Advice on Capital Gain Section 54

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Tarun (Querist)

26 July 2024 Need Advice on below

Residential Property A - Purchased in 1981, Sold on 27 Sep 2023 Capital Gain of 1.94 Cr
Residential Property B: - Purchased on 18 Oct 2023 Purchased for 2.68 Cr#
Exemption on CG claimed u/s Section 54 in AY2024-25

Residential Property C -Inherited and sold on July 22, 2024 with Capital Gain of 0.55 Cr. Intend to claim capital gain exemption for Property C u/s Section 54 against residual purchase amount of property B in current AY2025-26, since Capital gain from A & C is less than amount invested in Property B

Queries
1. Can I claim CG exemption for property C under Section 54 since Property B was purchased within previous 1 year of selling property C and the amount invested in Property B was more than CG in Property A and Property C?

2. Is it possible to make Sec 54 claim twice spread across 2 seperate Assessment years, since it is generally said that this benefit can be claimed “once in a lifetime”?

3. If the answer to above two is yes, can i use the amount of 0.55 Cr received from sale of Property C in repaying the loan of 0.74 Cr I had taken at time of purchase of Property B?

4. Residential Property C: this was originally purchased by great grandfather in 1961, after which he had passed it on to his successors through a will in 1971. However, it was in 2017 only, finally a partition deed was signed / registered and each successor got his/her own share. Accordingly, my share in property was registered in 2017 only.

a. What year should be considered for inheritance in my name?
b. Since this is an ancestral property and cost of acquisition for me was nil, What should be the base year for considering cost of acquisition / indexation?