Long-term capital gains tax considers original owner's acquisition date for accurate indexed cost calculation, affecting tax liabilities.

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....Capital gain tax - cost of acquisitionn - the long terms capital gains has to be from the date from which the capital asset in question was held by the previous owner and the indexed cost of acquisition also has to be determined on the very same basis, consequently, the indexed cost of acquisition has to be computed with reference to the year in which the previous owner first held the asset and not the year in which the assessee became the owner of such asset. - AT....