Income tax - treatment of ground rent
Vinay Channabasappa (CA in Practice) (55 Points)
17 December 2015Vinay Channabasappa (CA in Practice) (55 Points)
17 December 2015
Senu Reddy
(ca final)
(291 Points)
Replied 17 December 2015
Yes any income arising as Ground rent or lease rent for letting to petrol bunks will be charged under Income from other Source, hence standard deductions 30% which is allowable under house property will not be allowed..
Stranger
(.)
(5531 Points)
Replied 18 December 2015
Fully agreed with the above reply, as for charging the income u/h "House Property", one of the conditions of section-22 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is that "the property should consist of any buildings or lands appurtenant thereto".
Since in your case, there exists only a vaccant plot of land, so any rental income, with whatever name called, will be chargeable u/h "Other Sources".