Income Tax : Section 54, 54EC & 54F talks about the capital gain arising on transfer of long-term capital assets and one may note that deprecia...
Income Tax : I am paying a house rent for Rs 14,000/- per month and additional Rs. 1,200/- towards maintenance for which receipt is being give...
Income Tax : Very often, readers keep enquiring about the submission of forms No. 15G/15H to the banks or others payer so that interest could b...
Income Tax : Employees generally receive a house rent allowance (HRA) as a part of the salary package, in accordance with the terms and conditi...
Income Tax : In India, the quantum of domestic black money is huge which adversely affects the revenue of the Government creating a resource cr...
Section 54, 54EC & 54F talks about the capital gain arising on transfer of long-term capital assets and one may note that depreciable assets if hold for a period of more than 36 months becomes a long-term capital assets. Section 54/54EC/54F are an independent sections & don’t make any distinction between Depreciable assets vis a vis Non Depreciable Assets.
I am paying a house rent for Rs 14,000/- per month and additional Rs. 1,200/- towards maintenance for which receipt is being given to me every month. Will I get House Rent Allowance (HRA) exemption on Rs. 14,000/- or Rs 15,200/-. Please clarify.
Very often, readers keep enquiring about the submission of forms No. 15G/15H to the banks or others payer so that interest could be received without deduction of tax at source (TDS). In this column, I am covering all about Form No. 15G & 15H and hopefully the detailed elaboration hereunder would provide a comprehensive picture about the submission of Form No. 15G & 15H.
Employees generally receive a house rent allowance (HRA) as a part of the salary package, in accordance with the terms and conditions of employment. HRA is given to meet the cost of a rented house taken by the employee for his stay. Exemption on HRA is available under Section 10(13A) of the Income Tax Act and Rule 2A of the Income Tax Rules. Taxpayer would be surprised to see that there is no amount wise upper ceiling on HRA exemption.
In India, the quantum of domestic black money is huge which adversely affects the revenue of the Government creating a resource crunch for its various welfare programmes. Black money is generally transacted in cash and large amount of unaccounted wealth is store and used in form of cash.
Apprehension of retrospective amendment in the Income Tax Act was anticipated by almost all the tax professionals as 200% penalty was not possible in the present framework of law.
One of the biggest tax saving bonanza by the Finance Act-2015 was insertion of sub-section 1B to section 80CCD in the Income Tax Act-1961 whereby an additional deduction of Rs. 50,000/- is offered to the taxpayer for contribution in the National Pension Scheme (NPS).
