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INCOME-TAX DEDUCTION FROM SALARIES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2018-19 UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961
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....e Tax Department- www.incometaxindia.gov.in. 2. RATES OF INCOME-TAX AS PER FINANCE ACT, 2018: As per the Finance Act, 2018, income-tax is required to be deducted under Section 192 of the Act from income chargeable under the head "Salaries" for the financial year 2018-19 (i.e. Assessment Year 2019-20) 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/-. 5 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.12,500/- 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.1,12,500/- 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 ....
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....arge on such income shall not exceed the total amount payable as income-tax on a total income of one crore rupees by more than the amount of income that exceeds one crore rupees. 2.31 Health and Education Cess Education Cess on income-tax and Secondary and Higher Education Cess on income-tax shall be discontinued. However, a new cess, by the name "Health and Education Cess" shall be levied at the rate of four percent of income tax including surcharge wherever applicable, No marginal relief shall be available in respect of such cess. 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 2018-19. 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 206AA 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 a case unles....
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..../chosen employer details of the income under the head "Salaries" due or received from the former/other employer and also tax deducted at source therefrom, in writing and duly verified by him and by the former/other employer. The present/chosen employer will be required to deduct tax at source on the aggregate amount of salary (including salary received from the former or other employer). 3.4 Relief When Salary Paid in Arrear or Advance: 3.4.1 Under section 192(2A) where the assessee, 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 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 G....
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....details shall be obtained and kept by the employer in respect of loss claimed under the head "Income from house property" separately for each house property: a) Gross annual rent/value b) Municipal Taxes paid, if any c) Deduction claimed for interest paid, if any d) Other deductions claimed e) Address of the property The DDO shall also ensure furnishing of the evidence or particulars in Form No. 12BB in respect of deduction of interest as specified in Rule 26C read with section 192 (2D). 3.6.1 Conditions for Claim of Deduction of Interest on Borrowed Capital for Computation of Income From House Property [Section 24(b)]: Section 24(b) of the Act allows deduction from income from houses property on interest on borrowed capital as under:- (i) the deduction is allowed only in case of house 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 borrowi....
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....f such currency as on the date on which tax is required to be deducted at source ( see Rule 26). 4. PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEDUCTING TAX AND THEIR DUTIES: 4.1. As per section 204(i) of the Act, in the context of payments other than payments by the Central Government or the State Government the "person responsible for paying" for the purpose of Section 192 means the employer himself or if the employer is a Company, the Company itself including the Principal Officer thereof. Further, as per Section 204(iv), in case the credit, or as the case may be, the payment is made by or on behalf of Central Government or State Government, the DDO or any other person by whatever name called, responsible for crediting, or as the case may be, paying such sum is the "person responsible for paying" for the purpose of Section 192. 4.2. The tax determined as per para 9 should be deducted from the salary u/s 192 of the Act. 4.3. Deduction of Tax at Lower Rate: If the jurisdictional TDS officer of the employer issues a certificate of No Deduction or Lower Deduction of Tax under section 197 of the Act, in response to the application filed before him in Form No 13 by the employee; then the ....
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....tatement relates to the month of March; and in any other case, on or before 15 days from the end of relevant month to the agency authorized by the Director General of Income‐tax (Systems) [TIN Facilitation Centres currently managed by M/s National Securities Depository Ltd] in respect of tax deducted by the deductors and reported to him for that month; and (b) intimate the number (hereinafter referred to as the Book Identification Number or BIN) generated by the agency to each of the deductors in respect of whom the sum deducted has been credited. BIN consist of receipt number of Form 24G, DDO sequence number in Form No. 24G and date on which tax is deposited. If the PAO/CDDO/TO etc, as stated above, fails to deliver the statement as required u/s 200(2A), he will be liable to pay, by way of penalty, under section 272A(2)(m), a sum which shall be Rs. 100/- for every day during which the failure continues. However, the amount of such penalty shall not exceed the amount of tax which is deductable at source. The procedure of furnishing Form 24G is detailed in Annexure III. PAOs/DDOs should go through the FAQs in Annexure IV to understand the correct process to be followe....
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.... is mandatory in nature and has to be paid before furnishing of quarterly statement of TDS for respective quarter. 4.5.2 Section 271C inter alia lays down that if any person fails to deduct whole or any part of tax at source or fails to pay the whole or part of tax under the second proviso to section 194B, he shall be liable to pay, by way of penalty, a sum equal to the amount of tax not deducted or paid by him. 4.5.3 Further, section 276B lays down that if a person fails to pay to the credit of the Central Government within the prescribed time, as above, the tax deducted at source by him or tax payable by him under the second proviso to Section 194B, he shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall be between 3 months and 7 years, along with fine. 4.6 Furnishing of Certificate for Tax Deducted (Section 203): 4.6.1 Section 203 requires the DDO to furnish to the employee a certificate in Form 16 detailing the amount of TDS and certain other particulars. Rule 31 prescribes that Form 16 should be furnished to the employee by 15th June after the end of the financial year in which the income was paid and tax deducted. Even the banks deducting tax at t....
