"Any apprehension about reopening of cases on issues related to retrospective taxation and HRA claims on these matters is completely baseless," the CBDT, the apex decision-making body of the Income Tax Department, said.
“Data analysis was conducted in some high value cases of mismatch between the rent paid by the employee and the rent receipt by the recipient for F 2020-21. This verification was done in a very small number of cases without reopening a large number of cases, especially since the updated returns for FY 2020-21 (A2021-22) could be filed by the concerned taxpayers only till 31.03.2024, CBDT explained.
It is underlined that the purpose of e-Verification was only to alert cases of mismatch of information for FY 2020-21 without affecting others, the CBDT statement said.
The statement said it is reiterated that there is no special drive to reopen such cases, and media reports alleging that cases are being reopened on a large scale by the department, which is completely are wrong.
Some cases of mismatch between the information filed by taxpayers and the information available with the Income Tax Department have come to the notice of the Department as part of the regular exercise of verification of data.
In such cases, the department has alerted the taxpayers so that they can take corrective action. However, some posts on social media, as well as articles in the media, have highlighted inquiries initiated by the CBDT in cases where employees have made wrong claims of HRA and rent paid.
“Data analysis was conducted in some high value cases of mismatch between the rent paid by the employee and the rent receipt by the recipient for F 2020-21. This verification was done in a very small number of cases without reopening a large number of cases, especially since the updated returns for FY 2020-21 (A2021-22) could be filed by the concerned taxpayers only till 31.03.2024, CBDT explained.
It is underlined that the purpose of e-Verification was only to alert cases of mismatch of information for FY 2020-21 without affecting others, the CBDT statement said.
The statement said it is reiterated that there is no special drive to reopen such cases, and media reports alleging that cases are being reopened on a large scale by the department, which is completely are wrong.
Some cases of mismatch between the information filed by taxpayers and the information available with the Income Tax Department have come to the notice of the Department as part of the regular exercise of verification of data.
In such cases, the department has alerted the taxpayers so that they can take corrective action. However, some posts on social media, as well as articles in the media, have highlighted inquiries initiated by the CBDT in cases where employees have made wrong claims of HRA and rent paid.
