Deuctibility of Cost of Furniture in Computation of Capital Gain on Property Sale

Issue which arises for our consideration is whether Rs. 12 lakhs paid by the appellant assessee to the seller at the time of purchase of the property in question must be construed as a cost of acquisition of the asset so as to be deducted from the full value of consideration received by the appellant assessee at the time when he had sold and transferred the property in question. Section 48 of the Act stipulates the manner in which the capital gain shall be calculated. We reproduce the said Section as under:

“Section 48:

The income chargeable under the head capital gain shall be computed by deducting from the full value of consideration received or accruing as a result of transfer of capital asset, the following amounts namely:-

i) expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively in connection with such transfer;

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