29 July 2007
My father bought house property i his name, iam paying the interest & principal for loan, father don't have income above taxable limit so he is not claiming, whether i can claim the interest as house property loss and principal as a deduction U/s 80C
30 July 2007
hi, When u are not the owner and when there is no income of that property in ur taxable income, u canot claim the deduction. There should be relatable income when u claim expenditure of that.
30 July 2007
Hai ravikanth thank u for ur reply. Under the head house property its not saying that ownership is by way of actual ownership, one person can be deemed owner, for that registration of sale deed not necessary, also if its a self occupaied house there may not be any income.
(i) an individual who transfers otherwise than for adequate considera-tion any house property to his or her spouse, not being a transfer in connection with an agreement to live apart, or to a minor child not being a married daughter, shall be deemed to be the owner of the house property so transferred;
(ii) the holder of an impartible estate shall be deemed to be the individual owner of all the properties comprised in the estate ;
93[(iii) a member of a co-operative society, company or other association of persons to whom a building or part thereof is allotted or leased under a house building scheme of the society, company or association, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the owner of that building or part thereof ;
(iiia) a person who is allowed to take or retain possession of any building or part thereof in part performance of a contract of the nature referred to in 94section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882), shall be deemed to be the owner of that building or part thereof ;
(iiib) a person who acquires any rights (excluding any rights by way of a lease from month to month or for a period not exceeding one year) in or with respect to any building or part thereof, by virtue of any such transaction as is referred to in clause (f) of section 269UA, shall be deemed to be the owner of that building or part thereof;] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your case is not falling under deemed owner concept.
Query 2
For Self Occupied Property, Even though there is no income, Ded U/s.24 will be allowed and income will be negative. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer for Main Query: If loan is borowed by you, You can claim deduction U/s.80C subject to availability of Taxable Income.
To understand the concept, Please read Sec.80C-Related clause i.e. xviii:
(xviii) for the purposes of purchase or construction of a residential house property the income from which is chargeable to tax under the head Income from house property (or which would, if it had not been used for the assessees own residence, have been chargeable to tax under that head), where such payments are made towards or by way of
(a) any instalment or part payment of the amount due under any self-financing or other scheme of any development authority, housing board or other authority engaged in the construction and sale of house property on ownership basis; or
(b) any instalment or part payment of the amount due to any company or co-operative society of which the assessee is a shareholder or member towards the cost of the house property allotted to him; or
(c) repayment of the amount borrowed by the assessee from
(1) the Central Government or any State Government, or
(2) any bank, including a co-operative bank, or
(3) the Life Insurance Corporation, or
(4) the National Housing Bank, or
(5) any public company formed and registered in India with the main object of carrying on the business of providing long-term finance for construction or purchase of houses in India for residential purposes which is eligible for deduction under clause (viii) of sub-section (1) of section 36, or
(6) any company in which the public are substantially interested or any co-operative society, where such company or co-operative society is engaged in the business of financing the construction of houses, or
(7) the assessees employer where such employer is an authority or a board or a corporation or any other body established or constituted under a Central or State Act, or
(8) the assessees employer where such employer is a public company or a public sector company or a university established by law or a college affiliated to such university or a local authority or a co-operative society; or
(d) stamp duty, registration fee and other expenses for the purpose of transfer of such house property to the assessee,
but shall not include any payment towards or by way of
(A) the admission fee, cost of share and initial deposit which a shareholder of a company or a member of a co-operative society has to pay for becoming such shareholder or member; or
(B) the cost of any addition or alteration to, or renovation or repair of, the house property which is carried out after the issue of the completion certificate in respect of the house property by the authority competent to issue such certificate or after the house property or any part thereof has either been occupied by the assessee or any other person on his behalf or been let out; or
(C) any expenditure in respect of which deduction is allowable under the provisions of section 24; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here the focus is on assessee but not ownership of house.
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