Section 26: Property owned by co-owners

The Income-tax Act, 1961Central Act · Act 43 of 1961

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Income-tax Act, 2025, with effect from 1 April 2026

Property owned by co-owners.

Where property consisting of buildings or buildings and lands appur- tenant thereto is owned by two or more persons and their respective shares are definite and ascertainable, such persons shall not in respect of such property be assessed as an association of persons, but the share of each such person in the income from the property as computed in accordance with sections 22 to 25 shall be included in his total income.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, in applying the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 23 for computing the share of each such person as is referred to in this section, such share shall be computed, as if each such person is individually entitled to the relief provided in that sub-section.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Income-tax Act, 1961
Section	26
Marginal note	Property owned by co-owners
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	15

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