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Under section 77 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, profits or gains arising from a slump sale effected in a…

Section 77(2) treats an undertaking held for "thirty-six months or less" as producing short-term capital gains on slump sale. The general long-term treatment in section…

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Under section 77 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, profits or gains arising from a slump sale effected in a tax year are chargeable to tax as

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Section 77(2) treats an undertaking held for "thirty-six months or less" as producing short-term capital gains on slump sale. The general long-term treatment in section 77(1) is therefore subject to that holding-period exception.

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