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TMI BlogIncome Tax deduction from salaries during the Financial Year 2015-16 under section 192 of the Income-Tax Act, 1961X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . 2. RATES OF INCOME-TAX AS PER FINANCE ACT, 2015: As per the Finance Act, 2015, income-tax is required to be deducted under Section 192 of the Act from income chargeable under the head "Salaries" for the financial year 2015-16 (i.e. Assessment Year 2016-17) 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 ₹ 2,50,000/-. Nil 2 Where the total income exceeds ₹ 2,50,000/- but does not exceed ₹ 5,00,000/-. 10 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds ₹ 2,50,000/- 3 Where the total income exceeds ₹ 5,00,000/- but does not exceed ₹ 10,00,000/-. ₹ 25,000/- plus 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds ₹ 5,00,000/-. 4 Where the total income exceeds ₹ 10,00,000/-. ₹ 1,25,000/- plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds ₹ 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 i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... able at the rate of one percent of income-tax including the surcharge 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 2015-16. 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 any case unless the estimated salary income including the value of perquisites, for the financial year exceeds ₹ 2,50,000/- or ₹ 3,00,000/- or ₹ 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eived 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(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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... owed 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 borrowing capital Date of borrowing capital Maximum Deduction allowable 1 Repair or renewal or reconstruction of the house Any time ₹ 30,000/- 2 Acquisition or construction of the house Before 01.04.1999 ₹ 30,000/- 3 Acquisition or construction of the house On or after 01.04.1999 ₹ 1,50,000/- (upto AY 2014-15) ₹ 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 within3 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ntioned therein.(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 for p ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... in 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) debit card. {Notification No.41/2010 dated 31st May 2010} 4.5 Interest, Penalty & Prosecution for Failure to Deposit Tax Deducted: 4.5.1 If a person fai ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 it through TRACES Portal and after duly authenticating and verifying it, in respect of all sums deducted on or after the 1st day of April, 2012 under the provisions of section 192 of Chapter XVII-B. Part A of Form No 16 shall have a unique TDS certificate number. 'Part B (Annexure)' of Form No. 16 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ity). (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 344) 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 ₹ 1350090 ₹ 235028.20 ₹ 235027 Rs.1.20 4.6.2. If an assessee is employed by more than one employer during the year, each of the employers shall issue Part A of the certificate in Form No. 16 pertaining to the period for which such assessee was employed with each of the employers and Part B may be issued by each of the employers or the last employer at the option of the assessee. 4.6.3. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 ₹ 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 obtain evidence of proof or particulars of the prescribed claim (including claim for set-off of loss) under the section 192(2D): DDOs have been authorized u/s 192 to allow certain deductions, exemptions or allowances or set-off of certain loss as per the provisions of the Act for the purpose of estimating the income of the assessee or computing the amount of tax deductible under the said section. The evidence /proof /particulars for some ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 deducted. But where the income of the employee computed for TDS u/s 192 is above taxable limit, the deductor will calculate the average rate of income-tax based on rates in force as provided in sec 192. If the tax so calculated is below 20%, deduction of tax will be made at the rate of 20% and in case the average rate exceeds 20%, tax is to be deducted at the average rate. Education cess @ 2% and Secondary and Higher Education Cess @ 1% is not to be deducted, in case the tax is deducted at 20% u/s 206AA of the Act. 4.9 Statement of deduction of tax under section 200(3) [Quarterly Statement of TDS]: 4.9.1 The person deducting the tax (employer in case o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n 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, in respect of tax deducted at source on or after 1.07.2012, he shall be liable to pay, by way of penalty a sum which shall not be less than ₹ 10,000/- but which may extend to ₹ 1,00,000/-. However, the penalty shall not be levied if the person proves that after paying TDS with the fee and interest, if any, to the credit of Central Government, he had delivered such statement before the expiry of one year from the time prescribed for delivering the statement. 