The Income Tax Department has launched a focused verification drive targeting false House Rent Allowance (HRA) claims, using analytics and data-matching tools to pick out suspicious returns for scrutiny. Thousands of cases from Assessment Year 2024–25 have been flagged for either full scrutiny, limited scrutiny or targeted verification — with notices being issued not only…
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Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.
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