Rental income

AFAIK, the rental income accrues to the person in whose name the property is. Your making the agreement in your wife's name, and taking monies in her account by means of a cheque in her name will not make a difference. Besides, maybe you will not find tenants ready to accept such kind of agreements easily.  That is the legal position.

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(1)If you want to make a rental agreement in your wife's name, the property has to be in her name at first. Then she is entitled to execute a rental agreement and thereby getting rents from her tenants.

(2) If the rents are crediting in her bank account, she should have a pan card and finally she has to file her tax returns at the year end. Anyhow  TDS should be deducted on monthly rental income.

(3) then only she is entitled to claim back the excess TDS amounts.