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Which provision of the Income-tax Act, 2025 sets annual value at nil for a qualifying self-occupied house?

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Which provision of the Income-tax Act, 2025 sets annual value at nil for a qualifying self-occupied house?

  1. Section 23(1)

  2. Section 25

  3. Section 21(6)

  4. Section 22(1)(a)

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: C - Section 21(6)

Section 21(6) of the Income-tax Act, 2025 takes the annual value of a house as nil if the owner occupies it for his residence or cannot actually occupy it, subject to the two-house limit in section 21(7). Section 22(1)(a) is the 30% deduction, section 23(1) taxes arrears of rent and section 25 defines owner.

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