Formula
The formula for calculating the new Purchase price using Cost of Inflation Index is as below. Indexed Cost of Acquisition = (Cost of Acquisition * Cost of the Inflation Index (CII) for the year in which the asset was sold or transferred.)/ The cost of Inflation Index (CII) for the year in which the asset was first held by the assessee OR FY 2001-02, whichever is later. Indexed Cost of Acquisition = Actual Purchase Price * (Index in year of Sale / Index in Year of Purchase) If the property is purchased before 2001, then you need to get the Fair market value of the property in 2001 and the use that for Indexed cost. In such cases, Indexed Cost = Fair Market value in 2001 * (Index in year of Sale / Base Index i.e. 100) In the post (further below), I have explained how can you get the fair market value of the property in 2001. New CII Index Numbers: (applicable from 2017) – Base year is now changed from 1981 to 2001 Budget 2017 has changed the base year of Indexation from 1981 to 2001.
Cost Inflation Index
As the due date for income tax is 31 July (now extended to 31st Aug), you need to make sure that the returns are file on time. From April 2018, tax rules have changed and a penalty of upto Rs 10000 will be levied if the return is not filed on time. Also, the ITR revision time limit is also changed from 2 years to 1 year
How to Calculate Indexed Cost of Acquisition Asset
Example 1: Purchased House on 01-Jul-2004 = Rs 20 Lakh Sold House on 01-May-2018 = Rs 75 Lakh Example 2: Shivani purchased a capital asset in FY 1995-1996 for Rs. 2,00,000. FMV of the capital asset on 1st April 2001 was Rs. 3,20,000. She sells the asset in FY 2016-17. What is the indexed cost of acquisition? Here, the asset is purchased before the base year. Hence the cost of acquisition = Higher of actual cost or FMV on 1st April 2001 i.e. Cost of Acquisition = Rs. 3,20,000 CII for the year 2001-02 and 2016-17 is 100 and 264 respectively. Indexed cost of acquisition = 3,20,000 x 264/100 = Rs. 8,44,800.
