Text of ITO Section 56

Set off of losses.—

(1) Subject to sections 58 and 59, where a person sustains a loss for any tax year under any head of income specified in section 11, the person shall be entitled to have the amount of the loss set off against the person’s income, if any, chargeable to tax under any other head of income  [except income under the head salary  [ ] ] for the year.

(2) Except as provided in this Part, where a person sustains a loss under a head of income for a tax year that cannot be set off under sub-section (1), the person shall not be permitted to carry the loss forward to the next tax year.

(3) Where,  [in a tax year,]a person sustains a loss under the head “Income from Business” and a loss under another head of income, the loss under the head “Income from Business shall be set off last.