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....laims of exemptions and deductions. [Note: TRACES is a web-based application of the Income - tax Department that provides an interface to all stakeholders associated with TDS administration. It enables viewing of challan status, downloading of NSDL Conso File, Justification Report and Form 16 / 16A as well as viewing of annual tax credit statements (Form 26AS). Each deductor is required to Register in the Traces portal. Form 16/16A issued to deductees should mandatorily be generated and downloaded from the TRACES portal]. Certain essential points regarding the filing of the Statement and obtaining TDS certificates are mentioned below: (a) TDS certificate (Form16) would be generated for the deductee only if Valid PAN is correctly mentioned in the Annexure II of Form 24Q in Quarter 4 filed by the deductor. Moreover, employers are advised to ensure in Form 16 that the status of "matching" with respect to "Form 24G/OLTAS" is 'F'. If the status of matching other than 'F', kindly take necessary action promptly to rectify the same. It is pertinent to mention here that certain facilities have been provided to the deductors at website www.tdscpc.gov.in/ including online correction ....
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....al signature is time consuming (Circular no 2 of 2007 dated 21.05.2007) 4.6.4. Furnishing of particulars pertaining to perquisites, etc (Section 192(2C): 4.6.4.1 As per section 192(2C), the responsibility of providing correct and complete particulars of perquisites or profits in lieu of salary given to an employee is placed on the person responsible for paying such income i.e., the person responsible for deducting tax at source. The form and manner of such particulars are prescribed in Rule 26A, Form 12BA (Annexure II) and Form 16 of the Rules. Information relating to the nature and value of perquisites is to be provided by the employer in Form 12BA in case salary paid or payable is above Rs. 1,50,000/-. In other cases, the information would have to be provided by the employer in Form 16 itself. 4.6.4.2 An employer, who has paid the tax on perquisites on behalf of the employee as per the provisions discussed in para 3.2 of this circular, shall furnish to the employee concerned, a certificate to the effect that tax has been paid to the Central Government and specify the amount so paid, the rate at which tax has been paid and certain other particulars in the amended Form 16.....
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....or all persons responsible for deducting tax at source to obtain and quote the Tax deduction and collection Account No (TAN) in the challans, TDS-certificates, statements and other documents. Detailed instructions in this regard are available in this Department's Circular No.497 [F.No.275/118/ 87-IT(B) dated 01.10.1987]. If a person fails to comply with the provisions of section 203A, he will be liable to pay, by way of penalty, under section 272BB, a sum of ten thousand rupees. Similarly, as per Section 139A(5B), it is obligatory for persons deducting tax at source to quote PAN of the persons from whose income tax has been deducted in the statement furnished u/s 192(2C), certificates furnished u/s 203 and all statements prepared and delivered as per the provisions of section 200(3) of the Act. 4.7.2 All tax deductors are required to file the TDS statements in Form No.24Q (for tax deducted from salaries). As the requirement of filing TDS certificates alongwith the return of income has been done away with, the lack of PAN of deductees is creating difficulties in giving credit for the tax deducted. Tax deductors are, therefore, advised to procure and quote correct PAN details ....
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....ication No. S.O.704(E) dated 12.5.2006) shall be treated as the annual return of TDS. Due dates of filing this statement quarterwise is as in the Table below. TABLE: Due dates of filing Quarterly Statements in Form 24Q Sl. No. Date of ending of quarter of financial year Due date 1 30th June 31st July of the financial year 2 30th September 31st October of the financial year 3 31st December 31st January of the financial year 4 31st March 31st May of the financial year immediately following the financial year in which the deduction is made 4.9.2 The statements referred above may be furnished in paper form or electronically under digital signature or along with verification of the statement in Form 27A of verified through an electronic process in accordance with the procedures, formats and standards specified by the Director General of Income‐tax (Systems). The procedure for furnishing the e-TDS/TCS statement is detailed at Annexure VI. 4.9.3 All Returns in Form 24Q are required to be furnished in electronically except in case where the number of deductee records is less than 20 and deductor is not an office of Government, or ....
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....no deduction of tax u/s 197 by the assessing officer of the payee. 4.10 TDS on Income from Pension: In the case of pensioners who receive their pension (not being family pension paid to a spouse) from a nationalized bank, the instructions contained in this circular shall apply in the same manner as they apply to salary-income. The deductions from the amount of pension under section 80C on account of contribution to Life Insurance, Provident Fund, NSC etc., if the pensioner furnishes the relevant details to the banks, may be allowed. Necessary instructions in this regard were issued by the Reserve Bank of India to the State Bank of India and other nationalized Banks vide RBI's Pension Circular(Central Series) No.7/C.D.R./1992 (Ref. CO: DGBA: GA (NBS) No.60/GA.64 (11CVL)-/92) dated the 27th April 1992, and, these instructions should be followed by all the branches of the Banks, which have been entrusted with the task of payment of pensions. Further all branches of the banks are bound u/s 203 to issue certificate of tax deducted in Form 16 to the pensioners as abolished vide CBDT circular no. 761 dated 13.1.98. 4.11. Matters pertaining to the TDS made in case of Non Resid....
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....unt of the employee in a recognized provident fund in excess of 12% of the salary of the employee, and b) interest credited on the balance to the credit of the employee in so far as it is allowed at a rate exceeding such rate as may be fixed by Central Government. [w.e.f. 01-09-2010 rate is fixed at 9.5% - Notification No SO 1046(E) dated 13-05-2011] iii. the contribution made by the Central Government or any other employer to the account of the employee under the New Pension Scheme as notified vide Notification F.N. 5/7/2003- ECB&PR dated 22.12.2003 (enclosed as Annexure VII) referred to in section 80CCD (para 5.5.3 of this Circular). It may be noted that, since salary includes pension, tax at source would have to be deducted from pension also, unless otherwise so required. However, no tax is required to be deducted from the commuted portion of pension to the extent exempt under section 10 (10A). Family Pension is chargeable to tax under head "Income from other sources" and not under the head "Salaries". Therefore, provisions 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 Perquis....
