ITR
More than two house properties
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Facts
ITR-1 allows up to two house properties for AY 2026-27. With three or more, you need ITR-2, or ITR-3 if you have business income.
Provisions and law
- Rule 12, Income-tax Rules 1962 (now Rule 164, Income-tax Rules 2026)Prescribes the ITR forms and who must use which form.
- Sec 22, Income-tax Act 1961 (now Sec 20, Income-tax Act 2025)Income from house property.
Analysis
With three houses, only two can be treated as self-occupied; the third is let out or deemed let out. Report each in Schedule HP. Claim home loan interest as allowed. Check limits on set off of house property loss.
Conclusion
- List all houses.
- Decide self-occupied and let-out ones.
- File ITR-2.
- Report each property separately.
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