I have purchased a plot of land in April 1987 for Rs.46000. I completed ground floor construction of my house in Oct 1990 with a total cost of Rs.21600 and completed the upper floor construction in May 1999 at a cost of Rs.600000. I propose to sell the property now for a total price of Rs.1cr. What will be my Capital Gain tax liability
Ans: Your long term capital gains (LTCG) would need to be calculated based on your indexed cost of acquisition of plot, construction and any improvements or alterations done by you of a permanent nature. For doing this, your original costs, inflated by the CII (Cost Inflation Index) as given out by the Govt from time to time is to be used.
The current CII is available from 2001 onwards, while your purchases relate to much earlier. There are ways of handling this including a valuation to be done by a competent professional.
I would recommend you to approach a Govt certified valuer or a CA to evaluate the LTCG in this case.