Thanks for your replies tricktricky and mandelbrot.
It might be possible to trawl back on cheques etc, but not sure how long banks hold this information and in any event can't even pinpoint the years some of the work was done.
That the work was actually done can be shown by current photographs or physical inspection, but there are no photographs of the pre work condition. The house itself is a very old rural cottage, 100 years+ at least, so work carried out over the period of our owenership is fairly obvious. I was wondering if an engineers report and estimated value / cost of the improvements would be of any use.
Thanks mandelbrot, I think this is a very good point.
If revenue did not accept that the work was done after the house came into our ownwership, then, logically, given that the house actually has central heating, replacement windows etc, the implication must be that the house was more valuable when it was signed over to us.
I have estimated the actual value when signed over to us in 1981 as being in the order of €20000 - €25000. Without reference to indexation, at least €10000- €15000 must have been spent on improving the property over the last 30 years. So if I put the original value as being €35000 approx. and forget about all the details of incurred costs, that would appear to be a reasonable solution. After all, revenue will still get about the same amount of CGT, even if how the gain is calculated is not in full accordance with the actual details.
Would be interested to know if anyone sees any problems with this approach.
For the sake of not getting into trouble I think the relatively small cost of advice from an accountant would be well warranted. And revenue are the biggest trouble you are ever likely to meet. You could try McGibney or one of the other accountants on here.
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