Income Tax : Employers are required to issue a detailed perquisites statement where salary exceeds Rs.1.5 lakh. This ensures accurate reporting...
Income Tax : The draft rules revamp perquisite valuation and allowances, raising car-related taxes while expanding relief for education, HRA, a...
Income Tax : The draft Income-tax Rules, 2026 consolidate perquisite valuation into a single framework and significantly raise exemption limits...
Income Tax : This explains how ESOPs are taxed as salary at exercise and as capital gains at sale. The key takeaway is the two-stage taxation f...
Income Tax : The rules clarify how rent-free or concessional housing is taxed differently for government and private employees, depending on lo...
Income Tax : Perquisites includes the value of any concession in the matter of rent respecting any accommodation provided to the assessee by hi...
Goods and Services Tax : Gifts up to a value of Rs 50,000/- per year by an employer to his employee are outside the ambit of GST. However, gifts of value m...
Income Tax : State Bank of India: Interest Rates on 1st April, 2011- For the purpose of computing perquisite valuation Interest rates as on 1st...
Income Tax : The salaried class, reeling under the inflationary pressures, has suffered yet another setback this holiday season with the announ...
Income Tax : THE much-awaited perquisite valuation rules have finally been notified by the CBDT. The Board has amended Rule 3 to give effect to...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi dismisses Revenue's appeal against order of Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) regarding valuation of perquisites and...
Income Tax : CIT Vs Shankar Krishnan (Bombay High Court) Whether Notional Interest on Security Deposit paid by employer for accommodation of it...
Income Tax : Non-charging of interest on the loan amount given by lending company to its director could not be a perquisite as no remuneration ...
Income Tax : ITAT held that order of the ld CIT(A) is hereby affirmed where he has held the assessee bank to be assessee in default for short-d...
Income Tax : Rajesh Kumar vs. ACIT (ITAT Agra) Section 17(1) defines ‘salary’ and ‘perquisite’ separately for the purposes of sections ...
Income Tax : Key updates on income tax deduction from salaries under Section 192 for FY 2024-25, including amendments, surcharge rates, and new...
Income Tax : Corrigendum for the Notification bearing G.S.R. No. 615 (E) dated 18.08.2023 i.e. Income Tax Notification No. 65/2023 dated 18th A...
Income Tax : CBDT has modified Income Tax Rules, 1962, to determine the value of perquisite for residential accommodation provided by employers...
Income Tax : CBDT issued Income Tax Circular No. 04/2022 on 15th March 2022 and explained all provisions related to deduction of Tax At Source ...
Income Tax : CBDT revises Form No. 12BA (Statement showing particulars of perquisites, other fringe benefits or amenities and profits in lieu o...
Salaried taxpayers form a major chunk of the overall taxpayers in the country and the contribution they make to the tax collection is quite significant. Income tax deductions offer a gamut of opportunities for saving tax for the salaried class. With the help of these deductions and exemptions prescribed under Income Tax Act, 1961, one […]
Non-charging of interest on the loan amount given by lending company to its director could not be a perquisite as no remuneration or salary in the capacity of the director had been drawn from the lending company nor any interest expenditure was shown in its profit and loss account.
Perquisite has a known normal meaning, namely, a personal advantage; something that benefits a man by going “into his own pocket”. The perquisites are taxable under the head salary in the Income Tax Act. As per Section 17(2)(iv), perquisite includes ‘any sum paid by the employer in respect of any obligation which, but for such […]
ITAT held that order of the ld CIT(A) is hereby affirmed where he has held the assessee bank to be assessee in default for short-deduction of TDS on LFC/LTC claim relating to foreign leg of the travel of its employees being not eligible for exemption under section 10(5) r/w Rule 2B.
Rajesh Kumar vs. ACIT (ITAT Agra) Section 17(1) defines ‘salary’ and ‘perquisite’ separately for the purposes of sections 15 and 16. Section 15 is the charging section qua income from salary, whereas section 16 deals with deduction there-from. Section 17(1)(iv) says that ‘salary’ includes, inter alia, perquisites. Relief u/s 89 is available in respect of […]
Valuation of Rent Free Accommodation has been specified under Rule 3 of the Income Tax Rules. Mentioned below are the few merit points from the specified rule. Unfurnished accommodation :-In case of central and state government employees, the perquisite value is to be determined as per the licence fee specified by the government. For governmentemployees, on deputation with anybody or undertaking, the perquisite value is to be determined by treating such a body or undertaking as the employer as below. In case of non-government employees, the perquisite valuation for unfurnished rent-free accommodation (RFA) is to be determined as lease rent paid by employer or specified per cent of salary,whichever is lower. As prescribed under the rules, the percentage of salary varies from 7.5-15%, depending on the population of the city as per the 2001 census.
1. Fixed medical allowance is always chargeable to tax. 2. The perquisite in respect of medical facility provided by an employer in the following hospitals/clinic is not chargeable to tax – a) Hospital owned/maintained by the employer. b) Hospital of Central Government/ State Government/ local authority.
Salary income is taxable in the hands of an individual in the year of receipt or earning of salary income, whichever is earlier. Here are some of the safe components of your salary structure which can minimse your tax burden and help you plan your Salary Structure –
TCG Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) In the present case, the requisite details as specified in Clause (B) of sub-rule 2 of rule 3 of Income Tax Rules 1962 were not maintained by the assessee and this being the undisputed position, we find ourselves in agreement with the authorities below that the value […]
It is felt that in many cases, neither the employers nor their employees are aware about the includability of the value of various perquisites in the total income of the employees. In some cases, employers and employees are not aware as to how to correctly value the perquisites. Efforts have been made to address all […]
