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Budget 2025: Relief for homeowners as no tax on second self-occupied house

Under the proposed changes, homeowners will now be able to claim a nil valuation for two self-occupied houses instead of just one, as was previously allowed
10:44 PM Feb 02, 2025 IST | IANS
budget 2025  relief for homeowners as no tax on second self occupied house
Budget 2025: Relief for homeowners as no tax on second self-occupied house
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New Delhi, Feb 2: The Union Budget 2025 presented brought good news for homeowners, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced new tax benefits.

Under the proposed changes, homeowners will now be able to claim a nil valuation for two self-occupied houses instead of just one, as was previously allowed.

The Budget suggests amending Section 23, sub-section (2) of the Income-tax Act which allows the annual value of a house or part of it to be considered as nil if the owner occupies it for personal residence or is unable to do so for any reason.

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"Presently taxpayers can claim the annual value of self-occupied properties as nil only on the fulfillment of certain conditions," Finance Minister Sitharaman said during a Budget presentation in Parliament.

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She also added that considering the difficulties faced by taxpayers, it is proposed to allow the benefit of two such self-occupied properties without any condition.

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In addition, the government has proposed raising the annual threshold for Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on rent from Rs 2.4 lakh to Rs 6 lakh.

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This increase will benefit small taxpayers and landlords by reducing the number of transactions liable for TDS.

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The monthly TDS limit on rent has been increased from Rs 24,000 to 50,000, which amounts to Rs 6 lakh annually.

"I propose to rationalise TDS by reducing the number of rates and thresholds above which TDS is deducted," FM Sitharaman said in her Budget speech.

The Finance Minister added that further, threshold amounts for tax deduction will be increased for better clarity and uniformity.

According to the Finance Minister, this change will provide relief to small taxpayers receiving modest rental payments.