Now pay your wife rent and claim HRA

........On appeal, however, the Tribunal ruled that since the house was owned by the wife and rent was paid, which was proven via bank transfers, Ramdharani is entitled to exemption under section 10(13A), which pertains to HRA under Income tax Laws, 1961. Since the appellant fulfilled the twin requirement of occupying the property and paying rent, he is liable to get rent exemptions, the Tribunal held. The ruling is likely to set the benchmark in similar cases, said chartered accountants, pointing out that the practice has so far been frowned upon by the authorities concerned..............

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