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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 18417 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


Income from Letting out space on terrace of building to mobile companies is Income from house property

April 6, 2019 3777 Views 1 comment Print

Kohinoor Industrial Premises Co– operative Society Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Undisputedly, the assessee has derived rental income from letting out space in the terrace of the building to mobile companies for installing their mobile tower / antenna. It is also a fact that the assessee has offered such rental income as income from house […]

Rent from letting out shop rooms in mall taxable as Business Income

March 27, 2019 13719 Views 0 comment Print

Amount received by letting out the shop rooms in the mall is business income taxable under the head Profits and gains of business.

How to Claim Deduction of Interest Payments on Home Loan of Under-construction House

March 23, 2019 76614 Views 12 comments Print

A home loan must be taken for the purchase/construction of a house and the construction of the house must be completed within 5 years from the end of financial year in which loan was taken. If you are paying EMI for the housing loan, it has two components – interest payment and principal repayment. The […]

Income Tax on notional rental income in case of builders U/s. 23(5)

March 22, 2019 46455 Views 1 comment Print

Builders generally as a matter of practice are not interested in leasing of such property (ies) hence even the department in most of the cases, did not invoke provisions of section 23 of Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’) to tax the notional income deemed to accrue on completed vacant property(ies) held as stock-in-trade by the builders.

ITAT disallows claim of interest on home loan by showing SOP as Let out

March 15, 2019 1581 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Hitesh H Budhbhatti Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) The allowability of interest expenditure on borrowed capital for purchase of residential house under s.24 of the Act is in question. As per Section 23(2) of the Act, the gross annual value of the residential house shall be taken at ‘nil’ where such house is in the […]

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

February 1, 2019 5916 Views 0 comment Print

While presenting interim Budget 2019-20 FM proposed to exempt the levy of income tax on notional rent on a second self-occupied house subject to It has been proposed to exempt the levy of income tax on notional rent on a second self-occupied house.  Currently, income tax on notional rent is payable if one has more […]

Income from Terrace space let out to mobile companies is house property Income

December 24, 2018 1308 Views 0 comment Print

The terrace of the building cannot be considered as distinct and separate but certainly is a part of the house property. Therefore, letting-out space on the terrace of the house property for installation and operation of mobile tower / antenna certainly amounts to letting-out a part of the house property itself.

Income from House Property in a Nutshell

November 17, 2018 4281 Views 0 comment Print

SECTION 22 – CHARGING SECTION ♣ Annual Value of Property consisting of any buildings or land appurtenant there to. Tax under this head is not levied on the rent of the property but it is on the capacity of a property to earn income, Hence the words used in the charging Section is “Annual Value”. […]

Inclusion of Notional interest on interest-free security deposit in computation of annual value u/s 23(1)(b)

October 29, 2018 4827 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Moni Kumar Subba (ITAT Delhi) In the present case, the AO added notional interest on the interest free security for arriving at annual letting value. Since that was not permissible, the effect would be that such assessment was rightly set aside by the CIT (A) and the Tribunal. Therefore, the orders would not […]

Tax Aspects – HRA and Home Loan

September 7, 2018 12585 Views 7 comments Print

Buying a home is a dream come true for many , but a bit of homework could reduce your tax liability enormously. Many of us are aware that interest on home loan enjoys tax benefits, but only few might know that House Rent Allowance, a component in your salary, could also be a big tax saver if it is combined with the home loan benefit.

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