4.9.7 At the time of preparing statements of tax deducted, the deductor is required to: (i) mandatory quote his tax deduction and collection account number (TAN) in the statement; (ii) mandatory quote his permanent account number (PAN) in the statement except ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tract 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 allowed to him in the previous year by or on behalf of an employer or a former employer though not due or before it became due to him. (c) any arrears of salary paid or allowed to him in the previous year by or on behalf of an employer or a former employer, if not charged to income-tax for any earlier previous year. (2) For the removal of doubts, it is clarified that where any salary paid in advance is included in the total income of any person for any previous year it shall not be included again in the total income of the person when the salary becomes due. Any salary, bonus, commission or remuneration, by whatever name called, due to, or received by, a partner of a firm from the firm shall not be regarded as "Salary". 5.2 DEFINITION OF "SAL ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r 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 ₹ 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. Any sum paid by the employer in respect of any obligation which would otherwise have been payable by the assessee. V. Any sum payable by the employer, whether directly or through a fund, other than a recognized provident fund or an approved superannuation fund or other specified funds u/s 17, to effect an assurance on the life of an assessee or to effect a contract for an annuity. VI. The value of any specified security or sweat equity shares allotted or transferred, directly or indirectly, by the employer, or former employer, free of cost or at concessional rate to the employee and for this purpose, . (a) "specified security" means the securities as defined in section 2(h) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and, where employees' stock option has been granted under any plan or scheme therefor, includes the securities offered under such plan or scheme; (b) "swe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ary 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 lease/ rent by the employer: The prescribed rate is 15% of the salary or the actual amount of lease rental payable by the employer, whichever is lower, as reduced by any amount of rent paid by the employee. Meaning of 'Salary 'for the purpose of calculation of perquisite in respect of Residential Accommodation : a. Basic Salary ; b. Dearness Allowance, or Dearness Pay if it enters into the computation of superannuation or retirement benefit of the employees; c. Bonus ; d. Commission ; e. All other taxable allowances (excluding the portion not taxable ); and f. Any monetary payment which is chargeable to tax (by whatever name called). Salary from all employers shall be taken into consideration in respect of the period during which an accommodation is provided. Where on account of the transfer of an employee from one place to another, he is provided with accommodation at the new place of posting while retaining the accommodation at the other place, the value of perquisite shall be determined with reference to onl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... provided to an employee working at a mining site or an on-shore oil exploration site or a project execution site or a dam site or a power generation site or an off-shore site will not be treated as a perquisite if: i) such accommodation is located in a "remote area" or ii) where it is not located in a "remote area", the accommodation is of a temporary nature having plinth area of not more than 800 square feet and should not be located within 8 kilometers of the local limits of any municipality or cantonment board. A project execution site here means a site of project up to the stage of its commissioning. A "remote area" means an area located at least 40 kilometers away from a town having a population not exceeding 20,000 as per the latest published all-India census. II Perquisite on Motor car provided by the Employer [ Rule 3(2)]: (1) If an employer provides motor car facility to his employee, the value of such perquisite shall be : a) Nil, if the motor car is used by the employee wholly and exclusively in the performance of his official duties. b) Actual expenditure incurred by the employer on the running and maintenance of motor car including remuneration to c ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n at 10 % per annum of the actual cost of the motor car. III Personal attendants etc. [Rule 3(3)]: The value of free service of all personal attendants including a sweeper, gardener and a watchman is to be taken at actual cost to the employer. Where the attendant is provided at the residence of the employee, full cost will be taxed as perquisite in the hands of the employee irrespective of the degree of personal service rendered to him. Any amount paid by the employee for such facilities or services shall be reduced from the above amount. IV Gas, electricity & water for household consumption [Rule 3(4)]: The value of perquisite in the nature of gas, electricity and water shall be the amount paid by the employer. Where the supply is made from the employer's own resources, the manufacturing cost per unit incurred by the employer would be taken for the valuation of perquisite. Any amount paid by the employee for such facilities or services shall be reduced from the perquisite value. V Free or concessional education [Rule 3(5)]: Perquisite on account of free or concessional education for any member of the employee's household shall be determined as the sum equal to the amount of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the amount of loan for medical reimbursement is not reimbursed under any medical insurance scheme. Where any medical insurance reimbursement is received, the perquisite value at the prescribed rate shall be charged from the date of reimbursement on the amount reimbursed, but not repaid against