Extension of date of making investment by Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds & others and rationalisation of tax exemptions

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....exemptions Clause (23FE) of section 10 of the Act provides for the exemption to specified persons from the income in the nature of dividend, interest, long-term capital gains or certain other incomes arising from an investment made by it in India. Specified persons inter alia are Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), Pension Fund (PF) which fulfills conditions prescribed therein and are specified for thi....

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....he amendments to section 50AA by Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024, have re-classified all the capital gains from unlisted debt securities as short-term capital gains, irrespective of the holding period. This will result in the long term capital gains from investment in unlisted debt investments to be taxable in the hands of SWFs and PFs. Prior to the said amendments, notified SWFs or PFs were eligible fo....