Income-tax Act, 1961

Capital gain on transfer of long-term capital assets not to be charged in the case of investment in specified securities.

54EA. (1) Where the capital gain arises from the transfer of a long-term capital asset before the 1st day of April, 2000 (the capital asset so transferred being hereafter in this section referred to as the original asset) and the assessee has, at any time within a period of six months after the date of such transfer, invested the whole or any part of the net consideration in any of the bonds, debentures, shares of a public company or units of any mutual fund referred to in clause (23D) of section 10, specified by the Board in this behalf by notification in the Official Gazette (such assets hereafter in this section referred to as the specified securities), the capital gain shall be dealt with in accordance with the following provisions of this section, that is to say,-

(a)	-	if the cost of the specified securities is not less than the net consideration in respect of the original asset, the whole of such capital gain shall not be charged under section 45;
(b)	-	if the cost of the specified securities is less than the net consideration in respect of the original asset, so much of the capital gain as bears to the whole of the capital gain the same proportion as the co .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store Latest Job Openings View all 23 May 2026 Article Assistant Geeta Manchanda & CO. New Delhi CA Inter View Details 06 May 2026 Account Assistant / Article Clerk V.K. Ranjan & Co(Chartered Accountants) New Delhi B.Com View Details ARTICLESHIP 23 May 2026 Article Assistants Acupro Consulting Gurgaon CA Inter View Details 11 May 2026 AUDIT INTERN M/S K.K.KHANNA AND COMPANY Noida CA Foundation View Details 22 May 2026 Sr. Financial Analyst - Consolidation Search Synergy Mumbai CA View Details 28 April 2026 Senior Accounts Professional Vivek S Gupta & Associates New Delhi B.Com View Details 11 May 2026 Post office Post office Anakapalle Others View Details 19 May 2026 Accountant ca kunjan Mumbai CA Inter View Details Share  Facebook  Twitter  Linkedin  Reddit  Email  Whatsapp  Gmail  Pocket  Print  Pinterest  PDF  Translate Whatsapp Groups GST Income Tax CA Final CA Inter CAclubindia Login at CAclubindia CAclubindia India's largest network for finance professionals User Name Password Remember Me Forgot Password ? Alternatively, you can log in using: Login with Google Don't have an account? Register Now click here to register