the outstanding loan taken specifically for this purpose. VIII Perquisite on account of travelling, touring, accommodation and any other expenses paid for or reimbursed by the employer for any holiday availed [Rule 3(7)(ii)]: The value of perquisite on account of travelling, touring, accommodation and any other expenses paid for or reimbursed by the employer for any holiday availed of by the employee or any member of his household, other than leave travel concession (as per section 10(5) ), shall be the amount of the expenditure incurred by the employer in that behalf. However, any amount recovered from or paid by the employee shall be reduced from the perquisite value so determined. Where such facility is maintained by the employer, and is not available uniformly to all employees, the value of benefit shall be taken to be the value at which such facilities are offered by other agencies ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... om 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 and its business expediency is maintained by the employer. ii) Employer gives a certificate that the same was incurred wholly and exclusively for official purpose. Note: 1) Health club, sport facilities etc. provided uniformly to all classes of employee by the employer at the employer's premises and expenditure incurred on them are exempt. 2) The initial one-time deposits or fees for corporate or institutional membership, where benefit does not remain with a particular employee after cessation of employment are exempt. Initial fees / deposits, in such case, is not included. XII Use of assets [Rule 3(7)(vii)]: It is common practice for a movable asset (other than those referred in other sub rules of rule 3) owned by the employer to be used by the employee or any member of his household. This perquisite is to be charged at the rate of 10% of the original cost of the asset as reduced by any charges recovere ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ), (10A), (10B), (11), (12) (13) or (13A) of section 10 due to or received by an assessee from an employer or a former employer or from a provident or other fund, to the extent to which it does not consist of contributions by the assessee or interest on such contributions or any sum received under a Keyman insurance policy including the sum allocated by way of bonus on such policy. "Keyman insurance policy" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 10(10D); III. any amount due to or received, whether in lump sum or otherwise, by any assessee from any person- (A) before his joining any employment with that person; or (B) after cessation of his employment with that person. 5.3 INCOMES NOT INCLUDED UNDER THE HEAD "SALARIES" (EXEMPTIONS) Any income falling within any of the following clauses shall not be included in computing the income from salaries for the purpose of section 192 of the Act :- 5.3.1 The value of any travel concession or assistance received by or due to an employee from his employer or former employer for himself and his family, in connection with his proceeding (a) on leave to any place in India or (b) after retirement fr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... te or Provincial Act, is exempt under Section10(10A)(i). As regards payments in commutation of pension received under any scheme of any other employer, exemption will be governed by the provisions of section 10(10A)(ii). Also, any payment in commutation of pension from a fund referred to in Section 10(23AAB) is exempt under Section 10(10A)(iii). 5.3.4 Any payment received by an employee of the Central Government or a State Government, as cash-equivalent of the leave salary in respect of the period of earned leave at his credit at the time of his retirement, whether on superannuation or otherwise, is exempt under Section 10(10AA)(i). In the case of other employees, this exemption will be determined with reference to the leave to their credit at the time of retirement on superannuation or otherwise, subject to a maximum of ten months' leave. This exemption will be further limited to the maximum amount specified by the Government of India Notification No.S.O. 588(E) dated 31.05.2002 at ₹ 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 workma ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... r superannuation, no exemption under section 10(10C) shall be available. 5.3.7 Any sum received under a Life Insurance Policy (Sec 10(10D), including the sum allocated by way of bonus on such policy other than the following is exempt under section 10(10D): i) any sum received under section 80DD(3) or section 80DDA(3); or ii) any sum received under a Keyman insurance policy; or iii) any sum received under an insurance policy issued on or after 1.4.2003, but on or before 31-03-2012, in respect of which the premium payable for any of the years during the term of the policy exceeds 20 percent of the actual capital sum assured; or iv) any sum received under an insurance policy issued on or after 1.4.2012 in respect of which the premium payable for any of the years during the term of the policy exceeds 10 percent of the actual capital sum assured; or v) any sum received under an insurance policy 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ure on payment of rent is a pre-requisite for claiming deduction under section 10(13A), it has been decided as an administrative measure that salaried employees drawing house rent allowance upto ₹ 3000/- per month will be exempted from production of rent receipt. It may, however, be noted that this concession is only for the purpose of tax-deduction at source, and, in the regular assessment of the employee, the Assessing Officer will be free to make such enquiry as he deems fit for the purpose of satisfying himself that the employee has incurred actual expenditure on payment of rent. Further if annual rent paid by the employee exceeds ₹ 1,00,000 per annum, it is mandatory for the employee to report PAN of the landlord to the employer. In case the landlord does not have a PAN, a declaration to this effect from the landlord along with the name and address of the landlord should be filed by the employee. 