of the property has rights as owner of the property subject to covenants of the lease

Authorised Dealer not liable to deduct tax on remittance to non-resident of sale proceeds representing short term capita

February 1, 2011 1099 Views 0 comment Print

The decision is relevant to authorised dealers making remittance to non-residents. Though the decision is rendered in the context of remittance to individual’s resident in the UAE, all non-resident Indians can benefit from the principle laid down in

An order executed in parts by exchange can not be considered as multiple transactions

December 21, 2010 747 Views 0 comment Print

The AO held the assessee to be a trader in shares & assessed the gains as business profits on the ground that (a) there was high frequency & sale transactions, (b) there were instances where delivery was not taken and shares were sold within a short period,

DTC: Jewellery, works of art, property to qualify as long-term investments even if held for a year

September 1, 2010 2277 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court will hear on September 10 the impleadment petition filed by the Forex Derivatives Consumers Forum along with the Special Leave Petition filed by Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA). Forex Derivatives Consumers Forum is a registered association of exporters from across the country, a majority of them from Tamil Nadu’s Tirpur district.

Shares Income: LTCG remains exempt and Short Term Capital Gain taxable at half the rate under DTC

September 1, 2010 2795 Views 0 comment Print

DTC Billproposes to tax short-term capital gains arising from stocks and mutual funds at half the marginal rate.So, if your marginal tax rate is 30 per cent, you will pay a short-term capital gains tax at 15 per cent. As far as long-term capital gains tax goes, it has been kept out of the tax net, subject to the payment of securities transaction tax (STT).

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