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.... the amount actually paid by, or recovered from the assessee in respect of such security or shares; (d) "fair market value" means the value determined in accordance with the method as may be prescribed (refer Rule 3(9) of the IT Rules); (e) "option" means a right but not an obligation granted to an employee to apply for the specified security or sweat equity shares at a predetermined price; VII. The amount of any contribution to an approved superannuation fund by the employer in respect of the assessee, to the extent it exceeds one lakh and fifty thousand rupees (w.e.f. 01.04.2017); and VIII The value of any other fringe benefit or amenity as prescribed in Rule 3. 5.2.2A Rules for valuation of such benefit or amenity as given in Rule 3 are as under : - I. Residential Accommodation provided by the employer [Rule 3(1)]:- "Accommodation" includes a house, flat, farm house or part thereof, hotel accommodation, 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 a....
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....ve been taken on hire, by the amount of actual hire charges payable and the value so arrived at shall be reduced by any charges paid by the employee himself. It is added that where the accommodation is provided by the Central Government or any State Government to an employee who is serving on deputation with any body or undertaking under the control of such Government,- (i). the employer of such an employee shall be deemed to be that body or undertaking where the employee is serving on deputation; and (ii). the value of perquisite of such an accommodation shall be the amount calculated in accordance with Table in A(ii)(a) above, as if the accommodation is owned by the employer. C. Furnished Accommodation in a Hotel: The value of perquisite shall be determined on the basis of lower of the following two: 1. 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 ....
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....(in case the motor car is exclusively for private or personal purposes of the employee or any member of his household). c) Rs. 1800/- (plus Rs. 900/-, if chauffeur is also provided) per month (in case the motor car is used partly in performance of duties and partly for private or personal purposes of the employee or any member of his household if the expenses on maintenance and running of motor car are met or reimbursed by the employer). However, the value of perquisite will be Rs. 2400/-(plus Rs. 900/-, if chauffeur is also provided) per month if the cubic capacity of engine of the motor car exceeds 1.6 litres. d) Rs. 600/- (plus Rs. 900/-, if chauffeur is also provided) per month (In case the motor car is used partly in performance of duties and partly for private or personal purposes of the employee or any member of his household if the expenses on maintenance and running of motor car for such private or personal use are fully met by the employee). However, the value of perquisite will be Rs. 900/- (plus Rs. 900/-, if chauffeur is also provided) per month if the cubic capacity of engine of the motor car exceeds 1.6 litres. (II) If the motor car or any other automotive c....
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....r where such free educational facilities are provided in any institution by reason of his being in employment of that employer, the value of the perquisite to the employee shall be determined with reference to the cost of such education in a similar institution in or near the locality if the cost of such education or such benefit per child exceeds Rs. 1000/- p.m. The value of perquisite shall be reduced by the amount, if any, paid or recovered from the employee. VI Carriage of Passenger Goods [Rule 3(6)]: The value of any benefit or amenity resulting from the provision by an employer, who is engaged in the carriage of passengers or goods, to any employee or to any member of his household for personal or private journey free of cost or at concessional fare, in any conveyance owned, leased or made available by any other arrangement by such employer for the purpose of transport of passengers or goods shall be taken to be the value at which such benefit or amenity is offered by such employer to 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 In....
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....be exempt. Where the employee is on official tour and the expenses are incurred in respect of any member of his household accompanying him, the amount of expenditure with respect to the member of the household shall be a perquisite. IX Value of Subsidized / Free food / non-alcoholic beverages provided by employer to an employee[Rule 3(7)(iii)]: Value of taxable perquisite is calculated as under: Expenditure incurred by the employer on the value of food / non-alcoholic beverages including 'paid vouchers which are not transferable and usable only at eating joints' XXX Less: Fixed value of a sum of Rs. 50/- per meal XXX Less: Amount recovered from the employee XXX XXX Balance amount is the taxable as perquisites on the value of food provided to the employees XXX Note : Exemption is given in following situations : 1. Tea / snacks provided in working hours. 2. Food & non-alcoholic beverages provided in working hours in remote area or in 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 an....
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.... to any perquisite. XIII Transfer of assets [Rule 3(7)(viii)]: Often an employee or member of his household benefits from the transfer of movable asset (not being shares or securities) at no cost or at a cost less than its market value from the employer. The difference between the original cost of the movable asset (not being shares or securities) and the sum, if any, paid by the employee, shall be taken as the value of perquisite. In case of a movable asset, which has already been put to use, the original cost shall be reduced by a sum of 10% of such original cost for every completed year of use of the asset. Owing to a higher degree of obsolescence, in case of computers and electronic gadgets, however, the value of perquisite shall be worked out by reducing 50% of the actual cost by the reducing balance method for each completed year of use. Electronic gadgets in this case means data 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....
