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Article: CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON PROPERTY SHOULD BE ON MARKET VALUE: INDIA'S ICAI.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- June 17, 2004
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NEW DELHI, June 17 Asia Pulse - In what could increase revenues for the government, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India today said capital gains on property deals should be on the basis of market value rather than the present stipulation of stamp duties, which are often under-valued.
Seeking repeal of Section 50C of Income Tax Act used for computation of capital gains for property transfer, ICAI said since fixation of stamp duties is a state subject, there was a tendency to fix the duty rates at higher level, ignoring the market rate of the transferred property.
Section 50C provides for adopting value of stamp duty as fixed by the state ...