Income tax relief on Capital Gains Deposit Scheme: Can Budget 2025 offer clarity to taxpayers to easily claim exemption on LTCG of house sale?
capital gains in specified ways. Taxpayers should remember that tax-saving exemptions on capital gains are available on long-term capital gains (LTCG) only. No exemptions are available if the capital gains are short-term in nature. For capital gains from the sale of a house property to be long-term, the house or immovable property must be sold after two years from the purchase or construction date.
How does exemption under Section 54, 54F work?
A taxpayer is granted a window of up to 3 years to reinvest LTCG in the new assets. Reinvestment of LTCG enables him to qualify for exemptions under Sections 54, 54F, and others. If the taxpayer does not adhere to this stipulated timeline for reinvestment, the Income-tax Department could face challenges in collecting the tax on the resulting capital gains. Therefore, taxpayers are mandatorily required to deposit the uninvested amount into the special Capital Gains Deposit Account in the authorised bank. This deposit ensures exemption even if the taxpayer fails to invest before the deadline for filing the income tax return. The amount invested in such deposit accounts is considered for computation of capital gains exemption.
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