Section 25 AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961: Unrealized rent received subsequently to be charged to IT

Special provision for cases where unrealised rent allowed as deduction is realised subsequently and Unrealised rent received subsequently to be charged to income-tax are defined under section 25A and 25AA of Income Tax Act 1961.

The section states that:

Where the assessee cannot realise rent from a property let to a tenant and subsequently the assessee has realised any amount in respect of such rent, the amount so realised shall be deemed to be income chargeable under the head “Income from house property” and accordingly charged to income-tax as the income of that previous year in which such rent is realised whether or not the assessee is the owner of that property in that previous year.