Section 50C Does Not Apply To 'Stock-In-Trade': Allahabad High Court

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CIT vs. Kan Construction And Colonizers (P) Ltd (Allahabad High Court)

S. 50C does not apply to land & building held as 'stock-in-trade'

 

The assessee sold a plot of land for Rs. 79 lakhs. The AO held that the said plot was a capital asset and that the gains had to be computed in accordance with s. 50C. The CIT (A) & Tribunal upheld the assessee's claim that as the said plot was held as stock-in-trade, s. 50C did not apply. On appeal by the department to the High Court, HELD dismissing the appeal:

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