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Source: Live Mint Until last year, the hospitality and rental sectors benefitted from a broad tax exemption on renting residential dwellings. However, with effect from 15 July 2024, a separate conditional exemption was carved out for accommodation services, relieving these from the levy of goods and services tax, or GST. This change—applicable to accommodation services…
Source: Live Mint Can I buy two residential house properties to claim exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of one house? Can I buy two house properties in the joint names of self and other family members to claim an exemption for long-term capital gains from the sale of one residential house property…
Source: Live Mint If we sell our residential house for, say, ₹50 lakh, do we have to invest the full 50 lakh to buy another residential house property, or do we only need to invest the long-term capital gains? I was under the impression that only the capital gains amount needed to be invested in…
Source: Live Mint Meeting income tax deadline is important for the taxpayers, failing which they stand to miss out on tax benefits or may even have to pay penalties, fees or fines. The financial year 2026 is set to culminate in another 15 days. We, therefore, list out the key deadlines that are set to…
Source: Live Mint My wife’s PPF will mature in April. She wants to transfer ₹23 lakh to my senior citizen savings account and balance ₹7 lakh to our daughter. What will be the tax position implications for all of us? As from April, interest will be earned in my name. I should and will be…
Source: Live Mint For agricultural purposes, I intend to sell my urban agricultural land within the municipal limits, which has been repurchased for ten years. How can I save capital gains tax? Can I purchase another agricultural land out of the sale proceeds in my name or the joint names of my husband/sons or invest…
Source: Live Mint As a taxpayer, it is important to make investment before March 31 to be able to claim tax exemption. Although taxpayers will be unable to claim tax benefits for their investments if they opted for the new tax regime. However, in the old tax regime, taxpayers can still claim tax exemption so…
Source: Live Mint National pension system (NPS) and employee provident fund (EPF) are two key retirement schemes in India. While anyone can open an NPS account, one has to be in a full-time job to contribute to EPF. Some employers now provide both, allowing employees to boost their retirement corpus while enjoying tax perks. But…
Source: Live Mint Three sisters inherited one piece of land in 2003, but it was partitioned among the sisters in 2010. For the indexed cost of the purchase in the calculation of long-term capital gain, should we take the market value as of 2003 (date of inheritance) or the market value as of 2010 (date…
Source: Live Mint In the Union Budget 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned that the ‘nil income tax’ slab would be raised to ₹12 lakh; however, it is often misunderstood as a tax exemption or tax deduction. Here’s what it really means. What did FM Nirmala Sitharaman say? “To taxpayers up to Rs12 lakh of…