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 subje ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t;Vir Chakra" or such other gallantry award as may be specifically notified by the Central Government. Family pension received by any member of the family of such individual is also exempt [Notifications No.S.O.1948(E) dated 24.11.2000 and 81(E) dated 29.1.2001, which are enclosed as per Annexure VIII & IX]. "Family" for this purpose shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 10(5) of the Act. DDO may not deduct any tax in the case of recipients 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 a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nce, whether, granted for the period of journey in connection with transfer, to meet the ordinary daily charges incurred by an employee on account of absence form his normal place of duty shall be exempt. 5.4 DEDUCTIONS U/S 16 OF THE ACT FROM THE INCOME FROM SALARIES 5.4.1 Entertainment Allowance [Section 16(ii)]: A deduction is also allowed under section 16(ii) in respect of any allowance in the nature of an entertainment allowance specifically granted by an employer to the assessee, 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 non-government employees. 5.4.2 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". It may be clarified that "Standard Deduction" from gross salary income, which was being allowed up to financial year 2004-05 is not allowab ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... security of the Central Government or any such deposit scheme as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf; [The Central Government has since notified the scheme 'Sukanya Samriddhi Account' vide Notification GSR No. 863(E) dated 02.12.2014] (b) to any such saving certificates as defined under section 2(c) of the Government Saving Certificate Act, 1959 as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf. [The Central Government has since notified National Saving Certificate (VIIIth Issue) vide Notification S.O. No. 1560(E) dated 3.11.05 and National Saving Certificate (IXth Issue) vide Notification . G.S.R. 848 (E), dated the 29th November, 2011, publishing the National Savings Certificates (IX-Issue) 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... cation in the Official Gazette, specify for the purpose of being floated by (a) public sector companies engaged in providing long-term finance for construction or purchase of houses in India for residential purposes, or, (b) any authority constituted in India by, or, under any law, enacted either for the purpose of dealing with and satisfying the need for housing accommodation or for the purpose of planning, development or improvement of cities, towns and villages, or for both. [The Central Government has since notified the Public Deposit Scheme of HUDCO vide Notification 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 al ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... offered by any university, college, school or other educational institution to a student who is enrolled full-time for the said course. It is also clarified that full-time education includes play-school activities, pre-nursery and nursery classes. It is clarified that the amount allowable as tuition fees shall include any payment of fee to any university, college, school or other educational institution in India except the amount representing payment in the nature of development fees or donation or capitation fees or payment of similar nature. (14) Subscription to equity 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 purpo ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ) Surrender of annuity plan whether in whole or part (ii) Pension received from the annuity plan then the amount so received during the Financial Year shall be the income of the employee or his nominee for that Financial Year and accordingly will be charged to tax. Where any amount paid or deposited by the employee has been taken into account for the purposes of this section, a deduction with reference to such amount shall not be allowed under section 80C. 5.5.3 Deduction in respect of contribution 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 sectio ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 4 Deduction in respect of investment made under an equity savings scheme (Section 80 CCG): Section 80CCG provides deduction wef assessment year 2013-14 in respect of investment made under notified equity saving scheme. Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme 2012 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 ₹ 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and no amount has been paid to effect of keep in force an insurance on the health of such person any mode other than cash Aggregate allowable is ₹ 30,000/ *Aggregate of the sum allowable as deduction under Sl No 1, 2 & 3 and 4, 5 &6 above shall not exceed ₹ 30000/- Here i) "family" means the spouse and dependent children of the employee. ii) 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. iii) Very senior citizen means an individual resident in India who is of the age of eighty years or more at any time during the relevant 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. 