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Section 80CCD provides that employee or other individuals shall be allowed a deduction for amount deposited in National Pension System trusts (NPS). The deduction under section 80CCD (1) cannot exceed 10% of salary in case of an employee or 10% of gross total income in case of other individuals.
Existing provisions of Section 35AD of the Act, inter alia provides for investment linked deduction on amount of capital expenditure incurred, wholly or exclusively, the purposes of business, during the previous year for a specified business excluding capital expenditure incurred for acquisition of any land or goodwill or financial instrument.
Budget 2017-Orders passed by the prescribed authority under sub-clauses (iv) and (v) of sub-section (23C) of section 10 shall also be appealable before the Appellate Tribunal.
Under the existing provisions of section 45, capital gain is chargeable to tax in the year in which transfer takes place except in certain cases. The definition of transfer, inter alia, includes any arrangement or transaction where any rights are handed over in execution of part performance of contract
In order to provide further relief to an employee subscriber of NPS, it is proposed to amend the section 10 so as to provide exemption to partial withdrawal not exceeding 25% of the contribution made by an employee in accordance with the terms and conditions specified under Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 and regulations made there under.
Existing sub-clause (ii) of clause 4 of section 10 refers to any income of an individual by way of interest on moneys standing to his credit in a Non-Resident (External) Account in any bank in India in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), and the rules made thereunder.
The existing provisions of section 1 2A of the Act provide for conditions for applicability of sections 11 and 12 in relation to the benefit of exemption in respect of income of any trust or institution.
The Chief Minister’s Relief Fund or the Lieutenant Governor’s Relief Fund, referred at sub-clause (iiihf) of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 80G, which is of the same nature at the level of state or the Union Territory as is the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund at the national level, is not exempted under the said clause.
It is hence proposed to amend the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 139 to provide that the time for furnishing of revised return shall be available upto the end of the relevant assessment year or before the completion of assessment, whichever is earlier.
In this article, taking three provisions of Finance bill 2017, taxation effect is studied under different scenarios with hint of tax planning. Further, controversial provision of surcharge under one of the scenarios with its suggested solution is also given.
