LTCG on sale of Residential Property & Exemption u/s. 54 EC

shehzad (accounts executive) (140 Points)

10 February 2010  

Dear All,

One of my friend is having 2 houses from which he is going to sell 1 house. He wants to invest in capital gain bonds of NHAI or REC & claim exemption u/s. 54 EC. He is a salaried person. So, he will file returns within July 31.

The property is sold in February, 2010. So, he has to invest the capital gain within 6 months from the date of sale in bonds. So, 6 months ends in August, 2010 while return due date is till july.

My question is:

What he can do, if he does not invest in bonds within return due date & still files return within due date? Is there any way to show that as still time is left for investment, he is not liable to tax on capital gains?

Suggest some alternative to it?

Plz its urgent.

Thanks