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Article explains Who is eligible for pension/ family pension, What is the tax treatment for family pension received by the legal heirs of a deceased employee, Document to be filled for family pension in case of death, Documents to be filled when the name of the claimant member is not available in the records, What […]
As we all are aware that The Union Budget for 2020-21 will be presented in the Lok Sabha on 1st February, 2020) at 11.00 am by our Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman. As per every year, this year also Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has submitted its Pre Budget Memorandum to the government. Today we […]
Section 80C replaced the existing Section 88 with more or less the same investment mix available in Section 88. The new section 80C has become effective w.e.f. 1st April, 2006. Even the section 80CCC on pension scheme contributions was merged with the above 80C. However, this new section has allowed a major change in the method of providing the tax benefit. Section 80C of the Income Tax Act allows certain investments and expenditure to be tax-exempt.
To encourage the assessee to save and invest their hard-earned money, numerous deductions under income tax are offered by the Government. Such deductions also facilitate tax savings for the assessee. One such offered deduction is deduction under section 80CCC of the Income Tax Act. The present article exclusively covers the topic ‘deduction under section 80CCC […]
Life insurance policies can be used as tax planning tool as premium paid on Insurance Policies is eligible for tax benefits under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act 1961 (Act) and Maturity Proceeds are also eligible for exemption under section Section 10(10D) and Section 10(10A)(iii).
As per section 80CCC, where an assessee being an individual has in the previous year paid or deposited any amount out of his income chargeable to tax to effect or keep in force a contract for any annuity plan of Life Insurance Corporation of India or any other insurer for receiving pension from the Fund referred to in clause (23AAB)
Under this section, you can invest a maximum of Rs 1.50 lakh (1 Lakh upto AY 2014-15) and if you are in the highest tax bracket of 30%, you save a tax of Rs 45000. The various investment options under this section include:PPF; Life Insurance Premium, Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS), Provident Fund (PF) & Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF)
The article covers Introduction, Residential Status, Tax Rates, Head-wise Taxation & Deduction available under the Act. Hope you will find it useful in this Return Filing Season.
The Income Tax Act provides that on determination of the gross total income of an assessee after considering income from all the heads, certain deductions therefrom may be allowed. These deductions detailed in chapter VIA of the Income Tax Act must be distinguished from the exemptions provides in Section 10 of the Act. While the former are to be reduced from the gross total income, the latter do not form part of the income at all.
The expectation from the Government was to reduce the tax burden for overall middle class, however there was no alteration in the income tax slabs, only some additional deductions are been introduced in the budget. The Finance Minister has said that individuals can now increase its non-taxable income close to Rs 450,000 a year if they plan well.
