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Reference is invited to the Central Board of Direct Taxes letter F. No. 12/19/64-IT(B), dated 22-2-1966 , where in it was intimated that the house rent allowance given at flat rates may be treated as exempt from income-tax without verification of the fact whether the employee concerned had paid any house rent and the allowance exempted is less than the difference between the actual expenditure on the house rent and 10 per cent of the salary of the employee.
