13 August 2025
My brother is working at SBI and his gross salary is ₹34.8 lakhs, which includes perquisites of ₹6.09 lakhs and Leave Travel Allowance (LTA) of ₹6.52 lakhs. His consultant advised him to file his return using ITR-2, as he has a short-term capital loss of around ₹3,000. He filed the return under the new tax regime. However, he claimed the entire LTA amount of ₹6.52 lakhs as exempt under Section 10(5). Is this claim acceptable, and will he need to provide any evidence if he receives a notice