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Section 115E: Tax on investment income and long-term capital gains

The Income-tax Act, 1961Central Act · Act 43 of 1961

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Income-tax Act, 2025, with effect from 1 April 2026

Tax on investment income and long-term capital gains.

Where the total income of an assessee, being a non-resident Indian, includes—

(a) any income from investment or income from long-term capital gains of an asset other than a specified asset;

(b) income by way of long-term capital gains,

the tax payable by him shall be the aggregate of—

(i) the amount of income-tax calculated on the income in respect of investment income referred to in clause (a), if any, included in the total income, at the rate of twenty per cent;

35[(ii(35[(ii) the amount of income-tax calculated on the income by way of long-term capital gains referred to in clause (b), if any, included in the total income,––

(A) at the rate of ten per cent for any transfer which takes place before the 23rd day of July, 2024; and

(B) at the rate of twelve and one-half per cent for any transfer which takes place on or after the 23rd day of July, 2024; and]

(iii) the amount of income-tax with which he would have been chargeable had his total income been reduced by the amount of income referred to in clauses (a) and (b).

Where this provision sits

ActThe Income-tax Act, 1961
Section115E
Marginal noteTax on investment income and long-term capital gains
JurisdictionCentral
StatusRepealed

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act No. 15 of 2024. Sub. by the Act No. 15 of 2024, w.r.e.f. 23-7-2024.

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