5.5.6 Deductions i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ty, a higher deduction of ₹ 1,25,000/- shall be allowable. DDOs should note that 80DD deduction is in case of the dependent of the employee whereas 80U deduction is in case of the employee himself. However, under both the sections, the employee shall furnish to the DDO the following: 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 Repea ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999; (h) "specified company" means a company as referred to in clause (h) of section 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 ₹ 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... zed by the Central Government or State Government or local authority to do so; 5.5.9 Deductions on respect of donations to certain funds, charitable institutions, etc. (Section 80G): Section 80G provides for deductions on account of donation made to various funds , charitable organizations etc. In cases 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 ₹ 10000/- unless the amount is ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... research in social science or statistical research u/s 35(1)(iii) Central Government 3 an association or institution, which has as its object the undertaking of any programme of rural development, to be used for carrying out any programme of rural development 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 incl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... RIBUTION FROM APPROVED SUPERANNUATION FUND: 7.1 The trustees of a Recognized Provident Fund, or any person authorized by the regulations of the Fund to make payment of accumulated balances due to employees, shall in cases where sub-rule(1) of Rule 9 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Act applies, at the time when the accumulated balance due to an employee is paid, make therefrom the deduction specified in Rule 10 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Act. The accumulated balance is treated as income chargeable under the head "Salaries". 7.2 Where any contribution made by an employer, including interest on such contributions, if any, in an approved Superannuation Fund is paid to the employee, tax on the amount so paid shall be deducted by the trustees of the Fund to the extent provided in Rule 6 of Part B of the Fourth Schedule to the Act. TDS should be at the average rate of tax at which, the employee was liable to be taxed during the preceding three years or during 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, i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... deductions mentioned in para 5.5 from the figure arrived at (c) above ensuring that the relevant conditions are satisfied. The aggregate of the deductions subject to the threshold limits mentioned in para 5.5 shall not exceed the amount at (b) above and if it exceeds, it should be restricted to that amount. This will be the amount of total income of the employee on which income tax would be required to be deducted. This income should be rounded off to the nearest multiple of ten rupees. 9.2 Income-tax on such income shall be calculated at the rates given in para 2.1 of this Circular keeping in view the age of the employee and subject to the provisions of sec. 206AA, as discussed in para 4.8. Rebate as per Section 87A upto ₹ 2000/- 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 payable so arrived at shall be increased by educational 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ndary and Higher Education Cess @1% Nil Nil 360 180 2100 1050 7,900 3950 68,090 34,045 Total tax payable Nil 18,540 1,08,150 406850 35,06,635 (B) TDS under sec. 206AA in case where PAN is not furnished by the employee Nil 38,000 1,30,000 406850 35,06,635 * include Rebate of ₹ 2000 u/s 87A Example 2 For Assessment Year 2016-17 Calculation of Income Tax in the case of an employee below the age of sixty years having a handicapped dependent (With valid PAN furnished to employer). S.No. Particulars Rupees 1 Gross Salary 4,20,000 2 Amount spent on treatment of a dependant, being person with disability (but not severe disability) 7000 3 Amount paid to LIC with regard to annuity for the maintenance of a dependant, being 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 S.No. Particulars Rupees 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 U/s 80DD (Restricted to ₹ 60,000/- only) ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 6-17 Illustrative calculation of House Rent Allowance U/s 10 (13A) in respect of residential accommodation situated in Delhi in case of an employee below the age of sixty years (With valid PAN furnished to employer). S.No. Particulars Rupees 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 S.No. Particulars Rupees 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 U/s 10(13A): Least of: (a). Actual amount of HRA received= 1,40,000 (b). Expenditure of rent in 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 ₹ 36,000/- (ii) LIC ₹ 4,000 (iii) Investment in Unit-Linked Insurance Plan ₹ 50 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ,003 11 Total Income Tax payable 1,03,329 12 Rounded off to 1,03,330 Example 6 For Assessment Year 2016-17 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). S.No. Particulars Rupees 1 Salary 4,00,000 2 Dearness Allowance 1,00,000 3 House Rent Allowance 1,80,000 4 Special Duties Allowance 12,000 5 Provident Fund 60,000 6 LIP 10,000 7 Deposit in NSC VIII issue 30,000 8 Rent Paid by the employee for house hired by her 1,20,000 9 Repayment of House 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. