01 August 2020
Assessee is an Individual aged about 72 years during the financial year 2019-2020, she transferred a residential house property and purchased two other residential properties within the same financial year. But the properties acquired were in the name of her son and the sources for acquisition were transferred from her bank account to the sellers accounts. Now, the query is whether she can claim exemption under section 54 for the LTCG on the sale of residential house property.
01 August 2020
She can claim exemption based on the decision in Third ITO Vs. S. Varadarajan (1989) 33 TTJ (Mad) 466, but divergent decision were also reported meaning thereby issue is debatable.
But in Pawan Arya Vs. CIT (2011) 237 CTR (P & H) 210 court allowed exemption for only ONE house wherein more than one house is purchased.
03 August 2020
Two residential house can be purchased if the capital gains does not exceed Rupees two crores. This amendment is applicable from assessement year 2020-21. I stand corrected.
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