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New Benefits announced for NPS Subscribers in Union Budget 2017-18
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....ew Benefits announced for NPS Subscribers in Union Budget 2017-18 <br>Budget<br>Dated:- 2-2-2017<br><BR>In a bid to provide further impetus to the National Pension System (NPS), the following provisions have been introduced in the Finance Bill 2017 laid down in the Parliament today. Tax-exemption to partial withdrawal from National Pension System (NPS) The existing provision of section 10(12A)....
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.... of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides that payment from National Pension System (NPS) to a subscriber on closurer of his account or opting out shall be exempt up to 40% of total corpus at the time of withdrawal . The amount utilized for purchase of annuity is also tax exempt. At the time of normal exit, 40% of the total corpus is mandatorily required to be purchased for annuity. The subscriber has....
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.... the option to use higher amount for purchase of annuity. In order to provide further relief to the subscriber of NPS, it has been proposed to insert a new clause (12B) in the section 10 of Income Tax Act, 1961 to provide exemption on partial withdrawal not exceeding 25% of the contribution made by an employee in accordance with the terms and conditions specified under Pension Fund Regulatory and....
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.... Development Authority Act, 2013 and regulations made there under. This benefit will be effective on partial withdrawal made by the subscriber after 1st April 2017. Further, Contribution up to 20% of the Gross Income of the Self-employed individual (Individual other than salaried class) will be deductible from the taxable income under Section 80CCD (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as against 10%....
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.... earlier. This is with a view to provide parity between a salaried employee and a self-employed. This benefit will be available on contribution made by the self employed persons on or after 1st April 2017. This increased limit for tax benefit will help the self-employed individuals, to save taxes on higher contribution in NPS and thereby properly plan for their old age income security. Additio....
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....nal tax deduction on investment upto ₹ 50000/- under Section 80CCD (1B) will continue to remain the same for all NPS subscribers whether salaried or self-employed.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....