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....r termination of service to any place in India is exempt under Section 10(5) subject, however, to the conditions prescribed in Rule 2B of the Rules. For the purpose of this clause, "family" in relation to an individual means: (i) the spouse and children of the individual; and (ii) the parents, brothers and sisters of the individual or any of them, wholly or mainly dependent on the individual. It may also be noted that the amount exempt under this clause shall in no case exceed the amount of expenses actually incurred for the purpose of such travel. As discussed in para 4.6.5 section 192 (2D) read with the rule 26C makes it mandatory for the DDO to obtain details/evidence in respect of claim of exemption for leave travel concession or assistance before allowing the said exemption the relevant form for furnishing details by employee is Form 12BB 5.3.2 Death-cum-retirement gratuity or any other gratuity is exempt to the extent specified from inclusion in computing the total income under Section 10(10). Any deathcum-retirement gratuity received under the revised Pension Rules of the Central Government or, as the case may be, the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules,....
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....pecified by the Government of India Notification No.S.O.588(E) dated 31.05.2002 at Rs. 3,00,000/- in relation to such employees who retire, whether on superannuation or otherwise, after 1.4.1998. 5.3.5 Under Section 10(10B), the retrenchment compensation received by a workman is exempt from income-tax subject to certain limits. The maximum amount of retrenchment compensation exempt is the sum calculated on the basis provided in section 25F(b) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 or any amount not less than Rs. 50,000/- as the Central Government may by notification specify in the Official Gazette, whichever is less. These limits shall not apply in the case where the compensation is paid under any scheme which is approved in this behalf by the Central Government, having regard to the need for extending special protection to the workmen in the undertaking to which the scheme applies and other relevant circumstances. The maximum limit of such payment is Rs. 5,00,000/- where retrenchment is on or after 1.1.1997 as specified in Notification No. 10969 dated 25-06-1999. 5.3.6 Under Section 10(10C), any payment received or receivable (even if received in installments) by an employee o....
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....issued on or after 1.4.2013 in cases of persons with disability or person with severe disability as per Sec 80U or suffering from disease or ailment as specified in Sec 80DDB, in respect of which the premium payable for any of the years during the term of the policy exceeds 15 percent of the actual capital sum assured However, any sum received under such policy referred to in (iii), (iv) and (v) above, on the death of a person would be exempt. Under section 10 (12A) of the Act, any payment from the National Pension System Trust to an assessee on closure of his account or on his opting out of the pension scheme referred to in section 80CCD to the extent it does not exceed forty percent , of the total amount payable to him at the time such closure of his opting out of the scheme shall be exempt. Under section 10 (12B) of the Act, any payment from the National Pension System Trust to an employee under the pension scheme referred to in section 80CCD, on partial withdrawal made out of his account in accordance with the terms and conditions, specified under the Pension Fund regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 and the regulation made thereunder, to the extent it does n....
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....te rent paid during the financial year exceeds one lakh Rs the employee is required to furnish these details in Form 12BB. 5.3.10 Section 10(14) provides for exemption of the following allowances :- (i) Any special allowance or benefit granted to an employee to meet the expenses wholly, necessarily and exclusively incurred in the performance of his duties as prescribed under Rule 2BB subject to the extent to which such expenses are actually incurred for that purpose. (ii) Any allowance granted to an employee either to meet his personal expenses at the place of his posting or at the place he ordinarily resides or to compensate him for the increased cost of living, which may be prescribed and to the extent as may be prescribed. However, the allowance referred to in (ii) above should not be in the nature of a personal allowance granted to the assessee to remunerate or compensate him for performing duties of a special nature relating to his office or employment unless such allowance is related to his place of posting or residence. It is further clarified that any allowance granted to an employee which is not exempted under section 10(14) read with rule 2BB or the sum of ....
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....nts of such awards after satisfying himself about the veracity of the claim. 5.3.14 Under Section 17 of the Act, exemption from tax will also be available in respect of:- (a) the value of any medical treatment provided to an employee or any member of his family, in any hospital maintained by the employer; (b) any sum paid by the employer in respect of any expenditure actually incurred by the employee on his medical treatment or of any member of his family: (i) in any hospital maintained by the Government or any local authority or any other hospital approved by the Government for the purposes of medical treatment of its employees; ii) in respect of the prescribed diseases or ailments as provided in Rule 3A(2) of the Rules in any hospital approved by the Chief Commissioner having regard to the prescribed guidelines as provided in Rule 3(A)(1)of the Rules, (c) premium paid by the employer in respect of medical insurance taken for his employees (under any scheme approved by the Central Government or Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority) or reimbursement of insurance premium to the employees who take medical insurance for themselves or for their family member....
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....essee, who is in receipt of a salary from the Government, a sum equal to one-fifth of his salary(exclusive of any allowance, benefit or other perquisite) or five thousand rupees whichever is less. No deduction on account of entertainment allowance is available to nongovernment employees. 5.4.3 Tax on Employment [Section 16(iii)]: The tax on employment (Professional Tax) within the meaning of article 276(2) of the Constitution of India, leviable by or under any law, shall also be allowed as a deduction in computing the income under the head "Salaries". 5.5 DEDUCTIONS UNDER CHAPTER VI-A OF THE ACT In computing the taxable income of the employee, the following deductions under Chapter VI-A of the Act are to be allowed from his gross total income: 5.5.1 Deduction in respect of Life insurance premia, deferred annuity, contributions to provident fund, subscription to certain equity shares or debentures, etc. (section 80C) A. Section 80C, entitles an employee to deductions for the whole of amounts paid or deposited in the current financial year in the following schemes, subject to a limit of Rs. 1,50,000/-: (1) Payment of insurance premium to effect or to keep in forc....
