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There has been a lot of positive development on Upgrading the Railways. The current Passenger Train tracks are severely & adversely affected by Speed Limits due to their Quality & vintage. Repairs / up gradation may cost as much as laying new tracks.
The existing Railway Stations are also constrained for space, accessibility, parking space and are quite unorganized.
Is there a requirement of having a complete new set up of Train lines, maybe spread over a period of 10-15 years, wherein the existing Routes & Stations gradually get replaced by freshly laid next generation tracks, with State of the art Stations coming up. PPP is good option. If DLF can lay Mono Rail, what is wrong in Pvt players in Railways?
The existing lines could be used for Freight, with Freight Stations being developed close to the Bigger / existing Towns / Cities. Imagine the Infrastructure & Job Creation, as also effect on GDP by efficiently speeding up transportation.
If we can have completely new airports at fresh locations, in major cities like Hyderabad & Bangalore, why can’t we have new Railway Stations? It is neither too difficult nor impossible.
A small country like Nigeria shifted its Capital, we can surely take this on.
Reference Link:- https://colonelzbricklogic.blogspot.com/2014/11/rail-freight-corridor-or-passenger.html
Once you book a property with a Developer / Builder, it is deemed as acquisition. When you sell your real estate for a profit, you have to pay capital gains tax on the profit earned. The capital gains tax could be Sort Term Capital Gain (held for less than 3 years) OR Long Term Capital Gain (held for 3 years or more). In case of ancestral property, date of initial acquisition is taken.
In case the property is held for less than 3 years, you pay tax on the profit as per your Tax slab. It is deemed as normal income like salary.
In case you sell after 3 years, it is Long Term Capital Gain, taxed at 20%.
To cater for inflation, Indexation is done. So, if a property was bought in 2000, for Rs 10 lac & sold in 2013 for Rs 30 lac, the taxation will be as below:
Cost of property | 10, 00, 000 |
Year of property purchase | 2000 |
Selling price | 50, 00, 000 |
Year of sale | 2013 |
Cost inflation index (CII) in year 2000 | 389 |
Cost inflation index (CII) in year 2013 | 852 |
Indexed Purchase Price = (2000000 x 852) / 389 = 43,80,462 |
Capital Gain = 50,00,000- 43,80,462 = 619537 |
Tax (20% of Capital gain) = 123,907 |
A capital asset means property of any kind. A right to obtain conveyance of immovable property is “property”. Hence, if the booking agreement and allotment terms and conditions of the builder gave a right to obtain conveyance on the said property, the property after fulfilling certain conditions, that itself becomes “an asset” under the Income-tax Act. The issue which arises w.r.t. transfer of rights in the property under construction as well as in case of transfer of property (after taking the possession) is – whether the gain on transfer is short-term or long-term? The date which decides the nature of capital gain is “The date of acquisition” In this regard, there can be various views. To qualify the investment in case of builder flats, the date is the date of allotment of the residential flat and the payment of installment is a follow up action. However, you will need to pay Service Tax on 25% of the Cost of flat. In case of ready to move in Flats, the Registration date is taken into account.
The cost of property includes Brokerage paid, cost of improvement etc, which is also Indexed. So if you paid 1% as brokerage, say 20000/ & spent 3 lac on house improvement over 3 years, these could be included in COST & reduced from profits (duly indexed).
If you reinvest the accrued amount in ONE Residential property of equal or greater value, or in Govt Specified Bonds, the tax could be saved.
You could go to my blog https://colonelzbricklogic.blogspot.com/ Or contact Biraj@colonelzinfracon.com; 9818744711, for specific advice. We don’t charge for routine advice. Costs, if any, depend on the case.
Reference Link:- https://colonelzbricklogic.blogspot.com/2014/11/real-estate-purchase-sale-taxation.html
The current applicability is excellent in the interest of the weaker section. However, its implementation is pathetic. A Co is expected to pay PF & ESI even for a casual lab employed for a day. Is it practically possible? So who is benefited? Both, the Employer, who circumvents this utilizing the Financial Brains of his CAs etc, (apart from bribing a small percentage of due amt) & the PF/ESI Regulators from Labor Commissioners to the Inspectors & below.
Government is expected to provide Pension, welfare, medical support etc. How does the Govt. do this without Generating the Revenue? So the Subsidy comes in, burdening the Government, whereas the Employers & Enforcement Staff enjoys.
It is a very simple recommendation, which can be implemented as easily as Income Tax.
The Finance Minister will get a much Bigger Kitty from the above than what he is getting as of now.
Col Biraj Sahay (Retd)
Reference Link:- https://colonelzbricklogic.blogspot.com/2014/10/making-honest-business-possible.html
Written by Col Biraj Sahay
Reference Link:- https://colonelzbricklogic.blogspot.com/2014/04/expectations-post-elections-from-real.html