Leave encashment exemption confirmed; full claimed entitlement to be allowed under the amended CBDT limit.
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....Leave encashment exemption under the income tax provisions was restricted by the assessing officer on the basis that the employer was not a Central or State government; however a subsequent CBDT notification raised the permissible limit. The Tribunal found the AO erred by limiting the exemption to a lower amount and directed grant of the full claimed leave encashment exemption since it falls within the enhanced limit, allowing the assessee's appeal.....


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