The Ministry of Finance is currently evaluating several options regarding the newly announced revised Long Term Capital Gains (LTCG) regime, which aims to eliminate indexation benefits for property, gold, and other unlisted assets. The tweaks to the Finance Bill may be undertaken in the run-up to the passage of the Finance Bill 2024-25 in Parliament. … Read more
Rathin Roy, prominent economist and former member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), dismissed the increase in capital gains tax as irrelevant to the fiscal health of India. In an interview to Moneycontrol, Roy said adjusting the capital gains tax, whether doubling or halving it, would scarcely impact the country’s tax revenue. He … Read more
Budget impact: In the Union Budget 2024, the Centre has made noteworthy adjustment regarding the treatment of long-term capital gains (LTCG) in property transactions. Specifically, the indexation benefit has been eliminated, resulting in substantial modifications to the LTCG calculation. Despite this change, it has been affirmed by the government that properties purchased or inherited prior to … Read more
BUDGET 2024: In a shock to stock market investors, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced an increase in both long-term and short-term capital gains tax. FM Sitharaman said that going forward, short-term capital gains on specific financial assets will be subject to a tax rate of 20%, a 5% increase from the previous rate of … Read more
The Ministry of Finance has notified the final Cost Inflation Index (CII) for FY25 (Assessment Year 2025-26) at 363. The ministry through the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), issued Notification No. 44/2024-Income-Tax on May 24, 2024, detailing the Cost Inflation Index (CII) for the financial year 2024-25 i.e. Assessment Year 2025-26. The notification … Read more