HRA Claim: Many reports are claiming that the Income Tax Department is running a special drive for HRA claims. The Income Tax Department issued a press release regarding such reports. In this release the department said that all this is a lie. No special campaign is being run by the department for HRA Claim.
Many taxpayers make some mistakes when they file returns. This also includes getting the difference in HRA.
The Income Tax Department said that they have found a difference between the rent paid to the employees in the financial year 2020-21 and the amount received by the recipient. After finding this difference, the department has started analyzing the data in high value cases.
After this, many reports have come in which it was being said that the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is running a special campaign for House Rent Allowance (HRA). CBDT denied these reports.
CBDT clarifies that apprehensions about retrospective taxation on re-opening of cases on issues pertaining to HRA claims are completely baseless.
CBDT has reiterated that there is no special drive to re-open such cases, and media reports alleging large-scale re-opening by the… pic.twitter.com/5AfOtHeK9g
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Income Tax Department posted press release on X. It was said that no special campaign is being run for HRA claim.
According to the press release of the Income Tax Department, no special campaign is being run for HRA claim. Media reports alleging massive reopening of cases by the department are incorrect.
