Budget 2024: LTCG, STT withdrawal in D-Street’s wishlist for FM Sitharaman

The demand is to levy a uniform 10% tax (plus applicable surcharge and cess) on equities held for more than one year and up to three years on the capital gains exceeding Rs 2 lakh in a financial year. Moreover, a full exemption from capital gains tax if held for more than three years, by suitable amendments to section 112A.