Allowances Taxability
Fully Taxable Allowances: Dearness Allowances, City Compensatory allowance, Medical Allowance, Tiffin allowance, Servant allowance, Project allowance, Overtime allowance, Warden Allowance, Family Allowance, Domestic Servant Allowance Partly Taxable Allowances: Allowances which is received by employee for meeting expenses related to the employer’s business is not taxable in hands of employee to the extent it is actually […]
Leave salary exemption – Section 10(10AA)
If Leave salary encashment is received by any employee while in employment then it is fully taxable in the hands of employee. While if leave encashment is received in case of retirement or superannuation or resignation, then exemption is available upto the following limits. In case of Central government or State government employee(excluding employees of […]
Professional Tax in India
Professional Tax is a state level tax levied by State Governments. It is applied to individuals, who is earning by way of salary income or practising a profession such as CA, CS, lawyer, doctor, architect, engineer etc. Currently, this tax is applicable in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, […]
What is Deferred Tax Asset and Deferred Tax Liability (DTA & DTL)?
What is Deferred Tax Asset and Deferred Tax Liability (DTA & DTL) In some cases there is a difference between the amount of expenses or incomes that are considered in books of accounts and the expenses or incomes that are allowed/disallowed as per Income Tax. A very common example of this is depreciation. For companies, […]
TDS on payment to contractor or sub-contractor – Section 194C
Persons required to deduct TDS under this section Any specified person responsible for paying any sum to any resident contractor for carrying out any work is required to deduct tax at source. TDS is also required to be deducted for payment to sub contractor. Tax is to be deducted even if contract is for supply […]
Section 80U – Deduction in case of Person with Disability
An individual suffering from disability himself gets tax benefit under section 80U while an individual gets tax benefits under section 80DDB if any dependent family member of the individual is differently abled. Eligible Assesse Resident individual with disability (may be ordinarily resident or not ordinarily resident) Amount of Deduction from Financial Year 2015-16 The amount of deduction under section […]
Section 80GG – Deduction in respect of rent paid
Only individual and HUF are allowed exemption under this section. Only rent paid for purpose of residence of asseessee himself is considered under this section. If individual is a salaried employee and receives House Rent Allowance (HRA) at any time during the previous year, he is not eligible for deduction. The individual, his spouse or […]
Deduction in respect handicapped dependant – Section 80DD
Eligible Assesse – Resident individual or resident HUF (may be ordinarily resident or not ordinarily resident) Deduction is available in respect of – Expenditure incurred for medical treatment (including nursing), training and rehabilitation of a dependant, being a person with disability. Amount paid or deposited under any scheme of Life Insurance Corporation or any other […]
Deduction for Donations – Section 80G
Eligible Assessee – All assessees including NRI’s Mode of Payment – If any donation is made for amount exceeding Rs. 10,000 in cash then deduction is not allowed for such donation.Donation made in kind is not eligible for any deduction. You can make donation to any fund by website http://80g.in Amount of Deduction Deduction under section […]
Income Tax Deduction for Interest on Education Loan – Section 80E
Deduction under Section 80E is allowed under Income Tax for interest paid on student loan taken for higher education. The deduction is allowed to encourage users to go for higher studies. Deduction is allowed even if the loan is taken for higher studies outside India. Who can claim the deduction? Only Individuals are allowed to […]