Buying a home brings with it many benefits – the joy of owning a home, an investment you can turn back to in times of need, and a source of income created by letting it out to renters. Besides these primary functions, buying a home can also help you save on income tax.
The advantage of taking a home loan to buy a brand new house is that you can get ample income tax deductions every year. One of the pre-conditions to benefit from this is that you should be the legal owner of the property as well as the borrower of the loan to be eligible for tax deductions.
Tax Deductions available for your Home Loan
The two types of deductions you can claim on your income tax are described below:
Section 24 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, specifies the deduction you can claim from the interest amount you pay towards your home loan.
They can be further divided based on the use and condition of the property as follows:
You can also claim deduction on the principal repayment of your home loan. The limit and other conditions are given below:
How to Claim Income Tax Deduction for your Home Loan
Once the construction/possession of the house is complete, you can claim the tax deduction in the following ways:
Buying a home, thus, helps you save on income tax too! That should be an added pro if you are in a dilemma as to when to buy a home. Additionally, the pandemic has caused a reduction of prices in real estate. So, you can take advantage of the all-time-low home loan interest rate as well as reduced property prices.
What’s more, HM group currently offers a great scheme wherein you have to pay only Rs.10,000 to own one of the 30-odd flats available under this scheme. You can move in right after the formalities are completed and choose to pay the EMIs at a later point in time post, say, 10 whole months! This is the best deal you can get for a prestigious apartment located in a central region.
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