Compulsory land acquisition

capital gain arising from compulsory land acquisition ( non-agricultural land )is taxable or not,please quote the section also
Replies (4)

The RFCTLARR Act which came into effect from 1st January, 2014, in section 96, inter alia provides that income-tax shall not be levied on any award or agreement made (except those made under section 46) under the RFCTLARR Act. Therefore, compensation received for compulsory acquisition of land under the RFCTLARR Act (except those made under section 46 of RFCTLARR Act), is exempted from the levy of income-tax.

CIRCULAR NO.36/2016 [F.NO.225/88/2016-ITA.II], DATED 25-10-2016

 

charging section - 45(5) of IT Act 1961

compulsory acquisition falls within the ambit of tranfser - sec. 2(47)
Thus taxability shall arise under the head Capital gains.
If the land was held for upto 2 years then STCG shall arise.
Taxability shall arise in that F.Y. when the compensation is first received by the assessee.
I endorse the views of Dhiraj sir.. as per latest cbdt circular, transfers i.e. compulsory acquisition covered under rfctlaar act, will be exempted from tax irrespective of the nature of land i.e. agricultural or non-agricultural
thankyou all

Leave a Reply

Your are not logged in . Please login to post replies

Click here to Login / Register  

Company
ARTICLESHIP 20 October 2026
CA ARTICLE

AMKN & CO

Noida

CA Inter

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 28 October 2026
Article assistants

Shyam S Gupta and Company

New Delhi

CA Inter

View Details
Company
14 October 2026
Accountant

Rize.farm

Bengaluru

B.Com

View Details
Company
12 October 2026
Finance

I-Genext Consulting Private Limited

New Delhi

CA

View Details
Company
23 October 2026
Sr. Accountant

SANKARAN & KRISHNAN

New Delhi

B.Com

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 23 October 2026
Articled Trainee

J Y & CO

Hyderabad

CA Inter

View Details
Company
21 October 2026
CA INTER/ BCOM WITH EXPERIENCE

CA S KUMAR GUPTA & CO

Amritsar

CA Inter

View Details
Company
16 October 2026
CA article trainee

Zerdi & Co. Chartered Accountants

Pune

CA Inter

View Details