Asha Kanta Sharma
(Manager - Finance & Accounts)
(10519 Points)
Replied 22 May 2020
The individual taxpayer should not be eligible to claim deduction under the existing Section 80EE to avail deduction under section 80EEA
Asha Kanta Sharma
(Manager - Finance & Accounts)
(10519 Points)
Replied 22 May 2020
The deduction under this section is available only to individuals. This deduction is not available to any other taxpayer. Thus, if you are a HUF, AOP, Partnership firm, a company, or any other kind of taxpayer, you cannot claim any benefit under this section.
A deduction for interest payments up to Rs 1,50,000 is available under Section 80EEA. This deduction is over and above the deduction of Rs 2 lakh for interest payments available under Section 24 of the Income Tax Act. Read more about the deduction of Rs 2 lakh on interest on home loan here. Therefore, taxpayers can claim a total deduction of Rs 3.5L for interest on home loan, if they meet the conditions of section 80EEA.
Similar to Section 80EE, in order to claim deduction under Section 80EEA, you should not own any other house property on the date of the sanction of a loan.
Conditions with respect to the carpet area of the house property. These conditions have been specified in the memorandum to the finance bill, but not mentioned in section 80EEA:
Section 80EEA has been introduced to further extend the benefits allowed under Section 80EE for low-cost housing. Earlier, Section 80EE had been amended from time to time to allow a deduction for interest paid on housing loan for the FY 2013-14, FY 2014-15, and FY 2016-17.
The section does not specify if you need to be a Resident to be able to claim this benefit. Therefore, it can be concluded that both Resident and Non-Resident Indians can claim this deduction.
The section also does not specify if the residential house should be self-occupied to claim the deduction. So, borrowers living in rented houses can also claim this deduction. Moreover, the deduction can only be claimed by individuals for the house purchases jointly or singly. If a person jointly owns the house with a spouse and they both are paying the instalments of the loan, then both of them can claim this deduction. However, they must meet all the conditions laid down.
Under Section 24, homeowners can claim a deduction for interest payments up to Rs 2 lakh on their home loan, if the owner or his family resides in the house property. The deduction of up to Rs 2 Lakh applies even when the house is vacant. If you have rented out the property, the entire home loan interest is allowed as a deduction.
If you are able to satisfy the conditions of both Section 24 and Section 80EEA of the Income Tax Act, you can claim the benefits under both the sections. First, exhaust your deductible limit under Section 24, which is Rs 2 lakh. Then, go on to claim the additional benefits under Section 80EEA. Therefore, this deduction is in addition to the Rs 2 lakh limit allowed under Section 24.
Pranab Banerjee
(Software Maker & Income Tax Practisioner)
(6542 Points)
Replied 23 May 2020
It is now clear that when from the home loan interest U/s 80EEA will be continue. When this Section first introduced by the Budget 202013. There had clearly mentioned this benefits w.e.f. 1/4/2013 and the Max limit Rs.1.5 Lakh additional deduction U/s 24(b). Hence forth the next budget 2014 to F.Y. 2020, yet not mentioned about this Section 80EEA.
In this topics the various comments comes to our front, but one thing commonly mentioned that AS PER LAID DOWN Us 80EEA, Can any one brief about this Section 80EEA for the Financial Year 2020-21
GST Live Certification Course (39th Batch) - April 2024 (Weekend Batch) (With Certificate)
"Live class on Python for Financial Analysis: Unlocking Efficiency in Accounting and Finance"
CAclubindia
