Below Development Home Tax Advantages are completely totally different than the ready-to-occupy or accomplished home residence mortgage tax advantages. Many people avail the house mortgage primarily due to the tax advantages. Nevertheless, we neglect one vital side of understanding what are the tax advantages accessible for under-construction homes.

Yesterday I used to be confused when this concern was raised by RIA in one among our skilled Whatsapp teams. Therefore, thought to write down an in depth submit on this.
In lots of instances, you avail of the mortgage however the building of the property is just not accomplished. You might be paying simply curiosity throughout this era or the common EMIs which contain principal and curiosity. However whether or not one can avail of the tax profit like common ready-to-move-in property residence loans underneath Sec.80C, Sec.24(b), and Sec.80EEA?
What’s Below Development Interval or Prior Interval of Home?
Prior Interval or underneath building interval means the interval commencing on the date of borrowing and ending thirty first March instantly previous to the date of completion of building/date of acquisition or date of reimbursement of the mortgage, whichever is earlier.
Below Development Home Tax Advantages
Let me clarify the identical with an instance. Suppose Mr.X takes a mortgage of Rs.40,000 at 15% every year for the development of a home on 1st June 2016. Development of the home was accomplished on twentieth January 2022. Then the pre-construction or underneath building or Prior Interval is the interval between 1st June 2016 to thirty first March 2021 (being thirty first March 2021 is straight away previous to the date of completion of building/acquisition).
Now, allow us to say if the reimbursement of the house mortgage begins on thirty first January 2027 or on thirtieth June 2023, then the pre-construction interval ends on thirty first March 2021 itself. So the pre-construction interval in these instances is from 1st June 2016 to thirty first March 2021.
Nevertheless, allow us to assume that reimbursement of the mortgage is from thirty first October 2019, then the pre-construction interval ends on thirty first October 2019 (being thirty first March 2021 instantly previous to completion of building or date of reimbursement of the mortgage, whichever is earlier). On this case, the pre-construction interval is from 1st June 2016 to thirty first October 2019 (however not thirty first March 2021).
This “WHICHEVER IS EARLIER” is just not talked about in any on-line posts (after referring to many associated posts). Nevertheless, it’s clearly talked about within the e book “Taxmann’s Direct Taxes Legislation and Apply” By Dr.Vinod Ok Singhania and Dr.Kapil Singhania, which I’m referring since a few years for updating my tax information. Referring to the identical to your profit.

This clears many doubts with respect to each Sec.24(b) and Sec.80C.
Below Development Home Tax Advantages Below Sec.24(b)
The right way to calculate the Pre-Development Interval or Prior Interval Curiosity?
- Get the date when Dwelling Mortgage began.
- Get the Date of completion, possession or begin of the mortgage EMI.
- Discover the final date of the Monetary 12 months instantly previous the date of Completion / Acquisition (when you have not began the mortgage reimbursement). Nevertheless, when you have began the mortgage reimbursement earlier than the completion or acquisition of the property, then the beginning of mortgage EMI must be the tip of the under-construction interval (as defined within the above instance).
- Calculate Pre-construction Interval or Prior Interval = Interval from Step 1 to Step 3
- Calculate Pre-construction or Prior Interval Curiosity i.e., the full curiosity paid through the prior interval.
- Calculate Allowable prior interval curiosity (APPI). APPI = Prior interval curiosity as per Step 5 divided by 5.
- Declare the Allowable prior interval curiosity or 1/5 of complete Interval Curiosity in 5 totally different years whereas submitting ITR together with present yr curiosity underneath Sec.24(b).
Two vital factors with respect to Sec.24(b).
- The restrict of Rs 2,00,000 consists of present yr curiosity and the pre-construction interval curiosity.
- In view of the truth that housing initiatives usually take an extended time for completion, it’s proposed that clause (b) of part 24(b) be amended to supply that the Deduction underneath the mentioned provision on account of Curiosity paid on Dwelling Mortgage for acquisition or building of a self-occupied home property shall be accessible if the acquisition or building is accomplished inside FIVE years from the tip of the monetary yr wherein capital was borrowed.
This modification will take impact from the first day of April 2017 and can, accordingly apply in relation to the evaluation years 2017-2018 and subsequent years.
Additionally, be aware that if each, the date of mortgage taken and the occupation date/completion or EMI begin date had taken place in the identical Monetary yr, then all the curiosity pertaining to the pre-construction interval could be claimed together with common curiosity in the identical evaluation yr. There isn’t a want to say the prior interval curiosity in 5 installments.
Below Development Home Tax Advantages Below Sec.80C
Because the definition of underneath building of the home is evident and no principal goes to be payable throughout this era, claiming of tax advantages underneath Sec.80C won’t come up. Nevertheless, as and when the EMI will kick begin, then the interval of underneath building of the home can even be over, and therefore, the principal could be claimed underneath Sec.80C.
Below Development Home Tax Advantages Below Sec.80EEA
Part 80EEA has been inserted with impact from the evaluation yr 2020-21. Deduction underneath this part is accessible if the next circumstances are happy –
- The assessee is a person.
- He’s not eligible to say any deduction underneath Sec.80EE.
- He has taken a mortgage for the aim of acquisition of residential home property.
- The mortgage is sanctioned by a monetary establishment (i.e., a financial institution or banking establishment or a housing finance firm) between 1st April 2019 and thirty first March 2022.
- The stamp responsibility worth of the residential home property doesn’t exceed Rs.45 Lakh.
- The assessee doesn’t personal any residential home property on the date of sanction of mortgage.
- If the above circumstances are happy, then one can declare a deduction underneath Part 80EEA.
- The deduction is accessible in respect of curiosity payable on the above mortgage or Rs.1,50,000, whichever is much less.
- The deduction is accessible for the evaluation yr 2020-21 and subsequent evaluation years.
- Nevertheless, if curiosity is claimed as a deduction underneath Part 80EEA, such curiosity is just not once more deductible underneath Part 24(b) or underneath every other provision of the act.
As this Sec.80EEA doesn’t impose any requirement of possession, one can declare the exemption as quickly as you begin curiosity fee in the direction of your own home mortgage.
I hope I’ve cleared the idea in a easy manner of Below Development Home Tax Advantages on Dwelling Mortgage.