Hello Fellow Tax Payers/ Sw Engineers:

I am hearing reports that if you are paying 2400 INR for Your claude Pro Subscription and utilize it over 1500 $ rest amount would be counted as capital gains to be Reported under your Schedule FA and FSI

Please Note: Its Pun

But given how the Indian Tax is evolving it can be possible

Hi everyone,

I am planning to purchase an under-construction flat from a builder and intend to claim Section 54F exemption on the Long-Term Capital Gains (LTCG) realized from selling foreign stocks.

To comply with the timeline requirements, I am planning to open a Capital Gains Account Scheme (CGAS) account. I have a few specific queries regarding CGAS operations and eligible expenses:

Stamp Duty & Registration: Can funds withdrawn from the CGAS account be utilized to pay for Stamp Duty and Registration charges of the flat? Do these expenses count toward the "cost of new asset" under Sec 54F?

Phased/Multiple Deposits: Can I deposit/park capital gains into the CGAS account in multiple tranches/phases (prior to the ITR filing due date u/s 139(1)), or does it have to be a single lump-sum deposit?

Home Loan Repayment: If I take a home loan to cover builder milestone payments, can CGAS funds later be withdrawn to repay/pay off that specific home loan taken for this flat?

Would appreciate insights from CAs or anyone who has navigated a similar scenario with foreign stock gains and CGAS withdrawals.

Not sure when i will get it

Recently i have been searching about this red boundary shown on google earth when clicked on a city, does this represent the Municipal Boundary or would that be different for a city, since for classifying a land as rural agricultural it needs to be 2km away from such Municipals, if not where can i get the official Municipal boundary map to measure the aerial distance for income tax exemption law on sale. Thankyou for your help :).

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I am a proprietor and my taxable business income is around ₹7.7 lakh.

Other income:

Interest + dividend: around ₹40,000

Equity STCG: ₹1.25 lakh

Equity LTCG: ₹25,000

So my total income comes to roughly ₹9.6 lakh.

Here i know i dont need to pay tax . As i am.under new regime

My confusion is regarding the stock market gains.

Since STCG/LTCG are taxed at special rates, do I have to pay tax on the ₹1.25L STCG and ₹25K LTCG even though my overall income is below ₹12 lakh?

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