Deduction in respect of purchase of electric vehicle
[As per the Income Tax Act, 2025 (this Act) w.e.f. 1st April, 2026.]
Section 132(1) of Income Tax Act 2025
132(1) An assessee, being an individual, shall be allowed a deduction of interest payable on loan taken by him from any financial institution for the purpose of purchase of an electric vehicle, as per the provisions of this section.
Section 132(2) of Income Tax Act 2025
132(2) The deduction under sub-section (1) shall be subject to the condition that the loan has been sanctioned by the financial institution during the period beginning on the 1st April, 2019 and ending with the 31st March, 2023.
Section 132(3) of Income Tax Act 2025
132(3) The deduction under sub-section (1) shall not exceed one lakh fifty thousand rupees and shall be allowed in computing the total income of the individual for the tax year beginning on the 1st April, 2019 and subsequent tax years.
Section 132(4) of Income Tax Act 2025
132(4) Where a deduction under this section is allowed for any interest referred to in sub-section (1), deduction shall not be allowed in respect of such interest under any other provision of this Act for the same or any other tax year.
Section 132(5) of Income Tax Act 2025
132(5) In this section,—
- (a) “electric vehicle” means a vehicle powered exclusively by an electric motor, whose traction energy is supplied exclusively by traction battery installed in the vehicle and has such electric regenerative braking system, which during braking provides for the conversion of vehicle kinetic energy into electrical energy; and
- (b) “financial institution” means a banking company to which the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 applies, or any bank or banking institution referred to in section 51 of that Act and includes a non-banking financial company.
