A client received £25 Lakh from the railway for selling agricultural land located in a rural area, 50km from a municipality. The user is seeking assistance on how to correctly report this income in their tax return. The advice given is to show it under the exempt income schedule, referencing Section 2(14) of the Income Tax Act which defines capital assets and excludes certain agricultural lands.
14 October 2020
Section 2(14) defines the term capital asset. It provides an inclusive definition of capital asset. As per section 2(14) capital asset does not include agricultural lands in India within its ambit. But all agricultural lands in India are not out of the scope of capital asset.