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DEDUCTION OF TAX AT SOURCEINCOME-TAX DEDUCTION FROM SALARIES UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961
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....me Tax Department- www.incometaxindia.gov.in. 2. RATES OF INCOME-TAX AS PER FINANCE ACT, 2016 As per the Finance Act, 2016, income-tax is required to be deducted under Section 192 of the Act from income chargeable under the head "Salaries" for the financial year 2016-17 (i.e. Assessment Year 2017-18) at the following rates: 2.1 Rates of tax A. Normal Rates of tax: Sl. No. Total Income Rate of tax 1 Where the total income does not exceed Rs. 2,50,000/-. Nil 2 Where the total income exceeds Rs. 2,50,000/-but does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/-. 10 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 2,50,000/- 3 Where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/-. Rs. 25,000/- plus 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/-. 4 Where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-. Rs. 1,25,000/- plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/- B. Rates of tax for every individual, resident in India, who is of the age of sixty years or more but less than eighty years at any time during the financial year: Sl. No. Total Income Rate of tax 1 Where the total incom....
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....rge if any, but not including the Education Cess on income tax as in 2.3.1. 3. SECTION 192 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961: BROAD SCHEME OF TAX DEDUCTION AT SOURCE FROM "SALARIES": 3.1 Method of Tax Calculation: Every person who is responsible for paying any income chargeable under the head "Salaries" shall deduct income-tax on the estimated income of the assessee under the head "Salaries" for the financial year 2016-17. The income-tax is required to be calculated on the basis of the rates given above, subject to the provisions related to requirement to furnish PAN as per sec 206 AA of the Act, and shall be deducted at the time of each payment. No tax, however, will be required to be deducted at source in any case unless the estimated salary income including the value of perquisites, for the financial year exceeds Rs. 2,50,000/-or Rs. 3,00,000/- or Rs. 5,00,000/-, as the case may be, depending upon the age of the employee. (Some typical illustrations of computation of tax are given at Annexure-I). 3.2 Payment of Tax on Perquisites by Employer: An option has been given to the employer to pay the tax on non-monetary perquisites given to an employee. The employer may, at its opt....
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...., being a Government servant or an employee in a company, co-operative society, local authority, university, institution, association or body is entitled to the relief under Section 89(1) he may furnish to the person responsible for making the payment referred to in Para (3.1), such particulars in Form No. 10E duly verified by him, and thereupon the person responsible, as aforesaid, shall compute the relief on the basis of such particulars and take the same into account in making the deduction under para (3.1) above. Here "university" means a university established or incorporated by or under a Central, State or Provincial Act, and includes an institution declared under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 to be a university for the purpose of that Act. 3.4.2 With effect from 1/04/2010 (AY 2010-11), no such relief shall be granted in respect of any amount received or receivable by an assessee on his voluntary retirement or termination of his service, in accordance with any scheme or schemes of voluntary retirement or in the case of a public sector company referred to in section 10(10C)(i) (read with Rule 2BA), a scheme of voluntary separation, if an exemption....
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....se property which is owned and is in the occupation of the employee for his own residence. However, if it is actually not occupied by the employee in view of his place of the employment being at other place, his residence in that other place should not be in a building belonging to him. (ii) the quantum of deduction allowed as per table below: Sl. No. Purpose of borrowing capital Date of borrowing capital Maximum Deduction allowable 1. Repair or renewal or reconstruction of the house Any time Rs. 30,000/- 2. Acquisition or construction of the house Before 01.04.1999 Rs. 30,000/- 3. Acquisition or construction of the house On or after 01.04.1999 Rs. 1,50,000/-(upto AY 2014-15) Rs. 2,00,000/-(w. e. f. AY 2015-16) In case of Serial No. 3 above (a) The acquisition or construction of the house should be completed within 3 years from the end of the FY in which the capital was borrowed. Hence, it is necessary for the DDO to have the completion certificate of the house property against which deduction is claimed either from the builder or through self-declaration from the employee. (b) Further any prior period interest for the FYs u....
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....herein.(see Rule 28AA). The Unique Identification Number of the certificate is required to be reported in Quarterly Statement of TDS (Form 24Q). 4.4. Deposit of Tax Deducted: Rule 30 prescribes time and mode of payment of tax deducted at source to the account of Central Government. 4.4.1. Due dates for payment of TDS: Prescribed time of payment/deposit of TDS to the credit of Central Government account is as under: (a) In case of an Office of Government: Sl. No. Description Time up to which to be deposited. 1 Tax deposited without Challan [Book Entry] SAME DAY 2 Tax deposited with Challan 7TH DAY NEXT MONTH 3 Tax on perquisites opt to be deposited by the employer. 7TH DAY NEXT MONTH (b) In any case other than an Office of Government Sl. No. Description Time up to which to be deposited. 1 Tax deducted in March 30th APRIL NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR 2 Tax deducted in any other month 7TH DAY NEXT MONTH 3 Tax on perquisites opted to be deposited by the employer 7TH DAY NEXT MONTH However, if a DDO applies before the jurisdictional Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax to permit quarterly payments of TDS under section 192, the Rule 30(3) allows fo....
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....own at Annexure V. The procedure of furnishing Form 24G is detailed in Annexure IV. PAOs/DDOs should go through the FAQs therein to understand the correct process to be followed. 4.4.2.2 Payment by an Income Tax Challan: (i) In case the payment is made by an income-tax challan, the amount of tax so deducted shall be deposited to the credit of the Central Government by remitting it, within the time specified in Table in para 4.4.1 above, into any office of the Reserve Bank of India or branches of the State Bank of India or of any authorized bank; (ii) In case of a company and a person (other than a company), to whom provisions of section 44AB are applicable, the amount deducted shall be electronically remitted into the Reserve Bank of India or the State Bank of India or any authorised bank accompanied by an electronic income-tax challan (Rule125). The amount shall be construed as electronically remitted to the Reserve Bank of India or to the State Bank of India or to any authorized bank, if the amount is remitted by way of: (a) internet banking facility of the Reserve Bank of India or of the State Bank of India or of any authorized bank; or (b) ....
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....d Form 16 annexed to Notification No 11 dated 19-02-2013 is enclosed. The certificate in Form 16 shall specify: (a) Valid permanent account number (PAN) of the deductee; (b) Valid tax deduction and collection account number (TAN) of the deductor; (c) (i) Book identification number or numbers (BIN) where deposit of tax deducted is without production of challan in case of an office of the Government; (ii) Challan identification number or numbers (CIN*) in case of payment through bank. (*Challan identification number (CIN) means the number comprising the Basic Statistical Returns (BSR) Code of the Bank branch where the tax has been deposited, the date on which the tax has been deposited and challan serial number given by the bank. ) (d) Receipt numbers of all the relevant quarterly statements of TDS (24Q). The receipt number of the quarterly statement is of 8 digit. Further as per Circular 04/2013 dated 17-04-2013 all deductors (including Government deductors who deposit TDS in the Central Government Account through book entry) shall issue the Part A of Form No. 16, by generating and subsequently downloading....
