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Source: Live Mint Tax rates on long-term capital gains (LTCG)—investments held for more than a year before being sold—from equity are taxed at 12.5% if sold after 23 July 2024 and 10% for those sold before this date. Further, an exemption of ₹1 lakh and ₹1.25 lakh is allowed on equity sold before and after…
Source: Live Mint ITR 2025: As income tax (I-T) return filing season is back, taxpayers are busy arranging documents to be able to file their income tax (I-T) return. There are a number of concessions and deductions offered for different category of taxpayers based on different criteria include the age of taxpayers. For instance, there…
Source: Live Mint Until last year, the hospitality and rental sectors benefitted from a broad tax exemption on renting residential dwellings. However, with effect from 15 July 2024, a separate conditional exemption was carved out for accommodation services, relieving these from the levy of goods and services tax, or GST. This change—applicable to accommodation services…
Source: Live Mint Can I buy two residential house properties to claim exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of one house? Can I buy two house properties in the joint names of self and other family members to claim an exemption for long-term capital gains from the sale of one residential house property…
Source: Live Mint If we sell our residential house for, say, ₹50 lakh, do we have to invest the full 50 lakh to buy another residential house property, or do we only need to invest the long-term capital gains? I was under the impression that only the capital gains amount needed to be invested in…
Source: Live Mint Meeting income tax deadline is important for the taxpayers, failing which they stand to miss out on tax benefits or may even have to pay penalties, fees or fines. The financial year 2026 is set to culminate in another 15 days. We, therefore, list out the key deadlines that are set to…
Source: Live Mint My wife’s PPF will mature in April. She wants to transfer ₹23 lakh to my senior citizen savings account and balance ₹7 lakh to our daughter. What will be the tax position implications for all of us? As from April, interest will be earned in my name. I should and will be…
Source: Live Mint For agricultural purposes, I intend to sell my urban agricultural land within the municipal limits, which has been repurchased for ten years. How can I save capital gains tax? Can I purchase another agricultural land out of the sale proceeds in my name or the joint names of my husband/sons or invest…
Source: Live Mint As a taxpayer, it is important to make investment before March 31 to be able to claim tax exemption. Although taxpayers will be unable to claim tax benefits for their investments if they opted for the new tax regime. However, in the old tax regime, taxpayers can still claim tax exemption so…
Source: Live Mint National pension system (NPS) and employee provident fund (EPF) are two key retirement schemes in India. While anyone can open an NPS account, one has to be in a full-time job to contribute to EPF. Some employers now provide both, allowing employees to boost their retirement corpus while enjoying tax perks. But…
