INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961

CHAPTER IV

COMPUTATION OF TOTAL INCOME

Heads of Income

E.—Capital gains

Mode of computation and deductions

48. The income chargeable under the head "Capital gains" shall be computed by deducting from the full value of the consideration received or accruing as a result of the transfer of the capital asset the following amounts namely :—

(i) expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively in connection with such transfer;

(ii) the cost of acquisition of the capital asset and the cost of any improvement thereto.