Filled an updated return 139(8a) without any notice.
For the past two years, I have been working from home on a permanent basis. There is no formal rent agreement in place, but I have been transferring approximately 80,000 per month to my mother’s account.
Based on this arrangement, I have been claiming HRA in my tax returns. At the same time, I have been filing my mother’s ITR and declaring 45,000 per month as her rental income.
Recently, after hearing about notices being issued for incorrect HRA claims, I chose to remove the HRA component from my returns and paid the additional tax along with the applicable penalty from my year-end bonus for FY23-24 and FY 24-25, which amounted to around 4.5 lakhs.
I would like to understand if this was the right approach and whether I should expect any complications from the Income Tax Department.