The confusion regarding capital gains on sale of property received as gift from relative is very common among tax payers. One such tax payer, a subscriber to this blog Sri Som Rajan , has asked by mail “Whether sale of gifted property is exempt from LT capital gain, e.g. land gifted by parents.”.Since the question asked by...
Capital Gains: Selling A booked Flat Before Possession !

So many times tax payers have asked whether the booking date is at all material for determining the capital gains or possession date or registration date is crucial. taxworry.com has posted numerous article on this topic . For example , Flat Allotment Date is Crucial for the Capital Gains and second article was Can Date...
Capital Gains: 6 Mistake to Avoid While Filing Return !
Tax return filing date is near , therefore, taxpayers who have earned capital gains must pay attention to advisory of CPC Banglore regarding five most common cause of errors while filling schedule for capital gains in the online return. The errors are cropping up because of mistakes committed while filling out the Schedule CG . These are explained below 1 Give complete [...]
54EC: NHAI Issues Capital Gains Bonds !

Section 54EC provides a way of getting exemption from tax on long term capital gains . You can read six steps to saving tax on long term capital gains u/s 54EC .However, the capital gains bonds specified under section 54EC are scarce and are not available always in market. That is important because the investment...
Agriculture Land : Importance of Notified Area !

Capital gains on sale of agricultural land bring the issue whether the said agriculture land is capital asset.If the said agriculture land is not capital asset within the definition section 2(14) of the Income Tax Act , the gain on agriculture land sale shall be exempt from income tax. This article is written with an...
Venture Capital Fund Investors Lost Tax Benefits !

The Finance Bill 2012-13 has a bad news for investors of Venture Capital Funds .The income accrued , although not received by investors , will be taxed in the year of accrual itself whether or not the investor received it. Thus the provisions of section 115U of Income Tax Act which currently allow an opportunity [...]
HUF : 2 Positive Changes Under Finance Bill 2012-13

Among many amendments brought in Individuals and HUF are affected together. However Finance Bill 2012-13 has brought in two amendments which positively affect taxation of Hindu Undivided Family i.e HUF . These changes were actually a kind of clarification to make the position of already present provision in respect of HUF. The first change proposed [...]
Portfolio Management Services : Business Income or Capital Gains?

Transactions through portfolio management services has the risk of falling in usual controversy of Capital gains vs business income under income tax law .As the rate of income tax on capital gains are much lower than business income , the issue is very important. Therefore,before one opts for ubiquitous portfolio management services ,one must carefully...



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