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2022 (11) TMI 827 - AT - Income TaxCapital gains arising out of sale of property under the head short term capital gain u/s 50 - appellant has disclosed the asset under Companies Act as business asset and not claiming of depreciation under IT Act does not change the character of asset - assessee submitted that as per basic requirement for invoking section 50 of the Act the property must form in the block of assets and the depreciation should be allowed but in the case of the assessee, the property in question was never included in the block of assets and that depreciation has not been allowed - HELD THAT:- We observe from the reading of section 50 of the Act that the capital asset has to be part of block of assets in respect of which depreciation has been allowed. Before us, the parties have agreed that the matter may go back to the file of the ld. A.O for verification whether at all depreciation has been allowed in respect of the property in question and then the matter may be decided in accordance with the provision of section 50 - In the interest of justice, we set aside the order of the ld. CIT(A) and remand the matter to the file of the ld. A.O to verify as per above terms whether the assessee has been allowed depreciation and then re-adjudicate the issue as per law in terms of section 50 of the Act. Grounds of appeal are allowed for statistical purposes.
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