Section 112: Tax on Long-Term Capital Gains from Depreciable Assets Remains 20% Despite Short-Term Classification u/s 50.

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....Rate of tax on sale of depreciable assets - STCG vs LTCG - as per Section 112 of the Act, the tax on long term capital gains on transfer of a long term capital asset is @ 20% and, therefore, even if the capital gains is deemed as short term capital gains in terms of Section 50 of the Act, but for all other purposes including for the purpose of Section 112, the deeming fiction cannot be extended for rate of taxes- AT....