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....w.tdscpc.gov.in/ including online correction of statements (Form 24Q). (b) The employer should quote the gross amount of salary (including any amount exempt under section 10 and the deductions under chapter VI A) in column 321 (Amount paid/credited) of Annexure I of Form 24Q as per NSDL RPU (hereafter Return Preparation Utility). (c) The employer should quote the amount of salary excluding any amount exempt under section 10 in column 333 (Total amount of salary) of Annexure II of Form 24Q as per NSDL RPU. (d) TDS on Income (including loss from House Property) under any Head other than the head 'Salaries' offered for TDS (shown in column 339) can be shown in column 350 (Reported amount of TDS by previous employer, as per NSDL RPU. (e) Employer is advised to quote Total Taxable Income (Column 346) in Annexure II without rounding-off and TDS should be deducted and reported accordingly i.e. without rounding-off of TDS also. Example: Total Taxable Income Total Taxable Income (Rounded Off) TDS to be Deducted TDS Deducted/ Reported after rounding-off of income Short Deduction Rs.1350094 Rs. 1350090 Rs. 235028.20 Rs. 235027 R....
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....fy the amount so paid, the rate at which tax has been paid and certain other particulars in the amended Form 16. 4.6.4.3 The obligation cast on the employer under Section 192(2C) for furnishing a statement showing the value of perquisites provided to the employee is a crucial responsibility of the employer, which is expected to be discharged in accordance with law and rules of valuation framed there under. Any false information, fabricated documentation or suppression of requisite information will entail consequences thereof provided under the law. The certificates in Forms 16 and/or Form 12BA specified above, shall be furnished to the employee by 31st May of the financial year immediately following the financial year in which the income was paid and tax deducted. If he fails to issue these certificates to the person concerned, as required by section 192(2C), he will be liable to pay, by way of penalty, under section 272A(2)(i), a sum which shall be Rs. 100/- for every day during which the failure continues. As per Section 139C of the Act, the Assessing Officer can require the taxpayer to produce Form 12BA alongwith Form 16, as issued by the employer. 4.6.5 DDOs empowered to ....
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....t for the tax deducted. Tax deductors are, therefore, advised to procure and quote correct PAN details of all deductees in the TDS statements for salaries in Form 24Q. Taxpayers are also liable to furnish their correct PAN to their deductors. Non-furnishing of PAN by the deductee (employee) to the deductor (employer) will result in deduction of TDS at higher rates u/s 206AA of the Act mentioned in para 4.8 below. 4.8 Compulsory Requirement to furnish PAN by employee (Section 206AA): 4.8.1 Section 206AA in the Act makes furnishing of PAN by the employee compulsory in case of receipt of any sum or income or amount, on which tax is deductible. If employee (deductee) fails to furnish his/her PAN to the deductor , the deductor has been made responsible to make TDS at higher of the following rates: (i) at the rate specified in the relevant provision of this Act; or (ii) at the rate or rates in force; or (iii) at the rate of twenty per cent. The deductor has to determine the tax amount in all the three conditions and apply the higher rate of TDS. However, where the income of the employee computed for TDS u/s 192 is below taxable limit, no tax will be de....
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.... 20 and deductor is not an office of Government, or a company or a person who is required to get his accounts audited under section 44AB of the Act. [Notification No. 11 dated 19.02.2013]. 4.9.4 Fee for default in furnishing statements (Section 234E): If a person fails to deliver or caused to be delivered a statement within the time prescribed in section 200(3) in respect of tax deducted at source on or after 1.07.2012 he shall be liable to pay, by way of fee a sum of Rs. 200 for every day during which the failure continues. However, the amount of such fee shall not exceed the amount of tax which was deductible at source. This fee is mandatory in nature and to be paid before furnishing of such statement. 4.9.5 Rectification of mistake in filing TDS Statement: A DDO can also file a correction statement for rectification of any mistake or to add, delete or update the information furnished in the statement delivered earlier. 4.9.6 Penalty for failure in furnishing statements or furnishing incorrect information (section 271H): If a person fails to deliver or caused to be delivered a statement within the time prescribed in section 200(3) or furnishes an incorrect statement, ....
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....ular no. 761 dated 13-1-1998. 4.11. Matters pertaining to the TDS made in case of Non Resident: 4.11.1 Where Non-Residents are deputed to work in India and taxes are borne by the employer, if any refund becomes due to the employee after he has already left India and has no bank account in India by the time the assessment orders are passed, the refund can be issued to the employer as the tax has been borne by it [Circular No. 707 dated 11-7-1995]. 4.11.2 In respect of non-residents, the salary paid for services rendered in India shall be regarded as income earned in India. It has been specifically provided in the Act that any salary payable for rest period or leave period which is both preceded or succeeded by service in India and forms part of the service contract of employment will also be regarded as income earned in India. 5. COMPUTATION OF INCOME UNDER THE HEAD "SALARIES" 5.1 INCOME CHARGEABLE UNDER THE HEAD "SALARIES": (1) The following income shall be chargeable to income-tax under the head "Salaries" : (a) any salary due from an employer or a former employer to an assessee in the previous year, whether paid or not; (b) any salary paid or allow....
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....ns of section 192 of the Act are not applicable. Hence, DDOs are not required to deduct TDS on family pension paid to person. 5.2.2 Perquisite includes: I. The value of rent free accommodation provided to the employee by his employer; II. The value of any concession in the matter of rent in respect of any accommodation provided to the employee by his employer; III. The value of any benefit or amenity granted or provided free of cost or at concessional rate in any of the following cases: (i) By a company to an employee who is a director of such company; (ii) By a company to an employee who has a substantial interest in the company; (iii) By an employer (including a company)to an employee, who is not covered by (i) or (ii) above and whose income under the head "Salaries" (whether due from or paid or allowed by one or more employers), exclusive of the value of all benefits and amenities not provided by way of monetary payment, exceeds Rs. 50,000/-. [What constitutes concession in the matter of rent have been prescribed in Explanations 1 to 4 below section 17(2)(ii) of the Act] IV. ....
