14 March 2013
This is Vijay Kumar M from Hyderabad. I am a salaried employee and do not have any other source of income. I do not have a form 16 from my employer yet, however I have the details of salary credited and TDS deducted by the Employer. On the ITR-1 form I have observed that maximum exemption for Rent calculated is 24,000, where as it should be more in my case.
Here are my salary details.
Basic Salary 20000
HRA 10000
Rent paid 8000 per month so what would be my rent exemption? I did not understand how & where to report it. I have seen a few blogs from experts suggesting to deduct rent exemption from income and report on ITR-1.
On ITR-1 form if I deduct my rent exemption from total income, should I mention the same amount in both the below mentioned fields or do they differ?
Income from Salary / Pension (Ensure to fill Sch TDS1)
Income chargeable under the head Salaries (4)*
Also if I deduct my rent exemption from total income, should I again mention rent paid against 80GG, will it not create duplication?
14 March 2013
Nikhil, Thank you so much for your reply.. If I understand your reply correctly, I should fill the same amounts against both the below mentioned fields. Income from Salary / Pension (Ensure to fill Sch TDS1) Income chargeable under the head Salaries (4)* My total income is 480000 and rent exemption is 72000 so I would enter 402000 in both above said fields & leave the 80 GG sectioned untouched. Am I correct here. Please suggest.