Schedule CFL

If it is appearing in Schedule CFL, it will automatically be fetched in the table below. Moreover, the table below is not proceeded to final ITR. You proceed to verification and check CFL schedule properly in the PDF before filing the return

If the speculation loss is correctly reported in the current-year business-income schedules and the return’s computation reflects it, the “Show Details” display alone may not require an edit. Check the final computation and validation results before filing. A speculation-business loss is not eligible for set-off against non-speculation income and is carried forward for set-off against speculation profits, subject to the applicable filing and carry-forward conditions.

• Verify the loss appears in the correct speculation-business row in Schedule BP and in the current-year loss details of Schedule CFL.
• If it is missing from the final CFL carry-forward computation or validation flags an inconsistency, correct the relevant schedules or check whether the utility needs updating before filing.
• Do not rely only on the “Show Details” screen; confirm the figures in the generated return preview/computation.

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The display point is fine. What matters more is whether the loss will actually be carried forward.

• Due date: A speculation loss can be carried forward only if the return is filed by the due date under Sec 139(1) (Sec 80, 1961 Act). For FY 2025-26, that is 31 July 2026 for non-audit cases. A belated return loses the carry forward. (Only house property loss and unabsorbed depreciation survive a belated return.)

• Period: Speculation loss can be carried forward for 4 assessment years (Sec 73(4)).

• Set-off: Only against speculation income, current or future (Sec 73(1)). Not against salary, capital gains or other business income.

• What counts: Intraday equity trading (delivery not taken) is speculative (Sec 43(5)). F&O on a recognised exchange is non-speculative business, and its loss can be set off against other business income and carried forward 8 years.

Before submitting

• Check that Schedule CFL in the final PDF shows the loss in the current-year row under "Loss from speculative business".

• Keep the broker's P&L statement splitting intraday and delivery trades.

• Turnover for intraday is the sum of absolute profits and losses of each trade, for tax-audit purposes (ICAI Guidance Note on Tax Audit).