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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 561 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 16938 Views 1 comment Print

A Simple Guide to classification of earning under Five Income Heads under Income Tax Act

Income Tax : A simple guide to the five heads of income under the Income Tax Act, 1961, explaining salary, house property, business income, cap...

March 1, 2026 1200 Views 0 comment Print

Difference Between Income from House Property: Annual Value, Deductions

Income Tax : This article explains how annual value is calculated under Section 23 and why it forms the foundation of taxable income from house...

February 27, 2026 759 Views 0 comment Print

Taxation of Income from House Property under Section 22 of Income Tax Act, 1961: A Comprehensive Analysis

Income Tax : This guide explains how Section 22 taxes house property based on annual value rather than actual rent. It covers computation steps...

February 27, 2026 2529 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 5139 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 5853 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 4594 Views 3 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


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 1053 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 507 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 822 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 378 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 852 Views 0 comment Print


Renting A House? Here Is Your Legal Checklist

March 14, 2018 15552 Views 0 comment Print

Renting a Property is always a difficult task for Landlord ..they always in dilemma that what are papers they need to collect from Tenant.Here are checklist of it.

Common Area Maintenance and non-occupancy charges paid are deductible from rent in computation of ‘Annual Letting Value’ u/s 22

January 28, 2018 8589 Views 0 comment Print

Common Area Maintenance Charges and non-occupancy charges paid by the assessee to the Society are deductible from the rent while computing the Annual Letting Value u/s 22

Building under construction cannot be taxed as deemed let out property

January 11, 2018 4638 Views 0 comment Print

Building being under construction during relevant previous year, the same could not be taxed applying provision of Section 23(1)(c) of Income Tax Act, 1961.

Appropriate rate of interest for estimating ALV of Property let out without rent

December 3, 2017 1500 Views 0 comment Print

In our opinion, for determining the income from the property, it should be rate of return on the investment of similar amount in another asset. Therefore, in our opinion, the Commissioner (Appeals) was fully justified in estimating the ALV on the basis of interest which assessee would have earned on the investment of the similar amount.

Amenity charges forming part of same transaction is assessable as House Property Income

November 22, 2017 2427 Views 0 comment Print

A bare perusal of nature of services, prima facie, reveals that the said services were of general in nature which is usually provided by the landlord to the tenant. Therefore, amenity charges, in our opinion, being part and parcel of same transaction, were asses sable as Income from House Property.

Notional income on house kept vacant for self-occupation

November 13, 2017 2790 Views 0 comment Print

Annual value of a house could be taken as nil only when either the house is occupied for own residence or could not be occupied by the owner, if he is residing in a building not owned by him at other place due to his employment, business or profession carried out at other place.

Compensation received for providing amenities is taxable as income from house property

November 12, 2017 7101 Views 0 comment Print

Receipts towards amenities are to be considered as part of rental income. However, the expenses incurred towards security service and pantry services are not connected to the rental income and hence, they should be deducted from the receipts from amenities.

Rental Income from Real Estate Business is Business Income

November 12, 2017 3177 Views 0 comment Print

Moreover, if the action of the AO is confirmed the assessee will be claiming additional deduction u/s 24 @ 30% in addition to the business and administrative expenses as the assessee is in the real estate business and the income of the assessee will be assessed lower than the returned income.

Service Tax Paid on rent can be claimed as deduction from business Income

November 8, 2017 2292 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs. M/s. Chadha Builders & Properties (ITAT Delhi) Service Tax is not an allowable deduction from Income from house property. But it is true that the assessee has paid Service Tax & it was not recovered from tenants and it has also filed the return of service tax. Service tax has been paid into […]

Income from Leasing of Retail Space in Mall is Taxable as ‘Income from House Property’

October 23, 2017 6180 Views 0 comment Print

Select Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd Vs. Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) Here in this case, qua the retail space, the assessee was not carrying on any systematic or organized activity of providing service to the occupiers of the shops, albeit other service charges pertaining to the common maintenance, event and advertising, parking fees, etc., has been offered […]

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