Do You Need Your Landlord\u2019s PAN to Claim HRA in Latest ITR Filing?<\/strong><\/p>\n Salaried individuals<\/strong> who receive House Rent Allowance (HRA<\/strong>) along with the salary to cover the cost of living<\/strong> in rented housing. HRA is subject to taxation<\/strong>; however, a portion of HRA is excluded from taxation under Section 10 (13A)<\/strong> of the Income Tax Act of 1961<\/strong>. Salaried individuals can claim exemption on HRA. To claim the exemption, employees must submit their landlord\u2019s PAN number<\/strong> if the annual rent exceeds Rs 1 lakh<\/strong>. If you do not submit the same, you will not get any tax exemption on HRA.<\/p>\n Earlier, the online ITR form or its utility did not have a field to enter HRA details<\/strong>. However, now when filing your ITR, you must provide more details for claiming HRA<\/strong>. Giving a false PAN<\/strong> to your employer or trying to claim Fake HRA<\/a> can lead to a tax notice<\/strong> and losing your HRA benefit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You might need your landlord\u2019s PAN number for claiming rent HRA tax exemption in the following possible situations:<\/p>\n Therefore, if your annual rent is more than Rs. 1 lakh<\/strong>, you must submit your landlord\u2019s PAN to your employer. If the landlord does not have a PAN<\/strong>, you will have to submit a declaration<\/strong> with the name of the landlord and their address. If the landlord has a PAN but refuses to give it, you may not get the HRA tax benefit. By getting a landlord\u2019s PAN, the tax department tracks rental income<\/strong> and prevents tax evasion by landlords.<\/p>\n The new ITR Excel utility now requires more details to claim HRA. If you miss any required info, you will not get a tax benefit. Here are some new details which you must report in the new ITR Excel utility:<\/p>\n According to an expert, currently, the details of the landlord<\/strong> and his PAN<\/strong> are not needed to be filled in the ITR form<\/strong>. You only need to report the same to your employer for consideration of TDS deduction<\/strong> on salary. However, the Income Tax Department recently mentioned in its recent post on platform X<\/strong> about the requirement of detailed disclosure<\/strong> for claiming HRA, but these have not yet been officially added to the ITR forms.<\/p>\n An employee can claim HRA exemption based on the lowest of the following three amounts:<\/p>\n Under Section 10(13A)<\/strong>, the following persons can claim HRA tax exemption:<\/p>\n Join StudyCafe Membership. For More details about Membership Click Join Membership Button<\/p>\n Join Membership<\/a><\/p>\n In case of any Doubt regarding Membership you can mail us at [email\u00a0protected]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Join Studycafe’s WhatsApp Group or Telegram Channel for Latest Updates on Government Job, Sarkari Naukri, Private Jobs, Income Tax, GST, Companies Act, Judgements and CA, CS, ICWA, and MUCH MORE!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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