Income Tax - Deductions from Gross Total Income This Article covers the common deductions which can be claimed while filing Income Tax Return. Most Common Deductions are classified in the following Categories for easy understanding- 1. Income Based Deductions 2. Standard Amount of Deductions 3. Investment Based Deductions 4. Expenses Based Deductions ...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Many individuals who are receiving income under the head salary ask about the methods which can legally help in saving tax on salaried people. It is a fact that are not allowed to claim expenses except those specified under the Income Tax Act. Therefore, they can only invest in or claim certain expenses which are […]...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Interest earned on Post Office Savings Bank Account is presently exempt under section 10(15)(i) of the Act, vide notification no. G.S.R. 607(E) dated 9 June 1989. The said notification is amended to provide that such interest from Post Office Savings Bank Account will be exempt as follows: - Rs. 3,500 in case of individual accou...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Section 80TTA has been introduced from this Financial Year [2012-13] and it allows to an employee from his gross total income if it includes any income by way of interest on deposits (not being time deposits) in a savings account a deduction amounting to : (i) in a case where the amount of such income does not exceed in the aggregate ten...
Read MoreIncome Tax - Extract of Section – 80TTA – Deduction in respect of interest on deposits in savings account 80TTA. (1) Where the gross total income of an assessee (other than the assessee referred to in section 80TTB), being an individual or a Hindu undivided family, includes any income by way of interest on deposits (not being time [&hellip...
Read More3rd Corrigendum to Income Tax Circular No. 1/2019 - (08/02/2019) - In Circular No.1/2019 dated 1st January, 2019 on the above-mentioned subject, the provisions of section 8OTTB were inadvertently not correctly explained in para 5.5.12 of the circular. The correct position of the admissibility of deduction under section 8OTTB is provided as under:-...
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