Section 10(14) of amended finance act 2020 provides tax benefits on allowances paid to salaried people working in hilly areas, tribal areas, duty on the island, duty in the border area or remote area, or any difficult/disturbed areas. Provisions of section 10(14)(ii)provide exemption towards the prescribed allowance granted to an employee to meet his personal…
Perquisite may be defined as any casual emolument or benefit attached to an office or position in addition to salary or wages. In the following cases the value of benefits are not treated as perquisites for the purpose of income tax assessment of an employee. Hence, they will not be included under the ‘head of…
This article will cover the calculation of taxable perquisite value with regards to quarters provided to employees and hotel charges reimbursed by the employer. Applicable Taxes calculated as per amendments to finance act 2020. A perquisite is a benefit offered to employees by the employer on account of their job or position. The benefits can…
Updated : as per amended finance act 2020 Conveyance allowance is an allowance offered to taxpayers who receive income from salary to meet the cost of transportation in the course of official work. Usually, it is provided to employees only if there is no transportation provided by the employer. Conveyance allowance: It is provided to…
Updated: As amended in finance act 2020 As per section 10(14) of Income-tax, children education allowance and Hostel Expenditure Allowance are eligible for deduction available to individuals employed in India. Children Education Allowance: Up to Rs. 100 per month per child up to a maximum of 2 children is exempt Hostel Expenditure Allowance :Up to…
In terms of section 10(13A) & Rule 2A of the amended finance act 2020, a salaried person can claim the exemption in respect of House Rent Allowance received from his/her employer. The least of the following three amounts is exempt from income tax: a) Actual HRA Received b) 40% of Salary* (50%, if house situated…
Many salaried individuals are working from home during coronavirus pandemic. Besides your traveling time savings, it has been a respite to many office goers who have been roughcast with problems of traffic jams go back and forth everyday, office politics, and even more annoying moments that the calls from the bosses who call too many…
The ‘Transparent Taxation’ platform, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, proposes multiple reforms to improve tax compliance, faceless assessment and ease of filing returns while widening the income tax base and checking tax evasion. The Government has also introduced new sections to IT act and is making reporting of certain transactions mandatory to…
In our previous article ‘What is capital gain and how capital gain tax has arrived?”, we have discussed the definition of capital gain, Tax applicable on Short-Term and Long-Term Capital Gains, Exemption of tax available on capital gains, the time limit for reinvestment, how indexation cost of the capital asset has arrived, etc. Through this…
Updated: As per the amended finance act 2020 Any gain arising on the transfer (by sale or exchange) of the capital asset is known as a capital gain. Capital gains are calculated on the cost of acquisition and cost of improvement expenses of a capital nature incurred in making any additions or alterations to the…