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.... motel, service apartment, guest house, a caravan, mobile home, ship or other floating structure. A. For valuation of the perquisite of rent free unfurnished accommodation, all employees are divided into two categories: (i) For employees of the Central and State governments the value of perquisite shall be equal to the licence fee charged for such accommodation as reduced by the rent actually paid by the employee. Employees of autonomous, semi-autonomous institutions, PSUs/PSEs & subsidiaries, Universities, etc. are not covered under this method of valuation. (ii) For all others, i.e., those salaried taxpayers not in employment of the Central government and the State government, the valuation of perquisite in respect of accommodation would be at prescribed rates, as discussed below: (a) Where the accommodation provided to the employee is owned by the employer: Sl. No. Cities having population as per the 2001 census Perquisite 1 Exceeds 25 lakh 15% of salary 2 Exceeds 10 lakhs but does not exceed 25 lakhs 10% of salary 3 For other places 7.5 % of salary (b) Where the accommodation so provided is taken on l....
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....sp; 24% of salary paid or payable in respect of period during which the accommodation is provided; or 2. Actual charges paid or payable by the employer to such hotel, for the period during which such accommodation is provided as reduced by any rent actually paid or payable by the employee. However, nothing in (C) shall be taxable if following two conditions are satisfied : 1. The hotel accommodation is provided for a total period not exceeding in aggregate 15 days in a previous year, and 2. Such accommodation is provided on an employee's transfer from one place to another place. It may be clarified that while services provided as an integral part of the accommodation, need not be valued separately as perquisite, any other services over and above that for which the employer makes payment or reimburses the employee shall be valued as a perquisite as per the residual clause. In other words, composite tariff for accommodation will be valued as per the Rules and any other charges for other facilities provided by the hotel will be separately valued under the residual clause. D. However, the value of any accommodation provided to an employee work....
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....s Rs. 900/-, if chauffeur is also provided) per month if the cubic capacity of engine of the motor car exceeds 1.6 litres. (2) If the motor car or any other automotive conveyance is owned by the employee but the actual running and maintenance charges are met or reimbursed by the employer, the method of valuation of perquisite value is different and as below: (a) where the motor car or any other automotive conveyance is owned by the employee but actual maintenance & running expenses (including chauffeur salary, if any) are met or reimbursed by the employer, no perquisite shall be chargeable to tax if the car is used wholly and exclusively for official purposes. However following compliances are necessary: ♦ The employer has maintained complete details of the journey undertaken for official purposes; ♦ The employer gives a certificate that the expenditure was incurred wholly for official duties. However if the motor car is used partly for official or partly for private purposes then the amount of perquisite shall be the actual expenditure incurred by the employer as reduced by the amounts in c) referred to in (1) above. Normal w....
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....the public as reduced by the amount, if any, paid by or recovered from the employee for such benefit or amenity. This will not apply to the employees of any airline or the railways. VII Interest free or concessional loans [Rule 3(7)(i)]: It is common practice, particularly in financial institutions, to provide interest free or concessional loans to employees or any member of his household. The value of perquisite arising from such loans would be the excess of interest payable at prescribed interest rate over interest, if any, actually paid by the employee or any member of his household. The prescribed interest rate would now be the rate charged per annum by the State Bank of India as on the 1st day of the relevant financial year in respect of loans of same type and for the same purpose advanced by it to the general public. Perquisite value would be calculated on the basis of the maximum outstanding monthly balance method. For valuing perquisites under this rule, any other method of calculation and adjustment otherwise adopted by the employer shall not be relevant. However, small loans up to Rs. 20,000/- in the aggregate are exempt. Loans for medical treatment of diseases specif....
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....n an offshore installation. X Membership fees and Annual Fees [Rule 3(7)(v)]: Any membership fees and annual fees incurred by the employee (or any member of his household), which is charged to a credit card (including any add-on card) provided by the employer, or otherwise, paid for or reimbursed by the employer is taxable on the following basis: Amount of expenditure incurred by the employer XXX Less : Expenditure on use for official purposes XXX Less : Amount, if any, recovered from the employee XXX XXX Amount taxable as perquisite XXX However if the amount is incurred wholly and exclusively for official purposes it will be exempt if the following conditions are fulfilled: (i) Complete details of such expense, including date and nature of expenditure, is maintained by the employer. (ii) Employer gives a certificate that the same was incurred wholly and exclusively for official purpose. XI Club Expenditure [Rule 3(7)(vi)]: Any annual or periodical fee for Club facility and any expenditure in a club by the employee (or any member of his household), which is paid or reimbursed by the employer is taxable on the following ....
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....ta storage and handling devices like computer, digital diaries and printers. They do not include household appliance (i.e. white goods) like washing machines, microwave ovens, mixers, hot plates, ovens etc. Similarly, in case of cars, the value of perquisite shall be worked out by reducing 20% of its actual cost by the reducing balance method for each completed year of use. XIV Gifts [Rule 3(7)(iv)]: The value of any gift or vouchers or token in lieu of which such gift may be received, given by the employer to the employee or member of his household, is taxable as perquisite. However gift, etc less than Rs. 5,000 in aggregate per annum would be exempt. XV Medical Reimbursement by the employer exceeding Rs. 15,000/- p.a. u/s 17(2) is to be taken as perquisite. It is further clarified that the method regarding valuation of perquisites are given in section 17(2) of the Act and in rule 3 of the Rules. The deductors may look into the above provisions carefully before they determine the perquisite value for deduction purposes. 5.2.3 'Profits in lieu of salary' shall include I. the amount of any compensation due to or received by an assessee from his employer o....
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....r scheme applicable to the members of the civil services of the Union or holders of posts connected with defence or of civil posts under the Union (such members or holders being persons not governed by the said Rules) or to the members of the all-India services or to the members of the civil services of a State or holders of civil posts under a State or to the employees of a local authority or any payment of retiring gratuity received under the Pension Code or Regulations applicable to the members of the defence service is exempt. Gratuity received in cases other than those mentioned above, on retirement, termination etc is exempt up to the limit as prescribed by the Board. Presently the limit is Rs. 10 lakhs w.e.f. 24.05.2010 [Notification no. 43/2010 S.O. 1414(E) F.No. 200/33/2009- ITA-1 dated 11th June 2010]. 5.3.3 Any payment in commutation of pension received under the Civil Pensions (Commutation) Rules of the Central Government or under any similar scheme applicable to the members of the civil services of the Union or holders of posts connected with defence or of civil posts under the Union (such members or holders being persons not governed by the said Rules) or to the mem....
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.... time of his voluntary retirement or termination of his service, in accordance with any scheme or schemes of voluntary retirement or in the case of public sector company, a scheme of voluntary separation, is exempt from income-tax to the extent that such amount does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/-: (a) A public sector company; (b) Any other company; (c) An Authority established under a Central, State or Provincial Act; (d) A Local Authority; (e) A Cooperative Society; (f) A university established or incorporated or under a Central, State or Provincial Act, or, an Institution declared to be a University under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956; (g) Any Indian Institute of Technology within the meaning of Section 3 (g) of the Institute of Technology Act, 1961; (h) Such Institute of Management as the Central Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf. The exemption of amount received under VRS has been extended to employees of the Central Government and State Government and employees of notified institutions having importance throughout India or any Stat....
