Income Tax Act 2025: Section 69 for Tax Year 2025-26

Capital gains arise when a company buys back its own shares. The gain is the difference between the acquisition cost and consideration received. Buyback consideration may be deemed nil.

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Capital gains on purchase by company of its own shares or other specified securities

Section 69(1) of Income Tax Act 2025

(1) If a shareholder or a holder of other specified securities receives any consideration from any company for the purchase of its own shares or other specified securities held by such shareholder or holder of other specified securities, then, subject to the provisions of section 72, the difference between the cost of acquisition and the value of consideration so received shall be deemed to be the “Capital gains” arising to such shareholder or the holder in the year in which the company purchases the shares or other specified securities.

Section 69(2) of Income Tax Act 2025

(2) If the shareholder receives any consideration of the nature referred to in section 2(40)(f), from any company in respect of buy-back of shares, then for the purposes of this section, the value of such consideration shall be deemed to be nil.

Section 69(3) of Income Tax Act 2025

(3) For the purposes of this section, “specified securities” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Explanation 1 to section 68 of the Companies Act, 2013.


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