Income tax treatment for hra and housing loan

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If a person is staying in a rented apartment and has taken a home loan for purchasing a plot (house is not ready neither under construction) in the same city, Is it right that, he can claim HRA deduction but cannot claim the deduction for principal and interest.

Can someone provide the  explanation on whether is it possible to avail both HRA and housing loan deduction, in this scenario, and if yes, under what conditions?

Thanks

 

 

 

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he can claim HRA under salary head and claim intt. payment under head income from house property and principle repayment under deduction under sec 80c

He claim claim only HRA.

He can not claim benefit of housing loan interest and principal till the construction has been completed.

 

  • Deduction for house loan /installment available up to Rs.100000 /-
  • The payment of loan should be made towards cost of purchase/construction of new residential house property.
  • The house property income should be assessable in the hand of asseessee in simple term assessee should be the owner of the house property.
  • The payment should not be for addition or alteration to,or renovation or repair of house property done after completion of house.
  • Completion of house means
  1. completion certificate in respect of the house property by the authority competent to issue such certificate or
  2. house property or part has been occupied by the assessee or any other person on behalf of assessee or
  3. has been let out;
  • Housing loan for more than one house can also be claimed.
  • All the benefit of tax u/s 80 c will reversed if house property is sold with 5 year from purchase of house property
  • The tax benefit under section 80C is available on residential house property only and not available on commercial house property.
  • Loan should be taken from Specified institutions/deptt only given below
  1. Central or State Government
  2. any Bank including co-operative bank
  3. LIC or National Housing Bank
  4. public company formed and registered in India or co-operative society with main object to provide long term finance for construction purchase of houses in India.
  5. Assessee Employer if public company or public sector company or university established by law or a college affiliated to such university or local authority or co-operative society.
  • The benefit is available only to Individual assessee and to HUF assessee.
  • The above benefit is available even assessee already has another house property.
  • The benefit is available on payment basis ,no matter to which year payment is relates to or payment overdue or not.
  • From total amount of installment paid of house loan reduce amount availed under deduction section 24.(INTEREST)
  • The Benefit under this section is available whether residential house property is rented or self occupied,but it should be completed as define above by end of the previous year in which loan is repaid.

  • Pre EMI are also eligible for deduction if house property is completed by the end of previous year.
  • Stamp duty, registration fee and other expenses for the purpose of transfer of such house property to the assessee is also eligible for deduction under this section even assessee has not taken any loan .
  • There is no requirement that for loan ,house property should be mortgaged to the institution from which the loan has been taken ,but it should be used for the purpose of purchase /construction of house property.

 

 

So,only HRA will allow


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