Defining the cost of acquisition in case of certain assets for computing capital gains

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

Full Text of the Document

X X   X X   Extracts   X X   X X

....of any improvement' and 'cost of acquisition' for the purposes of computing capital gains. However, there are certain assets like intangible assets or any sort of right for which no consideration has been paid for acquisition. The cost of acquisition of such assets is not clearly defined as 'nil' in the present provision. This has led to many legal disputes and the courts have held that for taxabi....