Nisha, a resident of India owns a house property at Karnal in Haryana. The municipal value of the property is ₹7,50,000, fair rent of the property is ₹6,30,000 and standard rent is ₹7,20,000 per annum. The property was l

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Nisha, a resident of India owns a house property at Karnal in Haryana. The municipal value of the property is ₹7,50,000, fair rent of the property is ₹6,30,000 and standard rent is ₹7,20,000 per annum. The property was let out for ₹75,000 per month for the period April, 2018 to December, 2018. Thereafter the tenant vacated the property and Nisha used the house for self residence. Rent for the months of November and December, 2018 could not be realized from the tenant. The tenancy was bonafide but the defaulting tenant was in occupation of another property of the assessee, paying rent regularly. She paid municipal tax @ 12% during the year and paid interest of ₹35,000 during the year for amount borrowed towards repairs of the house property. You are required to compute her income from "House Property" for the A.Y. 2019-20.

Answer & Explanation:

Computation of Income from House Property of Ms. Nisha for AY 2019-20 Particulars Amount (₹) Amount (₹) Computation of Gross Annual Value Expected Rent for the whole Year = Higher of Municipal Value of ₹7,50,000 and Fair Rent of ₹6,30,000, but restricted to Standard Rent of ₹7,20,000 7,20,000 Actual rent received for the let-out period = ₹75,000*9 6,75,000 (unrealized rent is not deductible from actual rent in this case since the defaulting tenant is in occupation of another property of the assessee, and hence, one of the condition laid out in Rule 4 has not been fulfilled) Gross Annual Value "GAV" is the higher of Expected Rent for the whole year and Actual rent received/receivable for the let-out period 7,20,000 Gross Annual Value (GAV) 7,20,000 Less: Municipal Taxes (paid by the owner during the previous year) = 12% of ₹7,50,000 (90,000) Net Annual Value (NAV) 6,30,000 Less: Deduction u/s 24 (a) 30% of NAV = 30% of ₹6,30,000 (1,89,000) (b) Interest on amount borrowed for repairs (35,000) (2,24,000) Income from House Property 4,06,000

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