The income tax return filing season in on. The government believes in the philosophy of Pay as your earn. This objective is achieved through two pronged strategy. The first strategy is to ensure that the income is paid to the recipient after deduction of tax at the time of payment of the income. Which is implemented through tax deduction at source (TDS) or Tax collected at source (TCS).
Every person who owns a property is taxed under the head Income from House property on annual basis. The basis of taxation is annual value of the property which in turn is derived from the rent received or reasonable rent for which the property is expected to be let. In respect of the only one self occupied house property, the annual value is taken as nil.
So the new Income Tax forms have been notified by the government after the forms notified earlier in April were withdrawn due to huge protest by the tax payers. Let us now understand the latest requirements as to the forms which you are required to file. I also intend to discuss other relevant matters relating to additional disclosure on bank accounts and foreign travels as originally proposed and modified as per these modified ITR forms.
Though the due date for filing of your income tax returns is extended till 31st August 2015, I thought of writing about a few things which you as a tax payer should do before you actually sit down to prepare your income tax return yourself or visit your CA’s office. Even if you do not intend to file your return by 31st August, there are certain things which you should do before you the due date which is 31st July generally but is 31st August for this year.
With the provision in the recent budget for allowing an additional deduction of Rs. 50,000/- in respect of contribution towards NPs, the interest of the taxpayers who till now did not have an NPS account has gone up substantially. People have started making enquiries and I have received a few emails seeking further guidance and clarification on NPS.
One my colleague Susan who is retiring this year was advised to deposit Rs. 50,000/- in NPS account this year to reduce her tax liability approached me for guidance. Based on my interaction with her I realised that the people generally do not know much about the NPS scheme in general and about this additional deduction of Rs. 50,000/- in particular. So I decided to write this article to explain both the points.
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