Land purchased in 1990, for Rs 1,00,000, has been sold in FYE 31-03-2022 (AY 2023-24) for Rs 25,00,000. As per valuation report obtained from an Authorized Valuer, the FMV as on 1-4-2001 is Rs 7,00,000. In the New Form 2 for AY 2023-24, under the Schedule for Computation of “Long Term Capital Gains’’, in two of the relevant columns, taxpayer is required to fill-in, - “Cost of Acquisition” and “Cost of Acquisition with Indexation”. Expert is requested to kindly advise as to how to fill-in the mentioned two columns having regard to the stated facts?
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