On housing loan repayment- urgent exam query

 yes it is right

under 80c only current year payments are allowed for deduction

xviii) for the purposes of purchase or construction of a residential house property the income from which is chargeable to tax under the head Income from house property (or which would, if it had not been used for the assessees own residence, have been chargeable to tax under that head), where such payments are made towards or by way of.....

I dont see any completion condition given in sec 80C .....ofcourse the deduction of principal  can be claimed irrespective of completion of construction .

Can u guys pls tell me where is it written that preconstruction installments cannot be claimed ?

The wordings are changed wef AY 2006-07

Yea ..no where its been said that only preconstruction installments cannot be allowed......

 The principal amount of loan repaid shall be allowed as deduction u/s 80C in the previous year in which it has been paid irrespective of the completion of construction of house property

ssection 80c only provides for deduction on payment towards housing loan principal....it is nowhere sated that construction should be completed or not

so any payment towards principal of housing loan taken is deductible u/s80c in the year in which it is paid.

I agree with anurag

yes ofcourse the principal installments would be deductible u/s 80c irrespective of the construction being completed , coz the deduction is on payment of HSG Loan which is taken prior to construcution ,.

Allowed.

But some banks do begin the repayment of loan when the construction is complete also.

Dear Friend

its allowed on basis of payment its allowed in same year in which u have paid no matter its allowed u/s 24 or not

its allowed on payment basis

Please refer section 24(b) then u have clarity on defination of prior period interest then no quetion arises about  your doubt

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I agree with anurag............

Not allowed.