<s>[INST] What will be the tax implications if a person occupies more than one property for his residence? Can he treat all the properties as self occupied (SOP) and claim gross annual value (GAV) as Nil? [/INST] The SOP benefit (i.e., treating property as SOP and claiming GAV as Nil) is available only in respect of one property occupied by the owner for his residence.

If a person occupies more than one property for his residence, then the SOP benefit will be granted only in respect of any one property as selected by him and other property/properties will be treated as "Deemed to be let-out". Income from deemed to be let-out property is computed in the same manner as discussed in the case of "Let-out" Property.​

However w.e.f. Assessment Year 2020-21, a person can claim two properties as self-accupied house property. </s>