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FAQs on Income from house property

Income Tax : Learn how rental income is taxed, who is treated as the owner, and how deductions under Section 24 are computed. The guidance also...

June 24, 2026 557596 Views 67 comments Print

Section 54 Exemption for Capital Gains on Residential Property Transfer

Income Tax : Section 54 grants exemption on long-term capital gains from the sale of a residential house because the proceeds are reinvested in...

June 10, 2026 100575 Views 5 comments Print

Income From House Property under Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : A comprehensive guide explaining taxation of house property income, annual value computation, deemed ownership, and deductions und...

May 9, 2026 2655 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation framework for Income from House Property

Income Tax : The framework clarifies that only owners or deemed owners are liable to tax under this head. Computation depends on annual value a...

April 4, 2026 2097 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Income from House Property under Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The issue covers taxation and computation of house property income under the new law. The key takeaway is clarity on annual value,...

April 4, 2026 18414 Views 1 comment Print


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Budget 2024: House Property Rental Income cannot be taxed as Business Income

Income Tax : From April 1, 2025, rental income from house properties must be reported under "Income from House Property," not as business incom...

July 23, 2024 5379 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Exemption on notional rent on second self-occupied house (Budget 2019)

Income Tax : While presenting interim Budget 2019-20 FM proposed to exempt the levy of income tax on notional rent on a second self-occupied ho...

February 1, 2019 5916 Views 0 comment Print

Rent Income and Tax Provisions

Income Tax : Tax on rental income - The rental income is added to the taxable income and tax liability is based on the tax slabs. Up to 30 perc...

December 23, 2008 4666 Views 3 comments Print


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Rental Income Can’t Be Reclassified as Business Profits based on Consistency Rule: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai ruled that an AO cannot reclassify rental income as business income if it was consistently assessed as income from...

September 17, 2025 1128 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Upholds Lease Rental Income as House Property: Applied Consistency Rule

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi rules rental income from leased property is taxable as 'House Property' for IHDP Globals, upholding consistency rule in...

July 18, 2025 549 Views 0 comment Print

Rental Income on Stock-in-Trade is Business Income: Gujarat HC

Income Tax : Gujarat HC ruled that rental income from a property held as stock-in-trade by a construction business is business income, not inco...

June 26, 2025 939 Views 0 comment Print

No Addition for Deemed Rental Income on Unsold Flats Held as Stock-in-Trade for AY 2015-16

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai clarifies tax on builders' unsold inventory, stating no deemed rental income on stock-in-trade. Also addresses 80G ded...

June 20, 2025 450 Views 0 comment Print

Unsold Flats: No Tax on Notional Rent for period Before Finance Act 2017 Amendments

Income Tax : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Pune recently ruled that notional rent on unsold flats held as stock-in-trade by a builder ca...

June 20, 2025 996 Views 0 comment Print


House Property Remained Vacant – Check Out How to Calculate Your Income Tax Liability

February 21, 2020 165150 Views 14 comments Print

Income Tax Act, 1961 allows only 1 house property to be declared as Self occupied while all others are compulsorily required to be declared as rented out. In case of Property which is let out there exists a concept of Deemed Annual Value

All you wanted to know about Tax Exemption on HRA

January 12, 2020 16422 Views 1 comment Print

Along with the rest of the country, the salaried class waits for the annual budget to be announced each year. They look up to the government to provide them with higher take home pay by way of increase in tax free income and lowering of tax slabs. They also look for some relief through savings options providing tax benefits. Sometimes the hopes are fulfilled and at other times not.

Performance Bonus not forms part of salary for HRA calculation

January 10, 2020 7447 Views 0 comment Print

Clause (h) of Rule 2A specifically provides that ‘salary’ includes dearness allowance, if the terms of employment so provede, but excludes all other allowances and perquisites. Accordingly, the performance bonus received by the appellant did not form part of ‘salary’ for the purposes of computing exemption u/s 10(13A) of the Act.

Taxability under the Head ‘Income from House Property’

January 1, 2020 119472 Views 9 comments Print

ncome from House Property covers the rent earned from the House property which is chargeable to tax. Sometimes, the owner may have to pay tax on ‘deemed rent’ in case the property is not let out or vacant. The income from house property would be taxable if it satisfies the following three essential conditions:

Claim Tax Benefit on HRA as well as Tax Deduction on Home Loan

December 25, 2019 58377 Views 8 comments Print

For some people, the tax-planning season has just started. You know that house rent allowance (HRA) and the deduction related to home loan repayment can lower your tax liability. You will be pleased to know, in certain cases, you can avail tax benefits from both of these.

Computation of Income From House Property

December 23, 2019 74895 Views 2 comments Print

1. WHAT IS TAXED? Under the Income Tax Act what is taxed under the head ‘Income from house Property’ is the inherent capacity of the property to earn income called the Annual Value of the property. This is taxed in the hands of the owner of the property. 2. COMPUTATION OF ANNUAL VALUE This is […]

Property used for business cannot be treated as vacant for section 23

December 5, 2019 4737 Views 0 comment Print

We are of the view that the company having occupied the property for its own purposes, no notional rent can be added. It may be germane to mention here that this is the only property owned and occupied by the assessee as its registered office. It is not the case of the AO that the assessee company was having some other premises to have its office. A company having been incorporated is legally required to have its registered office irrespective of the fact whether during the year it has carried on any activity or not.

Notional rent cannot be charged on property legally not occupiable

October 29, 2019 2649 Views 0 comment Print

Since during the period the property was legally not occupiable and not occupied because the building in which property was situated was not given Occupancy Certificate (OC), therefore, issue for charging of tax on notional rental basis and the question of interpretation of section 23(1)(a) did not arise at all.

Tax Benefits on Home Loan for Joint Owners

July 26, 2019 36867 Views 10 comments Print

Income Tax benefits on Housing Loan for Joint Owner of Rs. 2 Lakh each Section 24(b) of Income Tax Act, 1961 (amended) Conditions for claiming Interest on Home Loan ↓ 1. Income Tax benefits on a joint home loan can be claimed by all the joint owners. 2. Ownership is required for joint owners i.e. […]

Depreciation on Office Premises assessed as House Property Income?

July 17, 2019 18705 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Prashant Jayantilal Patel Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The sole subject matter of present appeal is to adjudicate whether the assessee would be eligible to claim depreciation on certain premises, which although forms part of block of assets,has been let out during the impugned AY & earned certain rental income which has been assessed as […]

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