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e 4,20,000 6,80,000 11,00,000 Tax thereon Nil 36,000 1,30,000 Add: (i) Education Cess @ 2%. (ii) Secondary and Higher Education Cess @1% 720 360 2600 1300 Total tax payable Nil 37,080 1,33,900 B. TDS under sec. 206AA in case where PAN is not furnished by the employee Nil 37,080 1,33,900 Example 9 Exemption u/s 10 (13A) 1. Mr. A, employed with XYZ Ltd. Up to 31.10.2015, 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lic Provident Fund 10,000 8. Repayment of HDFC loan borrowed after 1.04.1999 EMI ₹ 25,000 (Towards loan ₹ 95,000, towards interest ₹ 2,05,000) 3,00,000 Computation of Tax S.No. Particulars Rupees 1. Income from Salary Basic Pay @ ₹ 23,720 p.m (March to June '14) 94,880 @ ₹ 24,660p.m* (July 2014 to Feb 2015) 1,97,280 2,92,160 91,200 Grade Pay @ ₹ 7,600 p.m Dearness Allowance 1.3.2014 to 30.06.2014 @ 100% i.e., ₹ 31,320 p.m 1,25,280 1.7.2014 to 31.12.2014 @ 107% i.e. ₹ 34,518 p.m 2,07,108 1.1.2015 to 28.02.2015 @ 113% (assumed) i.e., ₹ 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 @ ₹ 9,396 33,584 1.07.2014 to 28.2.2015 @ ₹ 9,678 77,424 1,15,008 Transport Allowance 1.3.2014 to 30.6.2014 @ ₹ 6,400 p.m 25600 1.7.2014 to 31.12.2014 @ ₹ 6,624 p.m 39,744 1.1.2015 to 28.2.2015 @ ₹ 6,816 p.m 13,632 78,976 Less: Exempt u/s 10(14) @ 800 p.m 9600 69,376 9,73,040 Honorarium 3,000 Fees (2/3 retained by him) 4000 Total Salary 9,80,040 Less: Standard Deduction - Net Salary 9,80,040 2. Income from ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ;………. 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 17 and rules framed thereunder and that such information is true and correct. Signature of the person responsible for deduction of tax Place… Date… Full Name …………………… Designation………………………… 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 - FINANCIAL YEAR 2015-16 Compulsory filing of Statement by PAO, Treasury Officer, etc. in case of payment of TDS by Book Entry. 1. Procedure of preparation and furnishing Form 24G at TIN-Facilitation Centres (TIN-FCs): The Form 24G should be prepa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n, 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 modification or cancellation of Form 24G accepted at TIN Central System. Preparation and validation of correction form 24G is in line with regular form 24G. The validated Form 24G correction file (.fvu file) can be uploaded online through AO acco ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... fication 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, SenapatiBapatMarg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013 recommending allotment of AIN to the PAO / CDDO / DTO. 6. What information should be submitted through Form 24G? Every AO should furnish one complete, correct and consolidated Form 24G every month having details of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 proof of submission of the statement. 14. What is Form 24G Preparation Utility? The Form 24G Preparation Utility is a Java based utility. Form 24G Preparation Utility can be freely downloaded from www.tin-nsdl.com. After downloading, it needs to be saved on the local disk of th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 submitted at TIN-FCs. Form 24G: Form 24G, at serial number (c) above, is a reader friendly format of TDS/TCS Book Adjustment form. This is like the physical form of Form 24G in html format. It contains all the details of Accounts Officer as well as Drawing and Di ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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"Book Identification Number"for each form type mentioned in the accepted monthly form No. 24G. BIN consists of the following: (i) Receipt Number: Receipt number is a seven digit unique number generated on successful acceptance of Form 24 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... orting 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. iii. To file Form No. 24G (in CD, DVD, Pen Drive), within 10 days from the end of the month, electronically either at TIN-FC or by direct online upload at TIN website. iv. To track status of the filed Form No. 24G through TIN website. v. To download Book I ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rresponding BINs. *** ANNEXURE V "Person Responsible for filing Form No. 24G in case of State Govt. Departments" Type of Reporting of Book Entry Person Responsible (AIN holder) for filing 24G. A PAO / DTO B PAO / DTO C PAO / DTO D PAO / DTO E CDDO F STO AG Accountant General PAO Pay & Accounts Officer DTO District Treasury Office STO Sub Treasury Office DDO Drawing & Disbursing Officer CDDO Cheque Drawing & Disbursing Officer 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. Af ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... entified 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 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 TIN-FC. On successful acceptance of paper statement/retu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 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 22 nd December, 2003 F.No. 5/7/2003-ECB &PR- The government approved on 23 rd 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 mandator ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 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 24 th 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 for gallantry Medal When awarded for acts of exceptional courage displayed by members of police forces, Central police or security forces and certified to this effect by the head of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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