No Section 54 Deduction for Short-Term Capital Gains on Residential Property Sold in Less Than 36 Months.

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....LTCG - Period of holding of asset - deduction u/s 54 - So far as the residential building/house constructed on the said land is concerned, it was constructed in ay: 2014-15 on the aforesaid land, and the residential house was sold in ay: 2014-15 itself, the residential house was held for less than thirty six months, it is to be classified as short term capital asset and the gains arising therefrom shall be short term capital gains. The plain language of Section 54 clearly stipulate that deduction u/s 54 shall be allowed only on long term capital gains arising from sale of residential property, and the said deduction can no stretch of imagination be allowed on the short term capital gains - AT....