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Husband wife duo wins Rs 1.3 crore long term capital gains tax exemption case under Section 54 despite selling two houses to buy a joint property; ITAT Mumbai case

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai, on April 17, 2025 held that long term capital gains (LTCG) tax exemption under Section 54 cannot be denied by the income tax department, merely because the property was purchased jointly in the name of a wife and her husband and both of them claimed Section 54 capital gains tax exemption.

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Bitcoin, NFTs taxation: Invested in cryptocurrencies? Here’s how you will be taxed at buying, selling

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Jodhpur, recently clarified the taxation of cryptocurrencies by ruling that profits from crypto sales should be considered as capital gains, rather than income. This decision came as a result of a case involving a former Infosys employee who successfully challenged the Income Tax Department’s classification of Bitcoin as income.