Section 112 A deals with

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Section 112A provides for long-term capital gains tax on the sale of listed equity shares, equity-oriented mutual funds and business trust. The rate of long-term capital gains tax on these listed securities is 10% for gains exceeding the threshold of Rs 1 lakh.    Section 112A was inserted by the Finance Act 2018 to tax long-term capital gains from the sale of listed equity shares, units of equity-oriented mutual funds and units of business trust. Earlier, section 10(38) allowed a capital gains exemption from the sale of listed equity shares, units of mutual fund and business trust. Section 48 deals with method of computing capital gain.