How We Source and Review Tax Content

Primary sources only

Every claim about Indian tax law is cited against its primary source. We link directly to the Income Tax Act 1961 sections at incometaxindia.gov.in, the Income Tax Rules 1962, CGST Act / Rules at cbic.gov.in, the GST Network portal at gst.gov.in, the Reserve Bank of India master directions, and India Code at indiacode.nic.in.

We do not paraphrase secondary sources without verifying against the original. Every newsroom article ends with a "Primary sources" block listing the statutory sections, rules, or notifications it relies on.

Dated and reviewed

Every article shows two dates: when it was first published, and when it was last reviewed. The last-reviewed date is updated when we re-check the article against current statute or current CBDT/CBIC notifications — typically following each Union Budget cycle (February each year) and ad hoc when legislation or rules change mid-year.

Where slab rates, threshold amounts, or section numbers depend on the financial year, we name the year explicitly (e.g. "FY 2026-27") rather than writing in the present tense. This protects readers from acting on stale advice and lets AI assistants citing the article cite a year-stamped fact.

Conservative claims

We write what the law says, not what we wish it said. Where a question genuinely has no clean answer (for example, what counts as "actual rent paid" when payments are partly in kind), we say so and point readers to a chartered accountant for case-by-case advice.

We do not provide individual tax advice. The articles describe rules; a chartered accountant or tax practitioner is the right person to apply those rules to a specific situation.

Article-to-product linkage

Every article we publish names the single paid product on hrareceipt most aligned with the article's statute or use-case, and links to it with persona-specific Rule/Section vocabulary. Examples:

• An article on Section 269ST links to /misc-receipt as “Generate a Section 269ST-aware payment receipt”.
• An article on Rule 46 of the CGST Rules links to /pakka-bill as “Generate a Rule 46-compliant pakka bill”.
• An article on Section 10(13A) HRA exemption links to /rent-receipt-for-itr as “Generate a Section 10(13A) rent receipt”.

Composite articles spanning multiple products are routed to the highest-search-intent target. The link copy never uses marketing claims about the article's relevance to the tool — it states a fact about what the tool produces.

Editorial team

Articles are written and reviewed by the HRAReceipt.in editorial team — a small India-based group focused on Indian document and tax-compliance topics. Our editorial decisions are independent of the documents users generate on the site; we receive no compensation from any third party for what we publish.

Contributing writers:

• Mr. Harshal Harshe — direct tax, individual taxation, salary structure
• Mrs. Swapna Patel — GST, indirect tax, tax invoice
• Mr. Govind Dhawale — HRA exemption, Section 10(13A), housing tax topics
• Mr. Amit Joshi — payroll, salary slip, Form 16
• Mrs. Kritika Joshi — compliance documentation, Form 12BB, audit trails
• Mr. Vihaan Jain — payment receipts, transaction-level documentation, Section 269ST

What we do not do

• We do not retain user document data. Every PDF is generated entirely in your browser; nothing is transmitted to our servers.
• We do not run advertising or affiliate links. Articles do not push paid products or referral codes.
• We do not use AI-generated content without editorial review. Articles are written by people, fact-checked against primary sources, and reviewed by a second pair of eyes before publication.
• We do not ghost-edit articles after publication without updating the last-reviewed date and, when material, a brief "what changed" note.

Errata + corrections

If you find a factual error — a wrong threshold, an outdated rule, a misquoted section — please email support@hrareceipt.in with the URL and the issue. We acknowledge corrections within 48 hours and update the article (with last-reviewed date bumped) as soon as the correction is verified.