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....ed 3.11.05and National Saving Certificate (IXth Issue) vide Notification . G.S.R. 848 (E), dated the 29th November, 2011, publishing the National Savings Certificates (IXIssue) Rules, 2011 G.S.R. 868 (E), dated the 7th December, 2011, specifying the National Savings Certificates IX Issue as the class of Savings Certificates F No1-13/2011-NS-II r/w amendment Notification No.GSR 319(E), dated 25-4-2012 ] (6) Any sum paid as contribution in the case of an individual, for himself, spouse or any child, a. for participation in the Unit Linked Insurance Plan, 1971 of the Unit Trust of India; b. for participation in any unit-linked insurance plan of the LIC Mutual Fund referred to section 10 (23D) and as notified by the Central Government. [The Central Government has since notified Unit Linked Insurance Plan (formerly known as Dhanraksha, 1989) of LIC Mutual Fund vide Notification S.O. No. 1561(E) dated 3.11.05.] (7) Any subscription made to effect or keep in force a contract for such annuity plan of the Life Insurance Corporation or any other insurer as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify; [The Central Government has s....
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.... S.O. No.37(E), dated 11.01.2007, for the purposes of Section 80C(2)(xvi)(a)]. (12) Any sums paid by an assessee for the purpose of purchase or construction of a residential house property, the income from which is chargeable to tax under the head "Income from house property" (or which would, if it has not been used for assessee's own residence, have been chargeable to tax under that head) where such payments are made towards or by way of any instalment or part payment of the amount due under any self-financing or other scheme of any Development Authority, Housing Board etc. The deduction will also be allowable in respect of re-payment of loans borrowed by an assessee from the Government, or any bank or Life Insurance Corporation, or National Housing Bank, or certain other categories of institutions engaged in the business of providing long term finance for construction or purchase of houses in India. Any repayment of loan borrowed from the employer will also be covered, if the employer happens 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, ....
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....quity shares or debentures forming part of any eligible issue of capital made by a public company, which is approved by the Board or by any public finance institution. (15) Subscription to any units of any mutual fund referred to in clause (23D) of Section 10 and approved by the Board, if the amount of subscription to such units is subscribed only in eligible issue of capital of any company. (16) Investment as a term deposit for a fixed period of not less than five years with a scheduled bank, which is in accordance with a scheme framed and notified by the Central Government, in the Official Gazette for these purposes. [The Central Government has since notified the Bank Term Deposit Scheme, 2006 for this purpose vide Notification S.O. No. 1220(E) dated 28.7.2006] (17) Subscription to such bonds issued by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, as the Central Government 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. Sectio....
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....n to pension scheme of Central Government (Section 80CCD): Section 80CCD(1) allows an employee, being an individual employed by the Central Government on or after 01.01.2004 or being an individual employed by any other employer, or any other assessee being an individual, a deduction of an amount paid or deposited out of his income chargeable to tax under a pension scheme as notified vide Notification F. N. 5/7/2003- ECB&PR dated 22.12.2003 National Pension System-NPS or as may be notifed by the Central Government. However, the deduction shall not exceed an amount equal to 10% of his salary (includes Dearness Allowance but excludes all other allowance and perquisites). As per section 80CCD(1B), an assessee referred to in 80CCD(1) shall be allowed an deduction in computation of his income, of the whole of the amount paid or deposited in the previous year in his account under the 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....
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....012 has been notified vide SO No 2777 E, dated 23.11.2012 (subsequent corrigendum SO NO. 2835E dated 05.12.2012) and amended vide notification SO No. 3693E dated 18.12.2013 as a scheme under this section. The scheme was modified in December 2013 vide notification SO 3693 dated 18.12.13 (RGESS, 2013). The deduction under this section in accordance with RGESS 2013 is available if following conditions are satisfied: (a) The assessee is a resident individual (b) His gross total income does not exceed Rs. 12 lakhs; (c) He has acquired listed shares in accordance with a notified scheme or listed units of an equity oriented fund as defined in section 10(38); (d) The assessee is a new retail investor; (e) The investment is locked-in for a period of 3 years from the date of acquisition in accordance with the above scheme; (f) The assessee satisfies any other condition as may be prescribed. Amount of deduction -The amount of deduction is at 50% of the amount invested in equity shares/units. However, the amount of deduction under this provision cannot exceed Rs. 25,000. Withdrawal of deduction - If the assessee, after claiming the aforesaid deduction, fails to satisfy ....
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....t previous year. The DDO must ensure that the medical insurance referred to above shall be in accordance with a scheme made in this behalf by- (a) the General Insurance Corporation of India formed under section 9 of the General Insurance Business (Nationalization) Act, 1972 and approved by the Central Government in this behalf; or (b) any other insurer and approved by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999. (II) Lump sum payment of health insurance premium In case, a lump sum amount is paid to effect or to keep in force an insurance on health for more than a year, proportionate deduction (appropriate fraction) will be allowable for the year in which it was paid and for subsequent year/years in accordance with subsection (4A) of Section 80D. 5.5.6 Deductions in respect of expenditure 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....
