Long Term Capital Gains Tax

Economic reforms alone may not always translate into market-friendly practices, says Samir Arora, calling for not making abrupt changes to the long term capital gains tax regime.

Samir Arora Vs Rajeev Mantri: Should policy support favour primary-market PE funds or to secondary-market FIIs?

Arora argued for easier capital-gains tax regime for foreign investors, even doing away with it entirely for both foreign and domestic investors, while Mantri called that ask "narrow and self-serving".

Budget 2023: After surcharge cap, PE/VCs seek LTCG parity on both unlisted and listed shares

At present, the LTCG tax on unlisted stock held for more than 24 months is double that of listed equity shares held for a year. The LTCG tax on private stock investments is 20 percent, while the tax on public stock investments is 10 percent.

Planning to buy a house? Harvest your capital gains & avoid taxes

The Capital Gains Account Scheme allows you to avoid taxes on your capital gains from the sale of mutual funds, stocks, gold, etc., provided you buy a house.

Did you know? Cumulative interest earned on NCDs is interest income, not capital gains

Industry insiders point out that cumulative NCDs are marketed more and often mis-sold as capital gains instruments.

Indexation: How it affects long-term capital gains tax calculations

Under the present tax laws, a person is taxed on profit from the sale of any immovable asset held as a capital asset, under the head ‘capital gains‘. For computing capital gains, the immovable &#82

Experts hail infrastructure status to affordable housing

The real estate sector has largely welcomed the various measures that finance minister Arun Jaitley announced in his Union Budget 2017-18 presentation on February 1, 2017. “We must appreciate the fact that the government &#82

Union Budget 2017-18: Jaitley tightens screws on money launderers using stock market

From April 1, 2018, only those investments in equities will be eligible for long term capital gains, where securities transaction tax (STT) has been paid. In other words, only shares bought through the stock exchange platform will be eligible for long term capital gains tax.

Budget 2017 As It Happened: Budget will give push to public investment, says Shaktikanta Das

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is presenting the Union Budget 2017-18 in Parliament today. Catch live updates here.

Budget 2017: 5 things IIFL feels FM Arun Jaitley is likely to focus on

Expect an increase in tax exemption limit for the salaried class and a lowering of the existing corporate tax rate to stimulate economic growth.

Is longer holding of stocks for tax relief good for investors?

Tax experts believe investors can gain if holding period for long term capital gains (LTCG) exemption is increased to three years from the present one year since it would provide an impetus for building a stable equity portfolio and give a longer window for adjusting stock losses if any, besides reducing holding costs.

Holding period of a house and its impact on income tax benefits

Income tax laws mandate a minimum holding period, before an owner sells his/her residential house, to avail of tax benefits. Let us analyse the various provisions, under the Income Tax Act, to understand the &#82

Budget 2016: Will be next step on the path of economic growth & development

Finance minister shall be walking a tight rope to manage the fiscal austerity path. Though the chances of a slippage from the FRBM path are high, owing to 7th pay commission payouts, but these would to a certain extent get offset by higher revenues.

Long-term capital gains tax: FinMin divided on time-frame issue

The Revenue Department is in favour of changing the time frame from 1 year to 3 years but Department of Economic Affairs is against it.

'Govt may not raise time frame of long-term capital gains tax'

Recent reports have suggested that the government is mulling whether to change the definition of 'long term' from one year to three years, thus ensuring that investors don't exit till three years unless willing to pay tax.

STT biased towards speculative derivative trade: BSE

To check tax evasion and attract more retail investors to stock markets, top exchange BSE has proposed that the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) should be substituted by Long Term Capital Gains Tax (LTCG) on equities.

More orders may come from Sebi on cap gains case: JN Gupta

The problem here is these market participants disturbed the integrity of the market, says JN Gupta, former executive director of Sebi.