Income Tax : Explore how changes in the Finance Act impact tax on long-term and short-term capital gains through revised indexation rates. Insi...
CA, CS, CMA : Arjuna (Fictional Character): Krishna, I recently heard about a case where rebate under Section 87A was allowed on short-term capi...
Income Tax : Taxpayers receiving income tax notices for additional tax on capital gains due to changes in Section 87A interpretation, affecting...
Income Tax : Explore key amendments under capital gains in the 2024-25 budget, including changes to buyback tax, indexation removal, and capita...
Income Tax : Learn about capital gain tax exemptions on property under redevelopment, including eligibility under Section 54 and implications f...
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 Mumbai held that disallowance of short term capital loss not justified since there is no evidence on record based on which ge...
Income Tax : Explore the detailed analysis of JS Capital LLC Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) regarding the offsetting of Short Term Capital Loss (STCL) a...
Income Tax : Explore how DCIT vs. Claris Lifesciences Limited case sets precedent for setting off deemed short-term capital gain on sale of dep...
Income Tax : Explore the DCIT vs K.E. Faizal case where the ITAT Cochin ruled on taxation of mutual fund gains, analyzing the application of In...
Income Tax : Assessee has appealed against an order passed by CIT(A) and subsequent addition. Learn more about Capital Gain cannot be treated a...
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...
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 […]
Profit on transfer of a capital asset is chargeable under the head Capital Gains. Section 45 makes the gains arising out of the transfer of a capital asset chargeable to tax under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. However, the chargeability has been subjected to the provisions of sections 54, 54B, 54D, 54E, […]
SECTION 50C – SPECIAL PROVISION FOR FULL VALUE OF CONSIDERATION IN CERTAIN CASES Applicability of Section 50C As per Sec 50C, where the consideration received or accruing as a result of the transfer of land and/or building is less than the value adopted or assessed or assessable by an authority of the state govt. for […]
When does income be taxed as Capital gain or Business income? When the transaction involves transfer of capital asset then that will constitute capital gain, whereas transaction which is entered into normal course of business shall constitute business income. Some Practical Issues Issue – 1 Where agreement for construction of hostel building, agreement for lease […]
COMPUTATION OF CAPITAL GAIN IN CERTAIN CASES 1. Section 51 – Advance Money Received 2. Section 50D- Fair Market Value deemed to be full value of consideration in certain cases 3. Section 50B – Special provision for computation of capital gains in case of Slump Sale Section 51 – Advance Money Received Many times we […]
SECTION 45(5) – COMPULSORY ACQUISITION Compulsory Acquisition by the Central Government is always be a concern for many people as how it should be tax. Hence today I am writing this article to cover various aspects of this section in question answer form. 1. Do consideration received from Government against compulsory acquisition attracts capital gain? […]
Capital gains is considered as one of the most crucial head of income. Since it is that crucial, everybody needs to be doubly sure at the time of computation of tax liability from capital gains. Many times, we observed that there is always a confusion regarding bifurcation of short term and long term capital asset […]
Under the provisions of section 111A tax on short-term capital gains, in the case of equity shares in a company or units of an equity oriented fund on which Securities Transaction Tax (STT) has been paid, is levied at the rate of 15%. This rate was increased from 10% to 15% vide Finance Act, 2008 with effect from 1.4.2009. However, in the proviso to this section while providing relief, the rate of short-term capital gains tax is still referred to as 10% which needs to be corrected to 15%.
Taxability of Short Term Capital Gain (STCG) to Non-Resident u/s 111A vis-à-vis Non Discrimination Clause of DTAA- Taxation of a Non-Resident is always been a question of ambiguity and litigation for the known fact that none of the country never prefer to lose any potential income in the form of taxes and which many times results into either double taxation or illegitimate levy of tax.