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....A of the Rules, the quantum of exemption allowable on account of grant of special allowance to meet expenditure on payment of rent shall be the least of the following: (a) the actual amount of such allowance received by the assessee in respect of the relevant period i. e. the period during which the accommodation was occupied by the assesse during the financial year; or (b) the actual expenditure incurred in payment of rent in excess of one-tenth of the salary due for the relevant period; or (i) where such accommodation is situated in Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi or Madras, 50% of the salary due to the employee for the relevant period; or (ii) where such accommodation is situated in any other places, 40% of the salary due to the employee for the relevant period. For this purpose, "Salary" includes dearness allowance, if the terms of employment so provide, but excludes all other allowances and perquisites. It has to be noted that only the expenditure actually incurred on payment of rent in respect of residential accommodation occupied by the assessee subject to the limits laid down in Rule 2A, qualifies for exemption from income-tax. Th....
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.... (F.No.142/9/95-TPL)which has been amended vide notification SO No.403(E) dt 24.4.2000 (F.No.142/34/99- TPL). The transport allowance granted to an employee to meet his expenditure for the purpose of commuting between the place of his residence and the place of duty is exempt to the extent of Rs. 1600 p. m. or Rs. 3200 p.m. (for a person who is blind or deaf and dumb or is orthopaedically handicapped with disabilities of lower extremes) vide notification S.O.No. 395(E) dated 13.05.98 r/w S.O. No. 1002 (E) dated 13.04.2015 & S.O. No. 2604 (E) dated 23.09.2015. 5.3.11 Under Section 10(15)(iv)(i) of the Act, interest payable by the Government on deposits made by an employee of the Central Government or a State Government or a public sector company out of his retirement benefits, in accordance with such scheme framed in this behalf by the Central Government and notified in the Official Gazette is exempt from income-tax. By notification No.F.2/14/89-NS-II dated 7.6.89, as amended by notification No.F.2/14/89-NS-II dated 12.10.89, the Central Government has notified a scheme called Deposit Scheme for Retiring Government Employees, 1989 for the purpose of the said clause. 5.3.12 Any s....
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....- in an year; (e) As regards medical treatment abroad, the actual expenditure on stay and treatment abroad of the employee or any member of his family, or, on stay abroad of one attendant who accompanies the patient, in connection with such treatment, will be excluded from perquisites to the extent permitted by the Reserve Bank of India. It may be noted that the expenditure incurred on travel abroad by the patient/attendant, shall be excluded from perquisites only if the employee's gross total income, as computed before including the said expenditure, does not exceed Rs. 2 lakhs. For the purpose of availing exemption on expenditure incurred on medical treatment, "hospital" includes a dispensary or clinic or nursing home, and "family" in relation to an individual means the spouse and children of the individual. Family also includes parents, brothers and sisters of the individual if they are wholly or mainly dependent on the individual. It is pertinent to mention that benefits specifically exempt u/s 10(13A), 10(5), 10(14), 17 etc. of the Act would continue to be exempt. These include benefits like house rent allowance, leave travel concession, travel expense allowa....
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....; Any payment made to effect or to keep in force a contract for a deferred annuity, not being an annuity plan as is referred to in item (7) herein below on the life of the individual, the spouse or any child of the individual, provided that such contract does not contain a provision for the exercise by the insured of an option to receive a cash payment in lieu of the payment of the annuity; (3) Any sum deducted from the salary payable by, or, on behalf of the Government to any individual, being a sum deducted in accordance with the conditions of his service for the purpose of securing to him a deferred annuity or making provision for his spouse or children, in so far as the sum deducted does not exceed 1/5th of the salary; (4) Any contribution made : (a) by an individual to any Provident Fund to which the Provident Fund Act, 1925 applies; (b) to any provident fund set up by the Central Government, and notified by it in this behalf in the Official Gazette, where such contribution is to an account standing in the name of an individual, or spouse or children; [The Central Government has since notified Public Provident ....
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....fication in the Official Gazette, specify; [The Central Government has since notified New Jeevan Dhara, New Jeevan Dhara-I, New Jeevan Akshay, New Jeevan Akshay-I and New Jeevan Akshay-II vide Notification S.O. No. 1562(E) dated 3.11.05 and Jeevan Akshay-III vide Notification S.O. No. 847(E) dated 1.6.2006 ] (8) Any subscription made to any units of any Mutual Fund, of section 10(23D), or from the Administrator or the specified company referred to in Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking & Repeal) Act, 2002 under any plan formulated in accordance with any scheme as the Central Government, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf; [The Central Government has since notified the Equity Linked Saving Scheme, 2005 for this purpose vide Notification S.O. No. 1563(E) dated 3.11.2005] The investments made after 1.4.2006 in plans formulated in accordance with Equity Linked Saving Scheme, 1992 or Equity Linked Saving Scheme, 1998 shall also qualify for deduction under section 80C. (9) Any contribution made by an individual to any pension fund set up by any Mutual Fund referred to in s....
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....s to be a public company, or a public sector company, or a university established by law, or a college affiliated to such university, or a local authority, or a cooperative society, or an authority, or a board, or a corporation, or any other body established under a Central or State Act. The stamp duty, registration fee and other expenses incurred for the purpose of transfer shall also be covered. Payment towards the cost of house property, however, will not include, admission fee or cost of share or initial deposit or the cost of any addition or alteration to, or, renovation or repair of the house property which is carried out after the issue of the completion certificate by competent authority, or after the occupation of the house by the assessee or after it has been let out. Payments towards any expenditure in respect of which the deduction is allowable under the provisions of section 24 of the Act will also not be included in payments towards the cost of purchase or construction of a house property. Where the house property in respect of which deduction has been allowed under these provisions is transferred by the tax-payer at any time before....
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....ent may, by such notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf. 18) (Any investment in an account under the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Rules, 2004. (19) Any investment as five year time deposit in an account under the Post Office Time Deposit Rules, 1981. B. Section 80C(3) & 80C(3A) states that in case of Insurance Policy other than contract for a deferred annuity the amount of any premium or other payment made is restricted to: Policy issued before 1st April 2012 20% of the actual capital sum assured Policy issued on or after 1st April 2012 10% of the actual capital sum assured Policy issued on or after 1st April 2013 * - In cases of persons with disability or person with severe disability as per Sec 80 U or suffering from disease or ailment as specified in rules made under Sec 80DDB 15% of the actual capital sum assured *Introduced by Finance Act 2013 Actual capital sum assured in relation to a life insurance policy means the minimum amount assured under the policy on happening of the insured event at any time during the term of the policy, not taking into account- i. the value of any premium agreed to be returned, or ....
