30 November 2011
i was purchase a house on02.03.1988 of Rs57000 after that i have constructed ist floor 2700sqft now i want sale the property to Rs175.00lakhs how can i calculate capital gain pl clarify and any other working to reduce capital gain
30 November 2011
Income tax is not levied on Square feet basis. It depends upon the fact that how much you have spent and what you have got. . The Costof purchase as well as subsequent cost of improvement has to be indexed to find out the inflation based indexed cost of the flat. . This enhanced value is subtracted from the sales consideration. This excess is Capital Gain. . You can purchase another residential house by investing the capital gains amount or more. You will not require to pay Capital gains Tax.