SVSHAH (CA Final) (122 Points)
26 January 2012Can Assessee claim exemption u/s 54 by purchasing TWO Residential House property from the Long Term capital Gain derived from sale of one house property held?
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Investment of only ONE House property is allowed to be claimed under sec.54 of IT act and ignoring the SECOND House Property purchased in above case.
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(2965 Points)
Replied 26 January 2012
It depends on the facts of the case
If all those residential units can be modified to unite and make it a single residential house property then assesse can claim ecemption having regards to decision made in (CIT v D. Ananda Basappa ( 2009 ) 20 DTR 266 (Kar)).
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