In how much time capital gain fr property to be reinvested anf what r the investment options.?

Sale of residential house / Property

If you have sold your residential house property for a profit, you will get some relief on the capital gains tax payable, if you fulfill certain conditions. Following are the conditions:

1. The house that you sell must have been owned by you for at least 3 years, which means it necessarily must be a long-term asset

2. Once you sell the house, you should buy a new house within two years from the date of sale. Alternately, if you have bought a house within one year before the sale of the existing house, you will be eligible for tax relief. If you are constructing a house, then you should do so within 3 years from the date of sale

3. The cost of the new house should be at least equal to the capital gain

Capital gains bonds:

Sections 54EC provides exemptions on fulfillment of certain conditions. If you sell long-term assets and within six months, invest the sale proceeds in bonds of NHAI or REC (bonds of NABARD, NHB and SIDBI were earlier allowed but have been disallowed with effect from Finance Bill 2006), then you will get an exemption of either the invested amount or the capital gain amount, whichever is lower.

So suppose you have sold the units for Rs. 20,000, and the capital gain amounts to Rs. 12,000. If you invest the entire Rs. 20,000 in bonds as specified, your entire gain of Rs. 12,000 will be exempt. If you invest Rs. 9,000, only that much will be exempt from tax and Rs. 3,000 will be taxable.