Cost of acquisition
The value for which the asset was acquired by the assessee, including all expenses incurred in acquiring it, subject to many special rules for bonus shares, rights, inherited assets and conversions.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Bonus sharesAdditional shares issued free to existing shareholders in proportion to their holding — no tax at allotment, a nil cost of acquisition, and a fresh holding period from the allotment date.
- Cost Inflation IndexAn index notified by the CBDT each year, with 2001-02 as the base of 100, used to restate the cost of a long-term capital asset in current rupees so that inflation is not taxed as capital gain.
- Market Linked DebentureA debenture whose return is linked to an underlying index or security rather than being a fixed coupon; since Section 50AA its gains are short-term capital gains taxed at slab, whatever the holding period.
- Specified Mutual FundA mutual fund caught by section 50AA — gains on it are short-term no matter how long it was held, and are taxed at the investor's slab rate.
- Vault ManagerThe SEBI-registered intermediary that stores and safekeeps gold deposited for trading in Electronic Gold Receipts, and coordinates their creation, transfer and extinguishment with the depository.
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