26 December 2015
Clarification on Housing loan deduction in Income Tax with support to adequate section of Income Tax Act. If loan is borrow on property of father but co-borrower son paid the whole loan repayment. Can son eligible to claim whole deduction of Interest and principal in his income tax. Yes then what is the supporting of section of house property for providing to my employer for availing the whole deduction.
26 December 2015
if son is only co borrower and the property for which the loan is taken is only in father's name, the housing loan deduction is NOT available to son, even if the son might have repaid the loan. The crux is the "house property" The deduction is for house property and not for loan on a stand alone basis.