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....pension scheme notified or as may be notified by the Central Government, which shall not exceed Rs. 50,000. The deduction of Rs. 50,000 shall be allowed whether or not any deduction is allowed under sub-section(1). However, the same amount cannot be claimed both under sub-section (1) and sub-section (1B) of section 80CCD. As per Section 80CCD(2), where any contribution in the said pension scheme is made by the Central Government or any other employer then the employee shall be allowed a deduction from his total income of the whole amount contributed by the Central Government or any other employer subject to limit of 10% of his salary of the previous year. If any amount is standing to the credit of the employee in the pension scheme referred above and deduction has been allowed as stated above, and the employee or his nominee receives this amount together with the amount accrued thereon, due to the reason of: (i) Closure or opting out of the pension scheme or (ii) Pension received from the annuity plan purchased and taken on such closure or opting out then the amount so received during the FYs shall be the income of the employee or his nominee for that Financ....
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....Withdrawal of deduction - If the assessee, after claiming the aforesaid deduction, fails to satisfy the above conditions, the deduction originally allowed shall be deemed to be the income of the assessee of the year in which default is committed. This deduction is allowed for three consecutive assessment years beginning with the AY in which the listed equity shares or units were first acquired. If any deduction is claimed by a taxpayer under this section in any year, he shall not be entitled to any deduction under this section for any other year. 5.5.5 Deduction in respect of health insurance premia paid, etc. (Section 80D) Section 80D provides for deduction available for health insurance premia paid, etc. which is calculated as under: Sl. No. Persons for whom payment made Nature of payment Mode of payment Allowable Deduction (in Rs.) 1 Employee or his family* ♦ the whole of the amount paid to effect or to keep in force an insurance on the health of the employee or his family or ♦ any contribution made to the CGHS or such other scheme as may be notified by Central Government (Finance Act 2013) any mode other than cash Aggregate allowab....
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....iture on persons or dependants with disability 5.5.6.1 Deductions in respect of maintenance including medical treatment of a dependent who is a person with disability (section 80DD): Under section 80DD, where an employee, who is a resident in India, has, during the previous year- (a) incurred any expenditure for the medical treatment (including nursing), training and rehabilitation of a dependant, being a person with disability; or (b) paid or deposited any amount under a scheme framed in this behalf by the Life Insurance Corporation or any other insurer or the Administrator or the specified company subject to the conditions specified in this regard and approved by the Board in this behalf for the maintenance of a dependant, being a person with disability, the employee shall be allowed a deduction of a sum of Rs. 75,000/- from his gross total income of that year. However, where such dependant is a person with severe disability, an amount Rs. 1,25,000/- shall be allowed as deduction subject to the specified conditions. The deduction under (b) above shall be allowed only if the following conditions are fulfilled:- (i) the scheme referred to in (b....
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....rust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002 ; (b) "dependant" means- (i) in the case of an individual, the spouse, children, parents, brothers and sisters of the individual or any of them; (ii) in the case of a Hindu undivided family, a member of the Hindu undivided family, dependant wholly or mainly on such individual or Hindu undivided family for his support and maintenance, and who has not claimed any deduction under section 80U in computing his total income for the assessment year relating to the previous year; (c) "disability" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 and includes "autism", "cerebral palsy" and "multiple disability" referred to in clauses (a), (c) and (h) of section 2 of the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999; (d) "Life Insurance Corporation" shall have the same meaning as in clause (iii) of sub-section (8) of section 88; (e) "medical authority" means t....
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....urer or reimbursed by the employer. Further in case of the person against whom such claim is made is a senior citizen (60 age years or more) then the deduction upto Rs. 60,000/- is allowed and in case of very senior citizen (80 age years or more) the deduction upto Rs. 80,000/- is allowed. For the purpose of this section, in the case of an employee, "dependant" means individual, the spouse, children, parents, brothers and sisters of the employee or any of them, dependant wholly or mainly on the employee for his support and maintenance. Vide Notification SO No. 2791(E) dated 12.10.2015, Rules 11DD has been amended to do away with the requirement of furnishing a certificate in Form 10-I. A prescription from a specialist as specified in the Rules containing the name and age the patient, name of the disease/ailment along with the name, address, registration number & qualification of the specialist issuing the prescription would now be required. 5.5.8 Deduction in respect of interest on loan taken for higher education (Section 80E): Section 80E allows deduction in respect of payment of interest on loan taken from any financial institution or any approved charitable institution f....
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....f - Circular No. 2/2005, dated 12-1-2005. No deduction under this section is allowable in case the amount of donation exceeds Rs. 10000/- unless the amount is paid by any mode other than cash. 5.5.10 Deductions is respect of rents paid (Section 80GG): Section 80GG allows the employee to a deduction in respect of house rent paid by him for his own residence. Such deduction is permissible subject to the following conditions:- (a) the employee has not been in receipt of any House Rent Allowance specifically granted to him which qualifies for exemption under section 10(13A) of the Act; (b) the employee files the declaration in Form No.10BA. (Annexure X) (c) The employee does not own: (i) any residential accommodation himself or by his spouse or minor child or where such employee is a member of a Hindu Undivided Family, by such family, at the place where he ordinarily resides or performs duties of his office or carries on his business or profession; or (ii) at any other place, any residential accommodation which is in the occupation of the employee, the value of which is to be determined under section 23(2)(a) or section 23....
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....8 National Urban Poverty Eradication Fund notified u/s 35CCA (1)(d) set up and notified by the Central Government No deduction under this section is allowable in case: (i) The employee has gross total income which includes income which is chargeable under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession". (ii) The amount of donation exceeds Rs. 10000 and is paid in cash. The Drawing and Disbursing Authorities should satisfy themselves that all the conditions mentioned above are satisfied before such deduction is allowed by them to the employee. They should also satisfy themselves in this regard by insisting on production of evidence of actual payment of donation and a receipt from the person to whom donation has been made and ensure that the approval/notification has been issued by the right authority. DDO must ensure a self-declaration from the employee that he has no income from "Profits and gains of business or profession". 5.5.12 Deduction in respect of interest on deposits in savings account (Section 80TTA): Section 80TTA has been introduced from the Financial Year 2012-13 and it allows to an employee from his gross total income if it includ....
