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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

FAQs on Benami Property Transactions and Definitions

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department has issued comprehensive FAQs explaining what constitutes a benami property and benami transaction under...

June 20, 2026 4770 Views 0 comment Print

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 1458 Views 0 comment Print

Smart Ways to Claim Loan Interest Deductions and Stay Clear of Tax Scrutiny

Income Tax : Tax deductions for interest paid on loans play a significant role in personal tax planning, offering relief by reducing taxable in...

July 2, 2025 3804 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 30477 Views 2 comments Print


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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


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Receipt of interest by foreign banks on foreign currency loans to Indian concerns was taxable on gross basis

Income Tax : Interest income earned by a foreign bank from foreign currency loans extended to Indian corporates was taxable on a gross basis. S...

July 6, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

Bona Fide Claim Under Newly Introduced Section 71(3A) Saves Assessee from Penalty Under Section 270A

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore deleted the penalty under Section 270A after holding that the assessee's incorrect claim arose from a bona fide mis...

June 19, 2026 357 Views 0 comment Print

Applications to recall ex parte orders filed after an unexplained fourteen-year delay was dismissed

Income Tax : Tribunal could not  recall and restore an appeal dismissed ex parte under Rule 24 of the ITAT Rules, 1963, when assessee filed mi...

June 5, 2026 522 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes LTCG Addition as DVO Reference Was Invalid for Pre-July 2012 Transaction

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that a land sale completed before 01.07.2012 could not be subjected to a DVO reference under the amended Section...

June 5, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print

Commercial Complex on MSRTC Land Generates Business Income, Not House Property Income: Mumbai ITA

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT held that income from house property can be assessed only in the hands of an owner or deemed owner under the Income-ta...

June 3, 2026 828 Views 0 comment Print


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UBD (PCB) BPD Cir No. 34 /16.26.000/2009

Fema / RBI : 2. With a view to disseminating information on the SLR status of a Government security, it has been decided that: (i) the SLR stat...

December 17, 2009 2213 Views 0 comment Print


Income Tax Benefits/Deductions on Second Home Loan

January 9, 2021 45171 Views 43 comments Print

From FY 19-20 onwards in the Finance Act, 2019, government has allowed a major relief u/s 23 and 24 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 by allowing the taxpayers to declare in their tax return the value of their ‘Two’ houses as self –occupied, on a NIL basis. That means, now a person can enjoy […]

Interest allowed U/s. 24(b) cannot be allowed as part of cost of acquisition

December 26, 2020 3981 Views 0 comment Print

Shree Bal Properties & Finance P. Ltd Vs PCIT (ITAT Mumbai) Admittedly, the assessee while computing its income in the previous years under the head ‘Income from House Property‘ had claimed deduction u/s 24(b) of the interest paid on loan raised from ‘Janalaxmi Co-op Bank Ltd’, which funds are stated to have been utilized in […]

section 24(b) interest allowable on both Residential & commercial property

December 16, 2020 44253 Views 0 comment Print

Indraprastha Shelters Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore)  With regard to the other reason given by the revenue authorities for denying deduction of interest paid to Mrs.Kaveri bai is by applying the 3rd proviso to Sec.24(b) of the Act. On perusal of the provisions of section 24(b), it is clear that the deduction is allowed […]

Section 80EEA Deduction for interest paid on home loan for affordable housing

December 12, 2020 43473 Views 8 comments Print

Analysis of Sec-80EEA – Deduction for interest paid on home loan for affordable housing (w.e.f A.Y 2020-21) √ Eligibility criteria √ The deduction under this section is available only to individuals, not to HUF, AOP, Partnership firm, a company, or any other kind of taxpayer. √ Applies to both Resident and Non-Residents. √Amount of deduction […]

Income Tax Deduction allowable on Housing Loan

August 19, 2020 20991 Views 3 comments Print

Article explains three Deduction Claimed on the payment of principal and Interest amount of Housing Loan which are deduction under Section 24b for Interest on Home Loan, deduction under Section 80EEA which provides deduction on Interest on house loan over and above the eligibility mentioned in the section 24 and deduction under Section 80C for […]

Government wants you to own a house

July 30, 2020 39301 Views 12 comments Print

The government wants you to own a house and the same becomes evident from the various tax benefits allowed under the income tax laws to the persons who own a house. Let us understand the various beneficial tax provisions which prove that the government wants you to own a house.

EMI on Home Loan & Its Impact on Income Tax Computation

July 5, 2020 5118 Views 0 comment Print

EMI on Home loan has two components. One component is repayment towards principal amount of loan and the other is interest portion. The article will describe regarding the tax benefit an assessee can avail on making payment of EMI. Loan can be taken for construction or purchase or repair or renewal or reconstruction of residential […]

Deduction of Interest on House Property | Section 24(b), 80EE, 80EEA

May 19, 2020 181734 Views 22 comments Print

Treatment of Interest against House Property in computation of Income [Section 24(b), 80EE, 80 EEA] After calculating the gross annual value (GAV) which is fairly simple to compute, most of the confusion to calculate the income under house property lies in computing the amount of interest deductible from the GAV. Section 24(b) of the Income […]

Eligibility of Interest on housing loan for double deduction

March 26, 2020 24022 Views 0 comment Print

Interest on housing loan which was claimed as a deduction under section 24(b) [while computing income from house property] was also deducted by the assessee under section 48 [as cost of acquisition while computing capital gains from sale of such house property].

Interest against House Rent from Children used Jointly allowable

March 19, 2020 852 Views 0 comment Print

We say so as it may well, in view of the joint residence, be that no area (portion) is specified in the rent agreements. The number of family members living jointly; their living requirements – which may not be uniform; fair rental value of the property, etc., are some of the parameters which could be considered for the purpose. The AO shall adjudicate thereon per a speaking order, giving definite reasons for being in disagreement, where so, in whole or in part, with the assessee’s working, within a reasonable time. We decide accordingly. In the result, the assessee’s appeal is partly allowed on the aforesaid terms.

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