Amended and updated notes on section 54ED of Income Tax Act 1961 as amended by the Finance Act 2022 and Income-tax Rules, 1962. Detail discussion on provisions and rules related to capital gain on transfer of certain listed securities or unit not to be charged in certain cases.
Chapter IV (Sections 14 to 59) of the Income Tax Act 1961 deals with the provisions related to computation of total income. Section 54ED of IT Act 1961-2023 provides for capital gain on transfer of certain listed securities or unit not to be charged in certain cases.
Recently, we have discussed in detail section 54EC (capital gain on transfer of long-term capital assets not to be charged in certain cases) of IT Act 1961. Today, we learn the provisions of section 54ED of Income-tax Act 1961. The amended provision of section 54ED is effective for financial year 2022-23 relevant to the assessment year 2023-24.
In this article, you will learn detail of the provisions of section 54ED of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Bare Act read with the Income-tax Rules, 1962, regulations, notifications, circulars, orders and Press Release by CBDT, Income Tax Department and the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India.
Section-54ED: Capital gain on transfer of certain listed securities or unit not to be charged in certain cases
Section 54ED(1) of Income Tax Act
Where the capital gain arises from the transfer before the 1st day of April, 2006, of a long-term capital asset, being listed securities or unit (the capital asset so transferred being hereafter in this section referred to as the original asset), and the assessee has, within a period of six months after the date of such transfer, invested the whole or any part of the capital gain in acquiring equity shares forming part of an eligible issue of capital (such equity shares being hereafter in this section referred to as the specified equity shares), the said 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 equity shares is not less than the capital gain arising from the transfer of the original asset, the whole of such capital gain shall not be charged under section 45;
- (b) if the cost of the specified equity shares is less than the capital gain arising from the transfer of the original asset, so much of the capital gain as bears to the whole of the capital gain the same proportion as the cost of the specified equity shares acquired bears to the whole of the capital gain shall not be charged under section 45.
Explanation: For the purposes of this sub-section,—
- (i) “eligible issue of capital” means an issue of equity shares which satisfies the following conditions, namely:—
- (a) the issue is made by a public company formed and registered in India;
- (b) the shares forming part of the issue are offered for subscription to the public;
- (ii) “listed securities” shall have the same meaning as in clause (a) of the Explanation to sub-section (1) of section 112;
- (iii) “unit” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (b) of the Explanation to section 115AB.
Section 54ED(2) of Income Tax Act
Where the specified equity shares are sold or otherwise transferred within a period of one year from the date of their acquisition, the amount of capital gain arising from the transfer of the original asset not charged under section 45 on the basis of the cost of such specified equity shares as provided in clause (a) or, as the case may be, clause (b), of sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be the income chargeable under the head “Capital gains” relating to long-term capital assets of the previous year in which such equity shares are sold or otherwise transferred.
Section 54ED(3) of Income Tax Act
Where the cost of the specified equity shares has been taken into account for the purposes of clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1),—
- (a) a deduction from the amount of income-tax with reference to such cost shall not be allowed under section 88 for any assessment year ending before the 1st day of April, 2006;
- (b) a deduction from the income with reference to such cost shall not be allowed under section 80C for any assessment year beginning on or after the 1st day of April, 2006.