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....ing: 1. A copy of the certificate issued by the medical authority as defined in Rule 11A(1) in the prescribed form as per Rule 11A(2) of the Rules. The DDO has to allow deduction only after seeing that the Certificate furnished is from the Medical Authority defined in this Rule and the same is in the form as mentioned therein. 2. Further in cases where the condition of disability is temporary and requires reassessment of its extent after a period stipulated in the aforesaid certificate, no deduction under this section shall be allowed for any subsequent period unless a new certificate is obtained from the medical authority as in 1 above and furnished before the DDO. 3. For the purposes of sections 80DD and 80 U some of the terms defined are as under:- (a) "Administrator‖ means the Administrator as referred to in clause (a) of section 2 of the Unit Trust 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 fami....
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.... 2 of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002. 5.5.7. Deduction in respect of medical treatment, etc. (Section 80DDB): Section 80DDB allows a deduction in case of employee, who is resident in India, during the previous year, of any amount actually paid for the medical treatment of such disease or ailment as may be specified in the rules 11DD (1) for himself or a dependant. The deduction allowed is equal to the amount actually paid is in respect of the employee or his dependant or Rs. 40,000 whichever is less. Now the deduction can be allowed on the basis of a prescription from an oncologist, a urologist, nephrologist, a haematologist, an immunologist or such other specialist, as mentioned in Rule 11DD. However, the amount of the claim shall be reduced by the amount if any received from the insurer 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 up to one lakh rupees 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 o....
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.... where employees make donations to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, the Chief Minister's Relief Fund or the Lieutenant Governor's Relief Fund through their respective employers, it is not possible for such funds to issue separate certificate to every such employee in respect of donations made to such funds as contributions made to these funds are in the form of a consolidated cheque. An employee who makes donations towards these funds is eligible to claim deduction under section 80G. It is, hereby, clarified that the claim in respect of such donations as indicated above will be admissible under section 80G on the basis of the certificate issued by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO)/Employer in this behalf - Circular No. 2/2005, dated 12-1-2005. No deduction under this section is allowable in case the amount of donation exceeds Rs. 2000/- 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 i....
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....t approved for the purposes of section 35CCA furnishes the certificate u/s 35CCA (2) Prescribed Authority under Rule 6AAA 4 an association or institution which has as its object the training of persons for implementing programmes of rural development. furnishes the certificate u/s 35CCA (2A) Prescribed Authority under Rule 6AAA 5 a public sector company or a local authority or to an association or institution approved by the National Committee, for carrying out any eligible project or scheme. furnishes the certificate u/s 35AC(2)(a) National Committee for Promotion of Social & Economic Welfare 7 a rural development fund notified u/s 35CCA (1)(c) set up and notified by the Central Government 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 the....
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....t of such income does not exceed in the aggregate fifty thousand rupees, the whole of such amount; and (ii) in any other case, fifty thousand rupees. However, no deduction is allowed under section 80TTB to any partner of the firm or any member of the association or any individual of the body if said interest is derived from any deposit held by, or on behalf of, a firm, an association of persons or a body of individuals. For this purpose, "senior citizen" means an individual resident in India who is of the age of sixty years or more at any time during the relevant previous year. However, taxpayers claiming deduction under section 80TTB shall not be eligible for deduction under section 80TTA] 6. REBATE OF Rs. 2500 FOR INDIVIDUALS HAVING TOTAL INCOME UPTO Rs. 3.5 LAKH [SECTION 87A] Finance Act 2017 provided relief in the form of rebate to individual taxpayers, resident in India, who are in lower income bracket, i. e. having total income not exceeding Rs. 3,50,000/-. The amount of rebate available under section 87A is Rs. 2,500/- or the amount of tax payable, whichever is less from AY 2018-19. 7 TDS ON PAYMENT OF ACCUMULATED BALANCE UNDER RECOGNISED PROVIDENT FUND ....
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....d such continuous service, the service has been terminated by reason of - * the employees ill health, or • by the contraction or discontinuance of the employer's business or • other cause beyond the control of employee, or (iii) if, on cessation of his employment, the employee obtains employment with any other employer, to the extent amount of such accumulated balance is transferred to his individual account in any recognized provident fund maintained by such other employer, or (iv) if the entire balance standing to the credit of employee is transferred to his account under a pension scheme referred to in section 80 CCD and notified by the central Government. When the accumulated balance due and becoming payable to an employee includes any amount transferred from his individual account in any other recognized provident fund(s) maintained by his former employer(s), then in computing the period of continuous service the period or periods of continuous services rendered under former employer(s) shall be counted for the purposes of (i) and (ii) above. Under the above four situations at (i) to (iv), the accumulated balance due and payable to the emp....
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....sec. 206AA, as discussed in para 4.8. Rebate as per Section 87A up to Rs. 2500/- to eligible persons (see para 6) may be given. Surcharge shall be calculated in cases where applicable (see para 2.2). 9.3 The amount of tax as increased by the surcharge if applicable so arrived at shall be increased by Health and education Cess at the rate of 4% to arrive at the total tax payable. 9.4 The amount of total tax payable 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 2018, 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 Departmen....
