House Property. 80EE. (1) in Computing The Total Income of An Assessee, Being An

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37[Deduction in respect of interest on loan taken for residential


house property.
80EE. (1) In computing the total income of an assessee, being an
individual, there shall be deducted, in accordance with and subject
to the provisions of this section, interest payable on loan taken by
him from any financial institution for the purpose of acquisition of a
residential property.
(2) The deduction under sub-section (1) shall not exceed fifty
thousand rupees and shall be allowed in computing the total income
of the individual for the assessment year beginning on the 1st day of
April, 2017 and subsequent assessment years.
(3) The deduction under sub-section (1) shall be subject to the
following conditions, namely:—
(i) the loan has been sanctioned by the financial institution
during the period beginning on the 1st day of April, 2016
and ending on the 31st day of March, 2017;
(ii) the amount of loan sanctioned for acquisition of the
residential house property does not exceed thirty-five lakh
rupees;
(iii) the value of residential house property does not exceed
fifty lakh rupees;
(iv) the assessee does not own any residential house property
on the date of sanction of loan.
(4) Where a deduction under this section is allowed for any interest
referred to in sub-section (1), deduction shall not be allowed in
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respect of such interest under any other provision of this Act for the
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same or any other assessment year.


(5) For the purposes of this section,—
(a) "financial institution" means a banking company to which
the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) applies, or
any bank or banking institution referred to in section 51 of
that Act or a housing finance company;
(b) "housing finance company" means a public company
formed or registered in India with the main object of
carrying on the business of providing long-term finance for
construction or purchase of houses in India for residential
purposes.]

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