Whether individual tax payer who paid Interest on housing loan above 3 lakhs in a year can claim deduction under 24 B and Section 80 EEA?
Deduction under 24 B and section 80 EEA
Renjith.R.s. (Manager-Accounts) (641 Points)
05 December 2020Renjith.R.s. (Manager-Accounts) (641 Points)
05 December 2020Whether individual tax payer who paid Interest on housing loan above 3 lakhs in a year can claim deduction under 24 B and Section 80 EEA?
Deepak Gupta
(CA Student)
(15922 Points)
Replied 05 December 2020
YES (assuming that 80EEA conditions are fulfilled)
Limit u/s 80EEA: Max. 1.5 lakh [over and above interest on borrowed capital u/s 24(b)]
Total interest for the year > 2 lakh, then excess of 2 lakh under 80EEA but such excess should be ≤ 1.5 lakh