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Real estate stocks plunge after removal of long-term capital gains indexation benefit; check details

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2 min read | Updated on July 23, 2024, 18:06 IST

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As per the changes proposed in the Budget, long-term capital gains tax (LTCG) on assets like property and gold will be reduced to 12.5% without indexation benefits against the existing rate of 20% with indexation.

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The short-term capital gains tax rate on assets like property and gold remains unchanged.

Shares of real estate developers ended lower on Tuesday after the Union Budget 2024 removed the indexation benefit for the sale of property. Indexation is used to allow property owners to adjust the purchase price for inflation.

As per the changes proposed in the Budget, long-term capital gains tax (LTCG) on assets like property and gold will be reduced to 12.5% without indexation benefits against the existing rate of 20% with indexation.

"With the rationalisation of rate to 12.5%, indexation available under the second proviso to Section 48 is proposed to be removed for calculation of any long-term capital gains which is presently available for a property, gold and other unlisted assets. This will ease computation of capital gains for the taxpayer and the tax administration," the Budget document said.,

The short-term capital gains tax (STCG) rate on these assets remains unchanged, it added.

Real estate shares fall

Following the announcement, shares of Macrotech Developers, which operate under the brand name Lodha, settled 3.8% lower at ₹1,382.9 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
Sunteck Realty shares declined 4.5% to close at ₹582. Intraday, the stock hit a low of ₹570 apiece.
Brigade Enterprises shed 3.5% to ₹1,209.9. The scrip hit an intraday low of 4.6% at ₹1,196.1.
Godrej Properties, Oberoi Realty and DLF also fell 3.3%, 3.2% and 2.9%, respectively.

Deepak Shenoy, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Capital Mind, said that no indexation will have "huge implications" for the property.

"People who have held for 15 years and seen their prices double or such, would otherwise have not paid any capital gains tax due to indexation," he said on X.

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