The draft Income Tax Rules 2026 aim to simplify tax compliance by refining existing exemptions, allowances, and reporting norms. While they do not introduce major structural changes, they can ...

The Draft Income-Tax Rules, 2026 propose expanded exemptions for salary allowances, broader urban HRA benefits and higher tax ...

Draft Income Tax Rules 2026 propose higher HRA, education, hostel and meal exemptions, potentially narrowing the gap between ...

The government has released the draft Income-tax Rules, 2026, to support the new Income-tax Act, 2025, effective April 1, ...

The government has proposed changes to House Rent Allowance (HRA) rules that could allow salaried employees in more cities to claim higher tax exemption on rent. The draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 aim ...

The recent proposals in the Income Tax Rules enhance education and college hostel allowances and reclassify cities for HRA ...

On paper, the reform appears tidy. The number of rules falls from 511 to 333 and forms from 399 to 190, reinforcing the ...

New draft income tax rules suggest changes to house rent allowance and child hostel allowance benefits. Cities like Bengaluru ...