House rent allowance (HRA) is one
in every of the most usually received allowances by the salaried category. If
you are paying rent for accommodation to a landlord which can mean your parents
also, then you are eligible to claim tax exemption for the rent paid.
In a departure from the previous
year, this year ITR-1 is in sync with the Form-16 received by salaried persons
from employers as a TDS certificate. Therefore, it is easier to claim the HRA
exemption as you are required to copy the details from the Form-16 and paste it
in ITR-1.
If you have forgotten to submit the
documents such as rent agreement or rent receipts to your employer, then worry
not, as you can still claim the tax-exemption benefit available on HRA while
filing your income tax return (ITR).
However, remember in such a case
you will be required to manually calculate the amount of HRA received by you
which is exempted from tax.
As you have got not submitted the
HRA documents to your employer, your Form-16 will show the HRA portion of your
salary as fully taxable.This will mean that the taxable amount of your salary
as shown in Form-16 will be higher than the calculations made by you.
How to claim tax exemption on HRA?
1.If rent agreement or rent receipts submitted to employer
If you have submitted rental
agreement or rent receipts to your employer, then in such a case, the
tax-exempt portion of HRA received by you can be seen in Form-16. It is
possible that either the entire HRA received by you during the FY 2018-19 is
exempt from tax or only part of it is exempted, depending on which of the
conditions/criteria set down for claiming HRA exemption you meet.
Remember while submitting rent
agreement or rent receipts to your employer, you are also required to submit
PAN of your landlord if the annual rent exceeds Rs 1 lakh.
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