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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 1203 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 496402 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 272642 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 472566 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 396318 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


Section 54EC deduction on Short Term Capital Gain from depreciable assets

August 14, 2022 6063 Views 0 comment Print

Article explains How to claim deduction under section 54EC on Short Term Capital Gain on depreciable assets held for more than 36 Months. 

Disallowance of STCL was justified in case of drastic decrease in share rate

June 21, 2022 1023 Views 0 comment Print

Purchase and sale of shares were arranged transactions to create bogus capital short term capital loss in the garb of real transactions with the sole motive to claim short term capital loss so as to evade tax. Hence the same was not allowable under section 28.

Gain from Sale of Car Parking Spaces Independent of Flat Sold is STCG if sold within 36 Month of Acquisition

April 3, 2022 6573 Views 2 comments Print

ITAT Mumbai rules in Anjan Shivraju Prakash vs. ITO case. Dispute over long-term capital gain on sale of car parking spaces. Details on judgment and impact.

Short Term Capital Gain Loss

November 30, 2021 104073 Views 2 comments Print

When the amount received from the sale of capital asset is less than cost of acquisition plus expenses on transfer can be termed as capital losses. The loss can be earned from any of the Short-Term Capital loss or Long Term Capital loss depending upon the period of holding. Capital Asset is an asset or property […]

Taxation of gold and gold products

November 2, 2021 118486 Views 7 comments Print

Profit on sale of your gold is taxable as Capital Gains unless you are a dealer in gold and jewellery in which case it becomes taxable as Business Income

All about Investment in Equity Shares & Tax planning !

October 19, 2021 41919 Views 2 comments Print

During the time slot of COVID-19 Pandemic record breaking Demat accounts and Trading accounts have been opened in Share Market in India. In the past more and more people use to invest their funds in FDs , Post Offices, Bonds etc. as a traditional method in search of some additional Income, due to increasing inflation […]

Reporting of Capital Gain on Sale of Equity – ITR 2

October 1, 2021 537240 Views 106 comments Print

1. An individual having Capital Gain on sale of Equity is required to file ITR 2. The article discusses the procedure to report Equity Capital Gain in Income Tax Return New Portal. 2. STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE (a) Login to www.incometax.gov.in (b) The path is: – e-file>Income Tax Return > File Income Tax Return. Select: […]

Rule-8AC | Computation of STCG & WDV | Depreciation on Goodwill Claimed

July 9, 2021 6432 Views 0 comment Print

Rule-8AC of Income Tax Rules, 1962- Computation of STCG And WDV U/S 50 Where Depreciation On Goodwill Has Been Claimed Section-50 of Income tax Act deals with computation of capital gain in case of depreciable assets. By introducing Notification No. 77/2021 dated 07.07.2021, CBDT inserted the rule no-8AC after rule 8AB by further amending the […]

Detailed Analysis of Section 9B, Section 48(III) & Section 45(4)

July 8, 2021 24093 Views 1 comment Print

Hello friends, here we discussed Section 9B, Section 45(4), & Section 48 of the Income Tax Act SECTION 9B OF INCOME TAX ACT Finance Act 2021, introduced a new section, section 9B under income tax act which specifies the provision related to transfer of Capital Assets or stock in trade on Reconstitution or Dissolution of […]

Depreciation and Short-term Capital Gain on Goodwill WEF AY 2021-22

July 8, 2021 20475 Views 2 comments Print

It was well settled position, before the amendments made by Finance Act 2021, that the depreciation can be claimed on ‘Purchased Goodwill’ under the Income tax Law and it was also supported by the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Jogta Coal Co. Ltd. v. CIT 36 ITR 521 where the treatment […]

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