§ 131
Chapter VIII — Deductions To Be Made In Computing Total Income
Deduction in respect of interest on loan taken for certain house property
Income-tax Act, 2025
Business owners who are individuals can claim a deduction on interest paid for a home loan. The deduction is limited to ₹150,000 per tax year. To qualify, the loan must have been sanctioned between 1st April 2019 and 31st March 2022, and the property's value must not exceed ₹45 lakh. Additionally, the individual must not own another residential property at the time of loan sanction. Key conditions include:
- Loan sanctioned between 1st April 2019 and 31st March 2022
- Property value not exceeding ₹45 lakh
- No other residential property owned at the time of loan sanction
📜 Official text of the section +
131. (1) An assessee, being an individual not eligible to claim deduction under
section 130, shall be allowed a deduction of interest payable on loan taken by
him from any financial institution for the purpose of acquisition of a residential
house property, subject to a maximum limit of ` 150000 in a tax year and on fulfil-
ment of conditions specified in sub-section (2), for the tax year beginning on the
1st April, 2019 and subsequent tax years.
(2) The conditions referred in sub-section (1) shall be the following:—
( a) the loan has been sanctioned by the financial institution during the period
beginning on the 1st April, 2019 and ending on the 31st March, 2022;
( b) the stamp duty value of residential house property does not exceed
forty-five lakh rupees; and
( c) the assessee does not own any residential house property on the date of
sanction of loan.
(3) Where a deduction under this section is allowed for any interest referred to in
sub-section (1), deduction shall not be allowed in respect of such interest under any
other provision of this Act for the same or any other tax year.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the expression “financial institution” shall have
the meaning assigned to it in section 130(5)(a).
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