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Section 54F Amended, Benefit of Capital Gain Will be Available to One Property Only

Section 54F Amendment

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Bangalore, has ruled that according to the 2015 amendment made in section 54F of the Income Tax Act 1961, the benefit of capital gain deductions will be available to the one residential property only.

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The issue was raised the legal heir, Abraham Cherain, of a deceased assessee, Susan Cherain. During an assessment year, an assessing officer had denied the benefits of capital gain deductions under section 54F to the deceased assessee stating that the 2015 amendment of the Income Tax Act 1961 provides that such benefit of capital gain deductions will be available to the one residential property only. He also found that the benefits will not be provided as the assessee had more than one residential property on the date of transfer. However, the assessee claimed that he was liable to get the benefit of double deduction according to the provisions.

The assessee claimed that before the amendment, section 54F covered all the residential houses and villas of the assessee. Moreover, the assessee also said that according to the JDA amendment dated 23rd March 2005, the assessee received 35% of the total built-up area of the property (35% of apartments constructed, 35% of the common parking, and 35% of the garden and terrace rights) for private use and the rest of 65% was divided for the common use of owners, so the assessee claimed the deductions of capital gains under section 54F of the Income Tax Act 1961 Get to know complete guide of TDS provisions under income tax act 1961 at here. Also, we include several topics as TDS returns, TDS due dates at 35% of the value of the property, which was denied by the assessing officer and appealed the tribunal to provide as such.

The tribunal took the orders of the Madras and Karnataka High Courts under consideration which said that the amendment to section 54F and ‘a” by Finance (No.2) Act, 2014, dated 1st April 2015, the benefit of capital gain deductions will be available to the one residential property only. “Courts have consistently held that post amendment benefit of section 54F will be applicable only to one residential house in India whereas prior to the amendment residential house would include multiple residential houses/units,” the Tribunal ruled.

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The tribunal, with Beena Pillai as one of the members, further said, “in view of consistent view taken by jurisdictional High Court, as well as other High Courts, we are of the opinion that assessee is entitled to deduction under section 54F of the act in respect of 35% of constructed property received by her.”

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