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....y) 7,000 3. Amount paid to LIC with regard to annuity for the maintenance of a dependant, being a person with disability (but not severe disability) 60,000 4. GPF contribution 25,000 5. LIP paid 10,000 6. Interest income on savings account 12,000 Computation of tax Sl. No. Particulars (Rs.) 1. Gross salary 4,20,000 2. Add : Income from other sources Interest income on savings account 12,000 3. Gross total income 4,32,000 4. Less : Deduction under section 80DD (restricted to Rs.75,000 only) 60,000 5. Less : Deduction under section 80C : (i) GPF Rs. 25,000 (ii) LIP Rs. 10,000 = Rs. 35,000 35,000 6. Less : Deduction under section 80TTA on interest income on savings account (restricted to Rs. 10,000) 10,000 7. Total income 2,97,000 8. Income-tax thereon/payable(includes rebate of Rs. 2,500 as per section 87A) Nil 9. Add : Health and education cess at 4 per cent. Nil 10. Total income-tax payable Nil 11. Rounded off to Nil Example 3 For assessment year 2019-....
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....n Delhi in case of an employee below the age of sixty years (with valid PAN furnished to employer) : Sl. No. Particulars (Rs.) 1. Salary 3,50,000 2. Dearness allowance 2,00,000 3. House rent allowance 1,40,000 4. House rent paid 1,44,000 5. General provident fund 36,000 6. Life insurance premium 4,000 7. Subscription to Unit-Linked Insurance Plan 50,000 Computation of total income and tax payable thereon Sl. No. Particulars (Rs.) 1. Salary + Dearness allowance + House rent allowance 3,50,000 + 2,00,000 + 1,40,000 = 6,90,000 6,90,000 2. Total salary income 6,90,000 3. Less : House rent allowance exempt under section 10(13A) :Least of : (a) Actual amount of HRA received = 1,40,000 (b) Expenditure of rent in excess of 10 per cent. of salary (including DA presuming that DA is taken for retirement benefit) (1,44,000-55,000) = 89,000 (c) 50 per cent. of salary (basic + DA) (Bombay/Kolkata/Delhi/Chennai) or 40 per cent. of salary (Basic + DA) in....
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....) + (c)] (1,05,000 + 33,600 + 20,000) Rs. 1,58,600Less : rent recovered (-)Rs. 60,000 = Rs. 98,600 4(d) Add :Perquisite for free gas, electricity, water, etc. Rs. 40,000 (+) Rs. 98,600 [4(c)(i)] = Rs. 1,38,600Total perquisites 1,38,600 5 Gross total income (Rs. 8,40,000 + 1,38,600) 9,78,600 6 Gross total income 9,78,600 7 Less : Deduction under section 80C :(i) Provident Fund (80C) : 42,000(ii) LIC (80C) : 10,000(iii) Subscription to unit linked insurance plan (80C) : 50,000Total = 1,02,000Restricted to Rs. 1,02,000 under section 80C 1,02,000 8 Total income 8,76,600 9 Tax payable 87,820 10 Add : Health and education cess at 4 per cent. 3513 11 Total income-tax payable 91,333 12 Rounded off to 91,330 Example 6 For assessment year 2019-20 Illustrating valuation of perquisite and calculation of tax in the case of an employee below the age of 60 years of a private company posted at Delhi and repaying house building loan (with valid PAN furnished to employer) : Sl. No. Particulars (Rs.) 1. Salary 4,00,000 2. Dearness allowance 1,00,000 3. Hous....
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.... Gross pension 4,50,000 8,00,000 12,50,000 Contribution of P.P.F. 70,000 1,00,000 1,50,000 Computation of total income and tax payable thereon Particulars (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (i) (ii) (iii) Gross pension 4,50,000 8,00,000 12,50,000 Less : Deduction under section 80C 70,000 1,00,000 1,50,000 Taxable income 3,80,000 7, 00,000 11,00,000 Tax thereon 4,000 50,000 1,40,000 Add : Health and education cess at 4 per cent. 160 2,000 5,600 Total tax payable 4,160 52,000 1,45,600 Example 8 For assessment year 2019-20 A. Calculation of income-tax in the case of a retired employee above the age of 80 years and having gross pension of : (i) Rs. 5,00,000, (ii) Rs. 8,00,000, (iii) Rs. 12,50,000. B. What will be the amount of TDS in case of above employees, if PAN is not submitted by them to their DDOs/Offices : Particulars (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) (i) (ii) (iii) Gross pension 5,00,000 8,00,000 12,50,000 Contribution of P.P.F. 80,000 1,20,000 1,50,000 C....
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....0,000 H.R.A. (Rs.1,600 x 5) 8,000 Less : Exempt under section 10(13A) 8,000 Club facility (Rs.1,100 x 5) 5,500 Facility of car (not taxable as perquisite) 15,400 Employer's Contribution to R.P.F. 95,500 Gross salary 2,02,800 Less : Deduction - Net salary 2,02,800 2. Income from other sources 95,000 Gross total income 2,97,800 Less : Deduction under section 80C : Contribution to LIC/PPF/NSC Rs. 20,000 : Contribution to RPF (Rs. 2,000 x 5) Rs. 10,000 30,000 Total income 2,67,800 Computation of tax liability Tax payable on Rs. 2,67,800 890 Less : Rebate under section 87A 890 Net income-tax payable Nil Add : Surcharge Nil Add : Health and education....