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....the period, if that period is less than three years, when he was member of the fund. The deductor shall remain liable to deduct tax on any sum paid on account of returned contributions (including interest, if any) even if a fund or part of a fund ceases to be an approved Superannuation fund. 7.3 As per section 192A of the Act, w. e. f. 01.06.2015 the trustees of the EPF Scheme 1952 framed under section 5 of the EPF & Misc. Provisions Act, 1952 or any person authorized under the scheme to make payment of accumulated balance due to employees, shall, in a case where the accumulated balance due to an employee participating in a recognized provident fund is includible in his total income owing to the provisions of Rule 8 of Part A of Fourth Schedule not being applicable at the time of payment of accumulated balance due to the employee, deduct income tax thereon @ 10% if the amount of such payment or aggregate of such payment exceeds Rs. 50,000/-. In case the employee does not provide his/her PAN No., then the deduction will have to be made at maximum marginal rate. 8. DDOS TO SATISFY THEMSELVES ABOUT THE GENUINENESS OF CLAIM: The Drawing and Disbursing Officers should satisfy th....
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....nal cess as applicable (2% for primary and 1% for secondary education) to arrive at the total tax payable. 9.4 The amount of tax as arrived at para 9.3 should be deducted every month in equal installments. Any excess or deficit arising out of any previous deduction can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the amount of subsequent deductions during the same financial year. 10. MISCELLANEOUS: 10.1 These instructions are not exhaustive and are issued only with a view to guide the employers to understand the various provisions relating to deduction of tax from salaries. Wherever there is any doubt, reference may be made to the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Income-tax Rules, 1962, the Finance Act 2016, the relevant circulars / notifications, etc. 10.2 In case any assistance is required, the Assessing Officer/the Local Public Relation Officer of the Income-tax Department may be contacted. 10.3 These instructions may be brought to the notice of all Disbursing Officers and Undertakings including those under the control of the Central/ State Governments. 10.4 Copies of this Circular are available with the Director of Income-tax (Public Relations, Printing & Publ....
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....00 5 LIP Paid 10,000 6 Interest Income on Savings Account 12,000 Computation of Tax S.No. Particulars Rupees 1 Gross Salary 4,20,000 2 Add: Income from Other Sources Interest Income on Savings Account Rs 12,000 3 Gross Total Income 4,32,000 4 Less: Deduction U/s 80DD (Restricted to Rs.60,000/- only) 60,000 5 Less: Deduction U/s 80C (i) GPF Rs.25,000/- (ii) LIP Rs.10,000/- = Rs.35,000/- 35,000 6 Less: Deduction u/s 80TTA on Interest Income on savings account (restricted to Rs 10000/-) 10000 7 Total Income 3,27,000 8 Income Tax thereon/payable (includes Rebate of Rs 5000 as per Section 87A) 2,700 9 Add: (i). Education Cess @2% (ii). Secondary and Higher Education Cess @1% 114 57 10 Total Income Tax payable 2,871 11 Rounded off to 2,870 Example 3 For Assessment Year 2017-18 Calculation of Income Tax in the case of an employee below age of sixty years where medical treatment expenditure was borne by the employer (With valid PAN furnished to employer). S.No. Particulars Rupees 1 Gross Salary 5,20,000 2 Medical Reimbursement by employer on the treatment of self and de....
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....excess of 10% of salary (including D.A. presuming that D.A. is taken for retirement benefit) (1,44,000-55,000) = 89,000 (c). 50% of Salary (Basic+ DA) = 2,75,000 89,000 Gross Total Income 6,01,000 Less: Deduction U/s 80C (i) GPF Rs.36,000/- (ii) LIC Rs. 4,000 (iii) Investment in Unit-Linked Insurance Plan Rs.50,000/- Total =Rs.1,14,000/- 90,000 3 Total Income 5,11,000 Tax payable 27,200 Add: (i). Education Cess @2% (ii). Secondary and Higher Education Cess @1% 544 272 Total Income Tax payable 28016 Rounded off to 28020 Example 5 For Assessment Year 2017-18 Illustrating valuation of perquisite and calculation of tax in the case of an employee below age of sixty years of a private company in Mumbai who was provided accommodation in a flat at concessional rate for ten months and in a hotel for two months ( With valid PAN furnished to employer). S.No. Particulars Rupees 1 Salary 7,00,000 2 Bonus 1,40,000 3 Free gas, electricity, water etc. (Actual bills paid by company) 40,000 4(a) Flat at concessional rate (for ten month). @ Rs.36000/month 3,60, 000 ....
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....e Building Loan (Principal) 60,000 10 Tuition Fees for three children (Rs.10,000 per child) 30,000 Computation of total income and tax payable thereon S.No. Particulars Rupees 1 Gross Salary (Basic+DA+HRA+SDA) 6,92,000 Less: House rent allowance exempt U/s 10 (13A) Least of: (a). Actual amount of HRA received. :Rs.1,80,000 (b). Expenditure on rent in excess of 10% of salary (Including D.A.) assuming D.A. is included for retirement benefits (1,20,000- 50,000) :Rs. 70,000 (c). 50% of salary (including D.A) : Rs. 2,50,000 70,000 2 Gross Total Taxable Income 6,22,000 Less: Deduction U/s 80C (i). Provident Fund : 60,000 (ii). LIP : 10,000 (iii). NSC VIII Issue : 30,000 (iv). Repayment of HBA : 60,000 (v). Tuition Fees (Restricted to two children) : 20,000 Total : 1,80,000 Restricted to 1,50,000 1,50,000 Total Income 4,72,000 Income Tax thereon/payable 20,200 Add: (i). Education Cess @2% (ii). Secondary and Higher Education Cess @1% 404 202 Total Income Tax payable 20,806 Rounded off to 20,810 Example 7 For Assessment Year 2017-18 A. Calcula....
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.....10.2016, received following emoluments : S.No. Particulars Rupees 1. Basic pay p.m. 13,000 2. Bonus for the year received in July, 2015 72,000 3. Club facility (for private use only) Expenditure by employer p.m. 700 4. House Rent Allowance p.m. 2,800 5. Employer's contribution to URPF p.m. (Mr. A also made equal contribution) 1,000 W.e.f. 01.11.2015, Mr. A joined PQR Ltd., with following pay package : 1. Basic pay p.m. 18,000 2. House Rent Allowance p.m. 1,600 3. Club Facility (for private use only) Expenditure by employer p.m. 1,100 4. Use of car for journey between office and residence - Employer's expenditure p.m. 600 5. Employer's contribution to RPF p.m. (Mr. A also made equal contribution) 2,000 Other particulars of Mr. A are as under : 1. Mr. A resides at Amritsar paying a monthly rent of 3,500 2. Mr. A's income from other sources 95,000 3. Mr. A contributed to LIC/PPR/NSC etc. 20,000 Compute Mr. A's taxable income and tax liability for A.Y. 2017-18. Computation of Tax S.No. Particulars Rupees 1. Income from Salary From XYZ Ltd. Basic pay (Rs.13,0....
