Capital gains tax changes in real estate: What’s the impact on your taxes after govt’s recent tweak

Capital gains tax changes in real estate: What’s the impact on your taxes after govt’s recent tweak

Long-term capital gains tax:  The Centre announced on Tuesday a significant decision that offers relief to homeowners regarding Long-Term Capital Gains (LTCG) tax on real estate. Homeowners will now given the option to choose between two tax rates: a 20% rate with the indexation benefit, or a 12.5% rate without indexation. This policy shift follows … Read more

Capital Gains Tax: Govt earned around Rs 99,000 cr on listed equities, MoS Finance tells Parliament

Capital Gains Tax: Govt earned around Rs 99,000 cr on listed equities, MoS Finance tells Parliament

The NDA government has earned Rs 98,681 crore from long term capital gains tax on listed equities in 2022-23, which is about 15 per cent growth over the last year, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.  Chaudhury also shared collections from Long Term Capital Gains (LTCG) tax between fiscal … Read more

Budget 2024: I-T dept clarifies acquisition cost of real estate bought before 2001 for LTCG calculations

Budget 2024: I-T dept clarifies acquisition cost of real estate bought before 2001 for LTCG calculations

The Income Tax department has clarified that the cost of acquisition of real estate properties purchased before 2001 will be the fair market value (FMV, not exceeding the stamp duty value) as of April 1, 2001, or the actual cost of the land or building for the purpose of calculation of long-term capital gains (LTCG) … Read more

Budget 2024: Without indexation, LTCG tax may surge by 290% for post-2010 housing assets, says BankBazaar report

Budget 2024: Without indexation, LTCG tax may surge by 290% for post-2010 housing assets, says BankBazaar report

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

Union Budget 2024: Here’s a wishlist from real sector for tax relief, tax incentives

Union Budget 2024: Here’s a wishlist from real sector for tax relief, tax incentives

Union Budget: There is a considerable amount of anticipation and speculation surrounding the potential benefits that various sectors are expecting from the Finance Minister. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 in the third week of July. The Budget is expected to include a breakdown of … Read more