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Deduction of Interest on housing loan
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....eduction of Interest on housing loan<br> Query (Issue) Started By: - HARSHA JOSHI Dated:- 28-1-2010 Last Reply Date:- 2-2-2010 Income Tax<br>Got 2 Replies<br>Income Tax<br>an employee submits a declaration/receipts for rent payment for claiming HRA deduction u/s 10(13A) of the Act. he also submits a letter from the close relatives stating the interest charged by them on housing loans given by them....
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.... to an employee. No nexus can be proved by the employee that whether this loan was actually utilised towards the purchase of house property. my querry is, is it the prime responsibility of an employer to ask for the nexus or a declaration from the employee that this loan is actually a hsg loan. can the employer give deduction of interest on hsg loan u/s 24(b). can this deduction given to an employ....
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....ee who avails personal loan from the banks & merely submits certificate re int payment. I have doubts about the possibility of giving this deduction. pl. discuss & clarify this situation. Reply By GOPALJI AGRAWAL: The Reply: It is the only responsibility of the employer to get a certificate from the person to whom interest has been paid certifying that the loan has been taken for purchase or cons....
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....truction of house and the amount of intt. You may also reach to same view by going through the recent CBDT circular no.1/2010 dated 11.01.2010. It is available at this portal itself. Reply By Uma Kothari: The Reply: A declaration of employee has to be and can be relied. Generally employer has to rely the same. However, such reliance slhould be bonafide and without any doubt or suspecion. When re....
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....nt receipts are given, or declaration of interest paid is given by employees some circumstantial evidences can be enquired into. Now, it is not only about TDS but also about disallowability of expenses, which the employer has to consider. Recently a case was argued by a senior counsel before Tribunal for TDS matter of one of largest private sector professionaly managed company. The case was about ....
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....exemption of LTA, the AO found that a large number of employees had undertaken vacation trip to a one and same but longest distant place to maximise amount fo exemption. The AO enquired some employees, some of them confessed that they had not really underteken trip but made declaration. Regarding rent it would be better if the employer check that the employee has paid rent in regualr course and ....
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....ther are no suspecious circumstances. When in case of salary most of returns are accepted based on salary TDS certifiate and returns etc., the employer is in a fiducuary and very responsible manner and act in bonafide manner. Beyond that the employer need nto to go and can rely on declarations of employees. The case law of L & T, ITI are there, but one must learn from these judgments not on techni....
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....cal grounds but on factual ground realities also. There should be transperancy- considering this so far possible employee must be ready with usual supporing doucments, otherwise, in case of doubt, the employee may be charged with fraud committed by him while giving false declaration and avoidance of tax.<br> Discussion Forum - Knowledge Sharing ....