09 April 2021
Dear Sir, My mother in law's property (Residential land of 286 Sq Yds) which was bought in1985 for Rs.1 Lakh sold in 2019 for Rs.1.50 Crores. How much is the capital gain tax. Can we save the capital gain tax if we buy land and construct a house (within three years)? do we have to deposit the capital gain tax till we construct a house. kindly clarify. regards. madhavi
10 April 2021
LTCG = sale consideration - indexed cost of acquisition sale consideration = 1.5 cr indexed cost of acquisition = 2.89 lac [1 lac x 289/100] LTCG = 1.47cr (1.5 cr - 2.89 lac] Tax @20% on above
*Year of sale is assumed as FY19-20
You have an option to choose between cost of purchase or fair market value as on 01/04/2001 in order to compute indexed cost of acquisition.
In order to avail benefits of section 54, capital gain should have been invested in CG deposit account before filing return of income for FY19-20. If this has not been done, I don't think exemption u/s 54 can be availed.
10 April 2021
Dear Madam, thanks for the reply. Year of sale is 20-21 (November 2020). If we buy two houses u/s 54 in her name, do we get exemption for both. or can we buy land & construct a house is exempted.
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