The Economic Times

Sold farm land for Rs 5 crore, buys new land in wifes name, paid no capital gains tax, gets tax notice; Why ITAT Delhi denied tax exemption

A man who sold agricultural land for Rs 5 crore and reinvested the gains into a new plot in his wife's name was denied capital gains tax exemption under Section 54B. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi upheld this denial, citing a Punjab and Haryana High Court ruling that disallows deductions when the new land isn't purchased in the assessee's own name.