Clause 21 - Amendment of section 51 - Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2014

Amendment of section 51 21. In section 51 of the Income-tax Act, the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2015, namely: Provided that where any sum of money, received as an advance or otherwise in the course of negotiations for transfer of a capital asset, has been included in the total income of the assessee for any previous year in accordance with the provisions of clause (ix) of sub-section (2) of section 56, then, such sum shall not be deducted from the cost for which the asset was acquired or the written down value or the fair market value, as the case may be, in computing the cost of acquisition. .