06 January 2016
IF Assessee died after selling property then whether it is taxable in the hands of legal heirs and if taxable whether exemption can claim u/s 54 by investing amount in eligible property
06 January 2016
Is legal heir assessed on behalf of the assessee ? Is he entitled to file the return of the deceased ? Is he an assessee U/s 2(7) ? Reply to all is -"Yes". . For the purpose of levying tax on capital gains -he is an assessee and for getting the benefit of capital gains scheme he is not an assessee ? Is it reasonable ? . Whether the exemption section contemplates a later event ? . So, the legal representative is logically entitled to the benefits also and can validly claim the exemption U/s 54. . C.V. Ramnathan V CIT125 ITR 191, Madras Late Mir Gulam Ali Khan v CIT 165 ITR 228 Andhra Pradesh .
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