Legal Background:-
Section 50C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 was inserted by Finance Act (“FA”) 2002 w.e.f 01-04-2003. It provides that where the consideration received or accrued as a result of transfer of capital asset by the assesee being land or building or both is less that value adopted or assessed or assessable1 by stamp valuation authority for the purpose of payment of stamp duty then the value adopted or assessed or assessable shall deemed to be full value consideration for the purpose of computing the capital gain.
The very purpose of introducing the section is to counter suppression of sale consideration on sale of immovable properties, being land or building or both. The section provides for rebuttable presumption that the value adopted for the purpose of computing stamp duty by the competent authorities fairly indicates the market value of the property sold.
The Provisions of section 50C are applicable in case of transfer of Capital Asset. Similar provisions are contained in section 43CA which was introduced by FA 2013 w.e.f 01-04-2014. The said section deals with the immovable property, being land or building or both, held as a stock in trade.