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.... 43,184 Less : Exempt under section 10(14) at Rs. 800 p.m. 19,200 23,984 6,73,600 Honorarium 3,000 Fees (2/3 retained by him) 4,000 Total salary 6,80,600 Less : Standard Deduction - Net salary 6,80,600 2. Income from house property Self-occupied under section 23(2)(a) where property is acquired/constructed with borrowed capital on or after 1-4-1999 and such acquisition/construction computed within five years from the end of the financial year in which capital was borrowed Nil Less : Interest on HDFC Loan (up to Rs. 2,00,000 2,00,000 (-) 2,00,000 Gross total income 4,80,600 Less : Deduction under section 80C -GPF at Rs. 4,700 p.m. 56,400 -CGEGIS at Rs. 500 p.m. 6,000 -Life Insurance Prem....
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.... 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 treasury ......................... DECLARATION BY EMPLOYER I ............................. s/o ............................ working as ....................(designation) do hereby declare on behalf of .............................. (name of the employer) that the information given above is based on the books of account, documents and other relevant records or information available with us and the details of value of each such perquisite are in accordance with section....
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.... (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 ACT, 1961 - FINAN....
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....O. The AO can view the status of Form 24G on TIN website. 2. Online upload or 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 unloading of correction Form 24G at TIN website: AO can file a correction Form....
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....orts the TDS and therefore, both 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 Towers 1st Floor,....
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.... deduction wise (TDS - Salary /TDS Non-salary / TDS - Non-salary Non-resident / TCS). • DDO wise 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....
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....n-time Environment) [versions: SUN JRE: 1.4.2_02 or 1.4.2_03 or 1.4.2_04 or IBM JRE: 1.4.1.0] should be installed on the computer where the Form 24G FVU is being installed. JRE is freely 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 ....
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....ield "Receipt number of Previous Statement". 20. What is M -Type of Correction Statement? This type of correction statement is to be furnished by AO, if it wishes to update any of its details like its name, address, Responsible person details, category, Ministry, State or deletion and addition of DDO (Drawing & 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 s....
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....graphic and contact details, amount of Tax deducted and remitted or nature of deduction. • BIN details will not be generated for deleted DDO records. 26. What is the utility of BIN? The BIN details and amount of TDS reported in the quarterly TDS/TCS Statement filed by the DDO will be matched with the respective details filed in Form No.24G filed by the PAO for verification purpose. 27. Are there instances where BIN details 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 th....
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....manually only part 'B' of Form 16 for salary details. 32. Is there any scenario where the DDO is also required to obtain the AIN? Yes, if the deductor is in the capacity of CDDO and directly reports tax deduction through transfer voucher to State AG, in that case CDDO is required to obtain the AIN and file 24G for the respective book adjustment entries and then also required to file the TDS/TCS statement as a TAN holder. For example in the case of Executive Engineer in state Government who are making payments to the contractors after deducting 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 der 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 UIS 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 A....
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....or to 2013-14 onwards) Y N Y N N Y Y N N For more information, deductors are advised to refer to e-tutorials/FAQs available on TRACES portal. Online correction entails no charges and does away with the requirement of downloading conso file and visiting TIN-FCs. 2.1.2 With effect from 1^st January, 2015, TRACES will be providing a correction window of 7 days from date of processing at CPC-TDS (generally 2 days after date of filing of statement). This facility will enable the filer to correct PAN errors and challan mismatch cases identified by CPC-TDS and avoiding of issuance of demand 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 ack....
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....e upload. Deductor/DDO can view the status of e-TDS statement/return on TIN website. No charges are applicable for online upload of e-TDS statement/return. 4.1. Correction of e-TDS statement/return online at TIN website: Deductor/DDO can file a correction e-TDS statement/return for any modification in e-TDS statement/return accepted at TIN central system. Correction statement/return can be prepared by using the TDS consolidated file only, available at the CPC-TDS portal www.tdscpc.gov.in through TAN registration. Preparation and validation of e-TDS statement is in line with regular e-TDS statement/return (submitted at TIN-FC) Deductor/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 a....
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....f the remaining pension wealth, which he/she would be free to utilize in any manner. Individuals would have the flexibility to leave the pension system prior to age 60. However, in this case, the mandatory annuitisation would be 80% of the pension wealth. Architecture of the new Pension System (i) It will have a central record keeping and accounting (CRA) infrastructure, several pension fund managers (PFMs) to offer three categories of schemes viz. option A, B and C. (ii) The participating entities (PFMs and CRA) would give out easily understood information about past performance, so that the individual would be able to make informed choices about which scheme to choose. 2. The effective date for operationalization of the new pension system shall be form 1^st of January, 2004. 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 ....
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....ng to 'Circumstances for eligibility' the words 'to civilians' shall be omitted. (Notification No.22/F.No.142/29/99-TPL) T.K. SHAH Director ANNEXURE-X FORM NO. 10BA (See rule 11B) DECLARATION TO BE FILED BY THE ASSESSEE CLAIMING DEDUCTION U/S 80 GG 1/We ........................................................................................ (Name of the assessee with permanent account number or Aadhar number) do hereby certify that during the previous Year ....................... I/We had occupied the premise..............................(full address of the premise) for the purpose of my/our own residence for a period of ............................... months and have paid Rs. .................................... In cash/through crossed cheque, bank draft towards payment of rent to Shri/Ms/M/s............................ (name and complete address of the landlord). It is further certified that no other residential accommodation is owned by a) me/my spouse/my minor child/our family (in ease the assessee is HUF), at ............................... where l/we ordinarily reside/perform duties of officer or employment or carry on business or professi....