Income Tax Query II

Facts – Mr. D purchased the house for Rs.10L, and took a loan of Rs.8L by mortgage it. Mr. D died and his son Mr. E inherited the property. Mr. E discharges the loan of Rs.8L and clears the mortgage of property. Mr. E sold the property for Rs.30L, and for computing the capital gains he take the COA as Rs.18L. AO is of the view that the cost to the previous owner is Rs.10L

 

Held - After the death of Mr. D his legal heir inherits only the mortgagor’s interest in the property. By discharging the mortgage debt his heir acquires the interest of the mortgagee in the property. The said payment is therefore regarded as COA. (Logically it should be treated as COI and not COA)

 

Facts – Mr. A purchased the house for Rs.14L, and took a loan of Rs.9L by mortgage it. At the time of selling the property he cleared the mortgage debt and paid Rs.9L. He argues that the said payment should be treated as COI to the property.

Held - This was not the case where the property has been acquired from a previous owner as was the case of RM. ARUNCHALAM v CIT. Since in the present case the mortgage was created by the assessee himself, thus there will be no tax treatment of this payment and the same can’t be said COA or COI.