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....ovident Fund 10,000 8. Repayment of HDFC loan borrowed after 1.04.1999 EMI Rs.25,000 (Towards loan Rs.95,000, towards interest Rs.2,05,000) 3,00,000 Computation of Tax S.No. Particulars Rupees 1. Income from Salary Basic Pay @ Rs 23,720 p.m (March to June '16) 94,880 @ Rs 24,660 p.m * (July 2014 to Feb 2015) 1,97,280 2,92,160 91,200 Grade Pay @ Rs 7,600 p.m Dearness Allowance 1.3.2014 to 30.06.2014 @ 100% i.e., Rs 31,320 p.m 1,25,280 1.7.2014 to 31.12.2014 @ 107% i.e. Rs 34,518 p.m 2,07,108 1.1.2015 to 28.02.2015 @ 113% (assumed) i.e., Rs. 36,454 p.m 72,908 4,05,296 House Rent Allowance @ 30% of basic pay + grade pay 1.3.2014 to 30.06.2014 @ Rs 9,396 33,584 1.07.2014 to 28.2.2015 @ Rs 9,678 77,424 1,15,008 Transport Allowance 1.3.2014 to 30.6.2014 @ Rs 6,400 p.m 25600 ....
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....bsp; 4 Gas, electricity, water 5 Interest free or concessional loans 6 Holiday expenses 7 Free or concessional travel 8 Free meals 9 Free Education 10 Gifts, vouchers etc. 11 Credit card expenses 12 Club expenses 13 Use of movable assets by employees 14 Transfer of assets to employees 15 Value of any other benefit/amenity/service/privilege 16 Stock options(non-qualified options) 17 Other benefits or amenities 18 Total value of perquisites 19 Total value of Profits in lieu of salary as per 17(3) 9. Details of tax, - (a) Tax deducted from salary of the employee u/s 192(1) ......... (b) Tax paid by employer on behalf of the employee u/s 192(1A) ......... (c) Total tax paid ......... (d) Date of payment into Government treasur....
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....(e) .................... (f) .................... (g) .................... (ii) Section 80CCC (iii) Section 80CCD (B) Other sections (e.g. 80E, 80G, 80TTA, etc.) under Chapter VI-A. (i) section................... (ii) section................... (iii) section................... (iv) section................... (v) section................... Verification I,.......................,son/daughter of............................. do hereby certify that the information given above is complete and correct. Place...................................................... Date....................................................... (Signature of the employee) Designation ......................................... Full Name ANNEXURE III POINT NO.4.4.2.1 OF CIRCULAR OF DEDUCTION OF TAX AT SOURCE - INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FROM SALARIES U/S 192 OF THE INCOME-TAX AC....
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....e AO can view the status of Form 24G on TIN website. 2. Online upload of Form 24G at TIN websites: For online upload of Form 24G at TIN website, the Accounts Office Identification Number (AIN) is a pre-requisite. For online AIN registration, AO need to file at least one Form 24G through TIN-FC. After AIN registration, AO can file Form 24G through AO Account at TIN website. Preparation and validation of correction Form 24G is in line with regular Form 24G (submitted at TIN-FC). The validated Form 24G correction file (.fvu file) is to be uploaded at TIN website. There is no need to submit SSR in online upload. For Form 24G accepted at TIN Central System an online acknowledgement containing a 15 digit token number is generated and displayed to the AO. The format of the acknowledgement is identical to the one issued by the TIN-FC. No charges are applicable to AOs for online upload of Form 24G. On login, AO can also View/Download BIN details and update demographic details. No Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) is required for registration and online uploading of Form 24G. 2.1 Online uploading of correction Form 24G at TIN website: AO can file a correction Form 24G for any....
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.... should be from different offices. However, where the DDO and AO are the same, as in the case of CDDOs, the statistics report of Form 24G should be counter signed by his superior officer. 4. What is AIN and who should apply? Accounts Office Identification Number (AIN) is a unique seven digit which is allotted by the Directorate of Income Tax (Systems), Delhi, to every AO. Each AO is uniquely identified in the system by this number. AOs are required to apply for AIN with jurisdictional TDS office. The AIN application can be downloaded from TIN site. Every AIN holder is required to file Form 24G. Each DDO is identified in the system by a Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number (TAN). This number is allotted by Income Tax Department. 5. Where should the Accounts Office Identification Number (AIN) application be submitted ? The duly filled and signed application for AIN allotment is to be submitted in physical form by the PAO / CDDO / DTO to the jurisdictional CIT (TDS). Complete and correct AIN application forms will be forwarded by the jurisdictional CIT (TDS) to NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited (NSDL), Times Tower, 1st Floor, Kamala Mills Compound, Senapati Bap....
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.... payment details (TAN of DDO, name, demographic details, total tax deducted and remitted to the Government account (A.G. / Pr.CCA). * DDOs which are associated with the AO. If the AO wants to add/delete or update details of DDO, same should be mentioned in the statement. 13. What is the procedure to prepare the Form 24G statement? The AOs can prepare Form 24G either by using in-house facilities, third party software or by using Form 24G Preparation Utility developed by NSDL, which is freely downloadable from the TIN web-site (www.tin-nsdl.com) or ITD website (www.incometaxindia.gov.in). Once the statement is prepared, the AO shall validate the same by using File Validation Utility (FVU) developed by NSDL and freely available at the TIN or ITD website. The statement can be furnished in Compact Disk (CD) at any of the TIN Facilitation Centres (TIN-FC) managed by NSDL along with Form 24G Statement Statistics Report (generated through File Validation Utility), duly signed by the AO. The list of TIN-FCs is available at TIN or ITD website. Once Form 24G is accepted by the TIN-FC, it will issue a provisional receipt with a unique Provisional Receipt Number (PRN) to the AO as a ....
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.... downloadable from http://java.sun.com and http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk or you can request your computer vendor (hardware) to install the same for you. The Form 24G FVU setup comprises of two files, namely- * Form 24G FVU.bat: This is a setup program for installation of FVU. * Form 24G_FVU_STANDALONE.jar: This is the FVU program file. These files are in an executable zip file (Form24GFVU) (version 1.2). These files are required for installing the Form 24G FVU. Instructions for extracting and setup are given in: * Form 24G FVU Extract and Setup 17. After preparation of Form No. 24G statement through RPU, three files are generated when such statement passes through FVU. Is the AO required to take all three files in CD /Pen drive to TIN-FC? When a valid file is passed through the FVU, the following three files are generated:- (a) The upload file (b) Form 24G statement Statistics Report and (c) Form 24G. Every Form 24G (upload file) mentioned at Sr. No. (a) is to be saved in CD and the same should be accompanied with the Statement Statistic Report mentioned at Sr. No. (b), in paper form duly signed by the Accounts Officer, which needs to be s....
