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The Vanishing Shield: Is Your Home Loan Interest Losing Its Tax Power?

Income Tax : The New Tax Regime restricts Section 24(b) benefits, disallowing set-off of home loan interest against salary income. Taxpayers mu...

February 15, 2026 1071 Views 0 comment Print

Maximizing Tax Benefits on Home Loan Interest: A Strategic Guide

Income Tax : Learn how to optimize home loan interest tax benefits for self-occupied and rented properties. Strategies include reducing capital...

January 10, 2025 30048 Views 2 comments Print

Step-by-Step Guide to Home Loan Calculations

Finance : Learn to calculate home loan EMIs with this step-by-step guide. Understand loan amount, interest rates, tenure, tax benefits, and ...

January 7, 2025 2061 Views 1 comment Print

How is a Loan Against Property Different from a Home Loan

Finance : Learn difference between Loan Against Property and Home Loan. Uncover nuances between two different types of mortgage loans to mak...

December 1, 2023 1620 Views 0 comment Print

SMFG Grihashakti Home Loan: How does it differ from other home loan options?

Finance : Navigating home loan options can take time and effort. With all the jargon and percentages flying around, making a decision can be...

September 27, 2023 1245 Views 0 comment Print


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ICICI Bank launches ‘Cashback’ home loans

Finance : Mumbai: ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets, today announced the launch of a new home loan, w...

September 28, 2017 2175 Views 1 comment Print

‘Mortgage Guarantee’ backed loans for affordable housing sector

Finance : ICICI Bank launches ‘Mortgage Guarantee’ backed loans for affordable housing sector First bank in India to offer this facilit...

August 26, 2015 895 Views 0 comment Print

Housing loans of Rs 15 lakh to get 1 Percent interest subvention – Budget 2011-12

Finance : The government on Monday said low-cost housing loans of Rs 15 lakh (Rs 1.5 million) will be eligible for one per cent interest sub...

March 1, 2011 1252 Views 0 comment Print

Income ceiling per month per household for purposes of housing loans revised

Finance : The income ceilings of Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG) presently defined as Rs. 3300 per month per ho...

March 16, 2010 975 Views 0 comment Print

Home Loan will cost more as teaser rates are coming to end

Finance : Home and auto loan customers will have to shell out more with several public sector banks including the State Bank, Punjab Nationa...

February 12, 2010 813 Views 0 comment Print


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Interest paid on housing loan not allowable as cost of acquisition

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that interest paid on housing loan borrowed for purchase of flat is not allowable as cost of acquisition....

September 1, 2023 11208 Views 0 comment Print

Interest on home Loan availed of to repay earlier loan is allowable U/s. 24(b)

Income Tax : If second borrowing has really been used to repay the original loan and this fact is proved to the satisfaction of AO, interest pa...

August 31, 2017 22464 Views 2 comments Print


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Guidelines on 1 Percent interest subvention Scheme on housing loans upto Rs. 10 lakh –

Fema / RBI : RPCD.SME & NFS. BC. No. 62/06.11.01/2010-11 - In para 43 of the Union Budget Speech of 2011-12, it has been proposed to liberalise...

April 21, 2011 1973 Views 0 comment Print

Scheme of 1 Percent interest subvention on housing loans up to Rs. 10 lakh

Fema / RBI : While calculating the interest subsidy, each disbursement may be treated as a separate loan and for each disbursement, subsidy cla...

February 8, 2011 388 Views 0 comment Print

RBI increases LTV Ratio, Risk Weight and Provisioning in respect of Housing Loans by Commercial Banks

Fema / RBI : It has been observed that some banks are following the practice of sanctioning housing loans at ‘teaser rates’, wherein the lo...

December 23, 2010 937 Views 0 comment Print

Priority Sector Lending – Loans to Housing Finance Companies

Fema / RBI : Please refer to paragraph 7.5 of our Master Circular dated July 1, 2009 on Lending to Priority Sector, in terms of which loans gra...

December 18, 2009 813 Views 0 comment Print


Save Taxes the Right Way (Invest+Tax Savings)

March 6, 2022 8541 Views 0 comment Print

It’s that time of the year when you need to invest in different investment products to enable tax savings for FY 2021-22 OR else regret after March that you did not utilize the benefit of various deductions available for you Now a days, nobody wants to invest just for Tax savings, everybody wants such investment […]

Bank Audits 2021- Decoding Housing Loans

April 13, 2021 15039 Views 1 comment Print

The housing loan is the “Priority Sector Lending”. The Reserve Bank of India, through its Master Direction on the subject of housing loan have advised the bankers adhere to the National Building Code (NBC) formulated by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in view of the importance of safety of buildings especially against natural disasters. […]

How to make use of a home loan EMI calculator

February 19, 2021 4041 Views 0 comment Print

A home loan is one of the most popular ways for young homeowners to own homes. With the soaring costs of houses across the country, a home loan is the best way for people to buy their dream homes.

Tax planning and managing the House Property

October 16, 2020 18020 Views 0 comment Print

The direct tax proposals of budget 2014 have been tax friendly. It is also worth noting that budget proposals have received the assent of President and now it is law of land under Indian Income Tax Act. It provides for tax advantage in the form of increased basic exemption limit for individuals by Rs.50K.

How Housing Finance Companies Sanction home loan to Salaried person?

May 14, 2020 4674 Views 0 comment Print

Due to the rapid Growth & increasing Competition in the Housing Finance Sector, the chances of Procedural Lapses have also been increasing. The Probability of misuse & taking of advantage of the System by unscrupulous elements have also risen. It is very important to take urgent remedial & proactive steps so that incidents of Defaults […]

Disbursement of Housing Loan to Individual Linked to stages of Construction

August 3, 2019 2628 Views 0 comment Print

National Housing Bank (NHB) policy circular no. 96/2019-20 dt. July 19, 2019 Several complaints for offering loan 1. Housing Finance Companies (HFC) were advised while introducing any kind of product ‘Customer suitability’ and ‘Appropriateness’ issues should be taken into account by the Cos. 2. Frauds being committed by certain builders using subvention schemes have also […]

FAQs on Housing Loan & Income tax benefit

July 26, 2018 1279375 Views 954 comments Print

Home loan entitles Individuals to Deduction Under Section 80C of up to Rs. 1.50 Lakh and Interest Deduction under section 24 of up to Rs. 2 Lakh. Articles deals with Faqs on Benefit U/s. 24 and 80C on Jointly Owned Property, Under Construction Property, multiple properties and Simultaneous benefit of Interest exemption and HRA.

When Rs. 2,00,000 maximum interest deduction not available on SOP

July 19, 2018 24996 Views 11 comments Print

We all think that we are eligible for Interest Deduction U/s. 24(b) up to Rs. 2,00,000/- on home loan taken for Self Occupied property. But many taxpayers are not aware that in some cases the deduction of Housing Interest on Self Occupied Property is available only upto Rs. 30,000/- instead of Rs. 2,00,000/-. In this article we have discussed Such provisions.

Double Benefit on Taxes on Housing Loan

July 16, 2018 112670 Views 10 comments Print

The Income Tax Act provides deduction under section 80C against Principal Repayment and exemption under Section 24(b) on Interest payment of Housing Loan. Article explains tax benefit on Housing Loan taken and possession received in the same year and also when possession received in next year.

Tax Benefits on Home Loan

July 8, 2018 68269 Views 30 comments Print

Article deals with Tax Benefit on Home loan under section 80C for Loan Principal Payment, Section 24 for Interest Payment, Tax planning of Home Loan & HRA.

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