Answers On Topic: Long term or short term
An assessee bought a rural agricultural land in 2011-12 as it is a rural agricultural land it does not classify as a capital asset, As on today's date i.e. 19/03/2025 rural agricultural land only. Suppose he converts the land to a residential land on 01/04/2025 (It will classify as a capital asset) and sell the whole set of Residential land in 2025-26 only. Query: What would be the period of holding, would it classify as LTCG or STCG? (As the assessee is not in the business of Real Estate or developing or selling of land and not having any more…
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Assessee is private limited Co. Assessee is having building as fixed asset and assessee Co is regularly claiming depreciation as per companies Act. However since the year of purchase of building in the FY 2014_15 assessee has not claimed depreciation on building as per sec. 32 of the Income Tax Act. In the financial year 2018-19 assessee Co sold the building and offer profit on same after considering index cost as LTCG, on the ground that since no depreciation has been claimed as per provisions of Income Tax Act. AO as well as CIT has not appreciated the submission and…
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Rural agricultural land converted into residential land & then sold as residential land