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....wing & Disbursing Officer) etc. Modifications in AIN (Account office Identification Number), Financial Year and Month are not allowed. There are three modes by which changes can be made in the DDO details provided in original Form 24G statement: * Add: DDO records can be added to the original Form 24G statement * Update: details of DDO (i.e. TAN, TAN Name, demographic and contact details, amount of tax deducted and remitted, nature of deduction) can be updated for the DDO records provided in original or subsequent correction statement * Delete: DDO records provided in original Form 24G or subsequent correction statement can be deleted M-type correction statement will always contain AO details and details of DDO which are added and/or deleted. 21. What is X-Type of Correction Statement? This type of correction statement is to be furnished by AO if it wishes to cancel an existing Form 24G statement. Filing of Correction type X will allow AOs to file regular Form 24G for the same primary key (AIN, Financial year and Month). This type of correction is to be filed only if the Form 24G has been filed with wrong AIN, F.Y. or Month. 22. What is BIN? BIN stands for "Boo....
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....ls and amount of TDS reported in TDS/TCS statements do not match with that reported in Form 24G? What are the consequences of such mismatch? (i) Instances of wrong/incorrect reporting of BIN by the DDOs in the TDS/TCS Statement have been observed. Reporting of incorrect BINs and corresponding amount in TDS statement will lead to mismatch with the respective amount as reported in the Form No. 24G. In this situation, the corresponding deductees may not get credit of the TDS/TCS. Therefore, the BIN as disseminated by the respective PAO should be reported correctly along with the corresponding amount in the TDS/TCS Statement filed by the DDOs. (ii) In a number of cases, one distinct DDO has been found to be reported by more than one AO in the Form No. 24G for the same form type of TDS statement which is not a valid scenario. The DDOs and respective AOs are advised to reconcile the issue and one DDO should be mapped to one AO only for a particular form type for a particular month. 28. What are the duties of PAOs/DTOs/CDDOs? i. To apply for AIN with jurisdictional TDS office. AIN application can be downloaded from TIN site. ii. To obtain correct TAN from the reporting DDOs.....
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....cting the TDS/TCS through cheque are liable to file Form 26Q for reporting such TDS transactions. They will be required to obtain the AIN and file form 24G for monthly reporting of these book adjustment entries and file quarterly TDS statements as TAN holder by quoting the corresponding BINs. *** ANNEXURE V "Person Responsible for filing Form No. 24G in case of State Govt. Departments" ANNEXURE VI POINT NO.4.9 OF DRAFT CIRCULAR OF DEDUCTION OF TAX AT SOURCE FROM SALARIES U/S 192 OF THE INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 - FINANCIAL YEAR 2015-16- PROCEDURE OF PREPARATION OF QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF DEDUCTION OF TAX UNDER SECTION 200(3) OF THE ACT 1. Quarterly e-TDS statement/return should be prepared by Deductor/DDO as per the data structure (File Format) prescribed by the DIT (Systems), Delhi which is available on TIN website www.tin-nsdl.com. Deductor/DDO can prepare e-TDS statement/return either by using in-house facilities, third party software or by using Return Preparation Utility (RPU) developed by NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited (NSDL), which is freely downloadable from the TIN website. After preparation of e-TDS statement/return, the Deductor/DDO is required to validat....
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....notices. Therefore, deductors are advised to check the processing status promptly so as to utilize this facility. 2.1.3 Deductor/DDO can also file a correction e-TDS statement for any modification in the e-TDS statement. Correction statement can be prepared by using the TDS Consolidated file that is available at TRACES (www.tdscpc.gov.in). Validation of correction statement is in line with regular e-TDS statement, physical Form 27A duly signed and Statement Statistical Report at TIN-FC. On successful acceptance of correction e-TDS statement at the TIN-FC, an acknowledgement containing a unique 15 digit token no. is provided to the Deductor/DDO. Deductor/DDO can view the status of e-TDS statement on TRACES website. 3. Procedure of preparation and furnishing of paper TDS statement/return at TIN-Facilitation Centres (TIN-FCs): All statement/return in Form 24Q are required to be furnished in computer media except in case where the number of deductee records are equal to or less than 20. Paper statement/return duly filled and signed by the Deductor/DDO can be furnished at TINFC. On successful acceptance of paper statement/return at the TIN-FC, an acknowledgment containing a unique 1....
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....DDO can login with its user ID and DSC and upload the validated e-TDS file (.fvu file) generated by the FVU to the TIN website. On successful acceptance of correction e-TDS statement/return at TIN, an acknowledgement containing a unique 15 digit token number is generated and displayed. There is no need to submit copy of provisional receipt of regular e-TDS statement/return, physical Form 27A and SSR in online upload. Deductor/DDO can view the status of e-TDS statement/return on TIN website. 5. For FAQs and further details, Deductors/DDOs are advised to log on website www.tin-nsdl.com ******* ANNEXURE-VII MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Economic Affairs) (ECB & PR Division) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd December, 2003 F.No. 5/7/2003-ECB &PR- The government approved on 23rd August, 2003 the proposal to implement the budget announcement of 2003-04 relating to introducing a new restructured defined contribution pension system for new entrants to Central Government service, except to Armed Forces, in the first stage, replacing the existing system of defined benefit pension system. i. The system would be mandatory for all new recruits to the Central Government servic....
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.... U.K. SINHA, Jt. Secy. ANNEXURE-VIII MINISTRY OF FINANCE Department of Revenue (Central Board of Direct Taxes) Notification New Delhi, the 24th November, 2000 INCOME- TAX S.O.1048 (E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (i) of clause (18) of Section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government, hereby specifies the gallantry awards for the purposes of the said Section, mentioned in column 2 of the table below awarded in the circumstances as mentioned in corresponding column 3 thereof:- Table Sl. No. Name of gallantry award Circumstances for eligibility (1) (2) (3) 1. Ashok Chakra When awarded to Civilians for gallantry 2. Kirti Chakra - do - 3. Shaurya Chakra - do - 4. SarvottanJeevanRaksha Padak When awarded to Civilians for bravery displayed by them in life saving acts. 5. UttamJeevanRaksha Medal - do - 6. JeevanRakshaPadak - do - 7. President's Police Medal When awarded for acts of exceptional for gallantry courage displayed by members of police forces, Central police or security forces and certified to this effect by the head of the department concerned 8. Police Medal....