Schedule AL: Asset Valuations for Your ITR
If your income crossed fifty lakh rupees, your tax return has an extra section where you list what you own. This report gives you the correct figures for it.
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What Schedule AL actually is
Schedule AL is a part of the income tax return form. AL stands for assets and liabilities. If your total income for the year is above fifty lakh rupees, you have to fill it in.
In it you list what you own, such as land, buildings, gold, jewellery, vehicles, bank balances and investments. You also list what you owe.
It is not a wealth tax. Nothing extra is charged because of what you declare here. It is a disclosure, so the department can see the shape of your finances.
The mistake almost everyone makes
This one catches out even experienced people, so read it carefully.
Schedule AL asks for cost, not current market value. What you paid for the asset, not what it is worth today.
That is the exact opposite of a capital gains valuation, where current or 2001 market value is the whole point. Put a market value into Schedule AL and your return says something you did not intend.
Where it gets difficult is old and inherited assets. If you inherited a house and have no idea what your father paid for it in 1979, you still have to put a figure. That is where a valuer helps, by reconstructing a defensible cost from the records that do exist.
What we work out for you
- Land and buildings. Cost of each property you hold, including inherited ones.
- Gold and jewellery. Itemised, which also helps if it is ever divided in the family. More on jewellery valuation.
- Other assets. Where a value has to be established rather than read off a statement.
We work with your accountant
Your chartered accountant files the return. We supply the figures that go into it, in a form they can drop straight in, with the basis noted so it can be explained if anyone asks. 800 plus chartered accountants, CPAs and lawyers work with us this way.
If your accountant has a specific question about how a figure should be treated, ask them to call us directly. That is usually faster than passing messages through you.
Questions people ask us
- Do I have to fill Schedule AL?
Only if your total income for the year is above fifty lakh rupees. Below that, it does not apply to you.
- Will I pay tax on what I declare here?
No. It is a disclosure, not a charge. Nothing is taxed because you listed it.
- Cost or market value?
Cost. This is the single most common error. Market value belongs in a capital gains valuation, not here.
- I inherited a house and have no idea what was paid for it.
Very common. We reconstruct a supportable cost figure from sub registrar records, old notified rates and whatever papers survive, and we note the basis so it can be explained.
- Do I need to redo this every year?
The cost figures do not change year to year, so once established they can be carried forward. You would update it when you buy or sell something.
Checked by Parish Rao, Chartered Engineer and Government Approved Valuer.
Page last checked on 23 August 2026.
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