Income Tax : Understand the calculation of House Rent Allowance (HRA) exemption under section 10(13A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Learn the co...
Income Tax : What is House Rent Allowance? Employees generally receive a house rent allowance (HRA) from their employers. This is a...
Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld the disallowance of HRA exemption under Section 10(13A) as the assessee failed to submit any supporting docume...
Income Tax : In the Ravindra R.V. vs. DCIT case, ITAT Bangalore remits the denial of HRA exemption under Section 10(13A) back to the AO for rec...
Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi has ruled in favor of Aman Kumar Jain against the Income Tax Officer, permitting re...
Income Tax : In the returns the assessee had claimed deduction under Section 10(13A) on the basis of the rent paid by him which has been debite...
Income Tax : Contribution to be made to the provident fund must be the proportionate amount of salary paid to the employees. Salary was a fixed...
The Tribunal upheld the disallowance of HRA exemption under Section 10(13A) as the assessee failed to submit any supporting documents for rent payments. In the absence of evidence, the claim of ₹1,08,000 was rightly disallowed.
In the Ravindra R.V. vs. DCIT case, ITAT Bangalore remits the denial of HRA exemption under Section 10(13A) back to the AO for reconsideration due to lack of salary breakup.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Delhi has ruled in favor of Aman Kumar Jain against the Income Tax Officer, permitting rent paid to a wife as eligible for HRA deduction under section 10(13A) of the Income Tax Act.
Understand the calculation of House Rent Allowance (HRA) exemption under section 10(13A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Learn the conditions, maximum deduction limits, and an example to ensure accurate filing of your income tax return.
What is House Rent Allowance? Employees generally receive a house rent allowance (HRA) from their employers. This is a part of the salary package, in accordance with the terms and conditions of employment. HRA is given to meet the cost of a rented house taken by the employee for his stay.
In the returns the assessee had claimed deduction under Section 10(13A) on the basis of the rent paid by him which has been debited from his salary directly. This Section exempts any special allowances specifically granted to an assessee by his employer to meet expenditure actually incurred on payment of rent for residential accommodation occupied by the assessee,
Contribution to be made to the provident fund must be the proportionate amount of salary paid to the employees. Salary was a fixed monthly payment whereas the commission was not a fixed payment and could not be included within the scope and ambit of the term salary .
Bonus cannot be regarded as falling within the scope of the expression salary as defined in Clause (h) of Rule 2. Clauses (b) and (c) of Rule 4 contain a clear indication that the expression salary takes in only periodical payments made by the employer to the employee during a year by way of remuneration.
The assessee is getting twin benefit from the employer, one of which is not taxed on the basis of reimbursement of rent by the assessee to the employer. The first benefit is of rent free accommodation provided by the employer to the assessee employee for which the employer is incurring rental expenditure of Rs. 1.70 lacs per month in addition to providing interest free deposit of Rs. 40 lacs with the land lord. The 2nd benefit being received by the assessee is this that he is getting HRA of Rs.3 lacs approximately per month including special HRA of Rs.1.70 lacs per month.
