Carry forward and set off of loss from house property

The unabsorbed loss from house property for any tax year shall be carried forward to the subsequent tax year, and shall be set off only against income from house property, if any, computed for such subsequent tax year, and so on. 10

The unabsorbed loss from house property referred to in sub-section (1) shall be carried forward to the following tax year, not being more than eight tax years immediately succeeding the tax year in which such loss was first computed.

In this section, “unabsorbed loss from house property” means, loss computed under the head “Income from house property” for the tax year, which 15 has not been, or is not wholly, set off against income from any other head, under section 107, for the said tax year.