CBDT specifies conditions for exemption to money received from employer or other person in Covid cases by family of deceased ide Notification No. 92/2022-Income Tax | Dated: 5th August, 2022.
Clause (XIII) of the first proviso to clause (x) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 provides that where any sum of money received by family member of a person who died due to COVID-19, the money so received shall not be considered as income of the family member where such money is received from the employer of deceased person. If the money is received from any other person, the exemption amount shall be limited to Rs. 10 lakh in aggregate.
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
(Central Board of Direct Taxes)
New Delhi
Notification No. 92/2022-Income Tax | Dated: 5th August, 2022
S.O. 3705(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (XIII) of the first proviso to clause (x) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby specifies the following conditions, namely:-
1. (i) the death of the individual should be within six months from the date of testing positive or from the date of being clinically determined as a COVID-19 case, for which any sum of money has been received by the member of the family;
(ii) the family member of the individual shall keep a record of the following documents, –
(a) the COVID-19 positive report of the individual, or medical report if clinically determined to be COVID-19 positive through investigations in a hospital or an inpatient facility by a treating physician;
(b) a medical report or death certificate issued by a medical practitioner or a Government civil registration office, in which it is stated that death of the person is related to corona virus disease (COVID-19).
2. Statement of any sum of money received by a member of the family of a deceased person from the employer of the deceased person or from any other person or persons, on account of death due to COVID-19 for the purposes of clause (XIII) of the first proviso to clause (x) of subsection (2) of section 56 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 shall be verified and furnished in Form A.
3. The details of the amount received in any financial year shall be furnished in Form A to the Assessing Officer within nine months from the end of such financial year or 31.12.2022 whichever is later.
Form A:
| S. No. | ||
| 1. | Name: | |
| 2. | Address: | |
| 3. | Permanent account number: | |
| 4. | Relationship of the recipient with the deceased person: | |
| 5. | Details of diagnosis of being positive for COVID-19 | Dd/mm/yyyy;
S.No./ Id No. of the medical report/ test report |
| 6. | Details of death due to COVID-19 and a medical report or death certificate issued by a medical practitioner or a Government civil registration office, in which it is stated that death is related to corona virus disease (COVID-19): | Dd/mm/yyyy;
S.No./ Id No. of the medical report |
| 7. | Amount received-
(a) from the employer of the deceased: (b) from other person or persons: |
|
| 8. | Name, address and PAN of the employer of the deceased: | |
| 9. | Previous year in which the amount has been received: | |
| 10. | Amount received from the employer: | (In Rs) |
| 11. | Name, address and PAN of the other person/persons: | |
| 12. | Previous year in which the amount has been received: | |
| 13. | Amount received from other person/ persons: | (In Rs) |
| 14. | Total amount received (11+13) | (In Rs) |
Declaration
I,_________________________________________ (Name in full and in block letters) son/daughter/wife of_______________________________ do hereby declare that:
To the best of my knowledge and belief whatever is stated in the above columns including the documents attached supporting the statement is correct and complete.
I further declare that during the previous year…….mm/dd/yyyy the total amount received by me is solely on account of death of my family member due to COVID-19.
Place:
Date:
Yours faithfully,
Signature ……………………………..
Name…………………………………
Designation…………………………
4. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force from the 1st day of April, 2020 and shall apply in relation to the assessment year 2020-2021 and subsequent assessment years.
[Notification No. 92/2022/ F. No. 370142/31/2022-TPL (Part-2)]
UMME FARDINA ADIL, Under Secy., Tax Policy and Legislation Division
Note : It is certified that no person is being adversely affected by granting retrospective effect to this notification
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Title |
Notification No. | Date |
| CBDT notifies conditions for exemption to money received from employer or other person in Covid cases by family of deceased | Notification No. 92/2022-Income Tax, [S.O. 3705(E).] | 05/08/2022 |
| Amount received for Covid-19 Treatment from any person- CBDT notifies conditions & Forms | Notification No. 91/2022-Income Tax [S.O. 3704(E).] | 05/08/2022 |
| Document to be submitted by employee to claim exemption on sum received for COVID-19 treatment | Notification No. 90/2022-Income Tax, [S.O. 3703(E).] | 05/08/2022 |
