18 July 2014
If house property is owned by husband, but they have taken loan jointly( husband & wife)can wife also claim deduction for the interest paid.it is self occupied property. please explain.
18 July 2014
unfortunately no. the claim for interest deduction comes into picture only where the wife has either direct or beneficial ownership of the property. So you need to establish the beneficial ownership first.
21 July 2014
This is so because the interest deduction is available only if you are offering the income from house property in your tax return. It is but natural that you can do so only if you have direct or beneficial ownership of the property.
Joint loan doesn't create that ownership.
Further, in the tax return, you need to provide the details of ownership of the property. If your ownership is "Zero", then its not your property!