How does Indexation Relief work?
Indexation Relief (also known as ‘inflation relief’) may be claimed if you owned the asset that you are selling before 2003.
With Indexation Relief, the market value of the asset at the time you became the owner is increased. This increase is based on inflation calculated by the Central Statistics Office.
Jim bought an investment property in June 1990 for €50,000. He incurred costs of €2,000 on the purchase of the property. He sells the house in 2017.
The purchase price and the costs (€52,000) are indexed by the relevant indexation factor (1.442), totalling €74,984. This sum is deducted from the sale price of the property in calculating the amount of CGT due.
In the case of land to be used for development, relief applies only to a specific value. This is the value that the land would have had at the date you became the owner if it was not development land.
Indexation relief was abolished for the tax year 2003 and subsequent years. If you began the owner of an asset in 2003 or in later years, you are not entitled to Indexation Relief on that asset.
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