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Income from House Property

Annual value, self-occupied vs let-out, standard deduction, home-loan interest.

Income-tax Act, 1961
Sections 22–27
Income-tax Act, 2025
Clauses 20–25
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  • §22-23

    Annual value = higher of expected rent or actual rent received, less municipal taxes paid.

    Cl. 20-21

    Same computation; drafting simplified into a single formula.

    No working note

  • §23(2)

    Two self-occupied houses may be treated as having nil annual value.

    Cl. 21(4)

    Two self-occupied houses retained; conditions consolidated in one clause.

    No working note

  • §24(a)

    Flat 30% standard deduction of annual value.

    Cl. 22(a)

    Flat 30% deduction retained.

    No working note

  • §24(b)

    Interest on housing loan deductible; ₹2 lakh cap for self-occupied property.

    Cl. 22(b)

    ₹2 lakh cap retained for self-occupied; let-out remains uncapped subject to §71-style loss cap.

    No working note

  • §71(3A)

    Loss under house-property head set-off against other heads capped at ₹2 lakh per year.

    Cl. 108

    ₹2 lakh loss-set-off cap retained; excess loss carried forward up to 8 years.

    No working note

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