• Capital tax against sell of parental land

We have sold our parental agricultural land of village BARAH,Block HERNAUT , Nalanda district of BIHAR state in FY13-14. Land registry was done with valuation of 38.54 lakhs but I have recd, money only 23.00 Lakhs as per agreement. I have purchased a flat of 26.54 Lakhs  ( FY15-16)in the name of Spouse ( Veena Singh) and got DDA flat in the name of my daughter at 13.19 Lakhs FY15-16.
 Due to unaware of knowledge I did not mentioned in my return file
Asked 8 years ago in Property Law
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1) Capital gain on sale of agriculture land is exempt if land is situated in rural area.and is not capital asset:

2) Land situated in area within municipality or juridiction where population is less than 10000.

3) Where distance of land from municipality and populaiton limit is as under:

Distance from municipality

Population

Within 2 kilometers 10,000 to 1,00,000

2 km to 6 km 1,00,000 to 10,00,000

6 km to 8 km More than 10 lakh

4) capital gain on sale of agriculture land will be applicable when land is capital asset .Section 54B gives relief to a taxpayer who

sells his agricultural land and from the sale proceeds he acquires another agricultural

land.

5) The agricultural land should be used by the individual or his parents for

agricultural purpose at least for a period of two years immediately preceding the

date of transfer

6) Within a period of two years from the date of transfer of old land the taxpayer

should acquire another agricultural land.

7) If a taxpayer purchases new agricultural land to claim exemption under section 54B and

subsequently he transfers the new agricultural land within a period of 3 years from the

date of its acquisition, than the benefit granted under section 54B will be withdrawn

8) In case you are not able to purchase agricultural land before the date of furnishing of your Income Tax Return – the amount of capital gains must be deposited before the date of filing of return in the deposit account in any branch (except rural branch) of a public sector bank or IDBI Bank according to the Capital Gains Account Scheme, 1988. Exemption can be claimed for the amount which is deposited.

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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1. You can claim tax exemption on the long-term capital gain on the sale of a house. To avail of this exemption, you must use the entire profit to either buy another house within two years or construct one in three years. If you had already bought a second house within a year before selling the first one, you could still avail of the tax exemption.

2. The purchase of property in favour of spouse disqualifies you from claiming tax exemption.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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you should mention it in ITR through rectification. you should have invest sell amount in govt bonds or tax saver bond for saving capital gain tax.

You have three years to invest 23 lac in any immovable property from the date of sell. rest of 15 lac is unaccounted money so you should show that you have borrowed that 15 lac from relatives and give that 15 lac to your relatives. It is not necessary that you present any credit bill.

Shivendra Pratap Singh
Advocate, Lucknow
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A capital gains tax (CGT) is a tax on capital gains, the profit realized on the sale of a non-inventory asset that was purchased at a cost amount that was lower than the amount realized on the sale.

Your case is that you have not mentioned it in the ITR of that year, you can consult your auditor who shall include the same in the next ITR and will arrange to get you refund or pay additional tax accordingly.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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1) you should furnish the information sought by the income tax department

2) since land sold by you is in rural area it would Be exempt from capital gains tax

3) if circle rate of land is 38 lakhs but actual consideration is only 23 lakhs stamp duty payable is as per circle rate

4) further capital gains tax is calculated on the circle rate , however you are not liable to pay capital gains tax as it is in rural area

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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It becomes your duty to disclose the details of assets bought and sold during the assessment year in the ITR of the AY.

The income tax department are authorised to access to the information about property registration attracting huge transaction in the particular year of an assessee. They cannot be dodged about such transaction nor can the information be suppressed.

You may first give a reply to the notice stating your innocence about the law involved in it and then consult your auditor to involve the transactions in the next ITR.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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