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Income Tax : From April 2026, 8 cities qualify for 50% HRA exemption. New rules impact calculations, compliance, and disclosures for salaried t...
Income Tax : Form 124 allows employees to declare tax-saving claims to employers. Filing ensures correct TDS calculation with eligible deductio...
Income Tax : Employers are required to issue a detailed perquisites statement where salary exceeds Rs.1.5 lakh. This ensures accurate reporting...
Income Tax : A simple guide to the five heads of income under the Income Tax Act, 1961, explaining salary, house property, business income, cap...
Income Tax : From April 2025, standard and family pension deductions will increase to ₹75,000 and ₹25,000 under the new tax regime, boostin...
Income Tax : Discover the Ministry of Finance's latest tax changes: ₹75,000 standard deduction, enhanced pension benefits. Potential savings ...
Income Tax : Perquisites includes the value of any concession in the matter of rent respecting any accommodation provided to the assessee by hi...
Income Tax : Cautionary Advisory on Reports of tax evasion by under-reporting income or inflating deductions/Exemptions by salaried taxpayers. ...
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Income Tax : In the case of Sanjay Baweja Vs DCIT, the Delhi High Court ruled that one-time payments in lieu of ESOPs do not constitute salary ...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi dismisses Revenue's appeal against order of Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) regarding valuation of perquisites and...
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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...
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Budget 2020- Section 115BAC and Tax Deduction at Source Under Section 192 of Income Tax Act, 1961 Finance Bill 2020-21 introduced a New Section 115BAC, as per this Section, an assessee has an option to tax his Total Income as per the rates prescribed under Section 115 BAC subject to his forgoing of tax concessions […]
Treatment of Performance Bonus under Section 10(13A) of the Income Tax Act 1961. In the case of Sudip Rungta Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) ; ITAT No. 2370/Kol/2017 ; Date of Pronouncement: 10/01/2020 In the above order the ITAT has discussed and decided that performance bonus cannot be treated as salary for the purpose of calculation […]
In my today’s article I will discuss about the House Rent allowance (HRA). Now the catch here is that you an employee might trust your employer for allowing you the HRA, but at the same time you should know the right way of treatment of HRA in your Income Statement while you are filing your Income Tax Return.
Leave Travel Allowance (LTA) is the most common element of compensation adopted by employers to remunerate employees due to the tax benefits attached to it. Section 10(5) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961, read with Rule 2B, provides for the exemption and outlines the conditions subject to which LTA is exempt. Through this write-up, I want to shed light on the taxability and some other interesting relevant aspects which you as a salaried employee must keep in mind.
To discuss the tax treatment of the pension received, comprehensively, the employees have been divided in two types, government and non-government. Even the pension received can be of two types, commuted and uncommuted.
What is House Rent Allowance? Employees generally receive a house rent allowance (HRA) from their employers. This is 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.
Investment Declaration’s Dribs & Drabs in tax planning (Proof submission for Income Tax Purposes (Correct TDS on Salary Calculation) by Salaried Employee to His Employer) Almost all companies have intimated their employees to submit investment declarations or IT proofs for Financial Year 2019-20.This article states about how to conveniently climb ladder till ITR filling by […]
Article discusses Tax Treatment of Various retirement benefits i.e Gratuity, Leave Encasement, Commuted Pension, Uncommuted Pension, Statutory Provident Fund, Recognised Provident Fund and Unrecognised Provident Fund.
Articles deals with Taxability of House Rent Allowance , Children Education Allowance, Hostel Allowance, Transport Allowance, Outstation Allowance, Under Ground Allowance, Traveling Allowance, Daily Allowance, Conveyance Allowance, Helper Allowance, Uniform Allowance and Academic Allowance.
In this article we are covering following Perquisites taxable as salary- 1. Domestic Servants, 2. Gas, Electricity or water supplied by employer, 3. Education facility, 4. Specified Security or Sweat Equity Shares Allocated, 5. Interest Free Loans
