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Costing and Taxation · Ch 2 — Income from Capital Gains

Terms Introduced in the Chapter

Terms Introduced in the Chapter

This section collects, in one place, every term introduced in this chapter, for quick refere …

Definition 1Capital Gains [Section 45(1)]

Profit or gain arising from the transfer of a capital asset, effected in a previous year, chargeable to tax as income o …

Definition 2Capital Asset [Section 2(14)]

Property of any kind held by an assessee, subject to specific exclusions — stock-in-trade, most personal effects (excluding jewellery/art), rural agricultural land, and speci …

Definition 3Short-term Capital Asset [Section 2(42A)]

A capital asset held for not more than 12 months (listed securities/equity-oriented MF units) or 24 months (all other as …

Definition 4Long-term Capital Asset [Section 2(29A)]

A capital asset held beyond its applicable 12-month/24-month specified period — i.e., any capital asset tha …

Definition 5Transfer [Section 2(47)]

Includes sale, exchange, relinquishment, extinguishment of rights, compulsory acquisition, conversion into stock-in-trade, maturity/redemption of a zero-coupon bond, and specified possession-bas …

Definition 6Cost of Acquisition

The price paid, or value at which the asset was originall …

Definition 7Cost of Improvement

Capital expenditure on an addition/alteration to the asset after acquisition; excludes o …

Definition 8Full Value of Consideration

The sale price or other consideration received/accruing on th …