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Salary TDS - Marginal on Surcharge

  T E Gautham    10 February 2014 at 13:01

As per the tax rates applicable for A.Y. 2014-15, if the annual taxable salary goes above Rs 1 crore, a surcharge of 10% on Income Tax is to be added to the Income Tax calculated as per the tax slabs. Consequently, the Total Income Tax calculation sh



Loan provided to employees- Perquisite calculation - Part II

  T E Gautham    10 December 2013 at 17:57

In an earlier previous post, we had a look at the basis of perquisite calculation on loans provided to employees and members of their household. According to Rule 3 (7)(i) of the Income Tax rules, the taxable value of benefit an employee derives on a



Loan provided to employees- Perquisite calculation - Part I

  T E Gautham    06 December 2013 at 13:29

We find many payroll managers being unaware that loans provided to employees (by the employer) are taxable in the hands of the employees. The typical reactions (from payroll managers) we come across when we talk about taxability of loans provided to



Calculation of Tax Exemption on LTA

  T E Gautham    25 November 2013 at 12:19

In an earlier post we looked at the conditions governing tax exemption on leave travel allowance (LTA). In this post we will look at the calculation of the tax exemption amount. As mentioned in the earlier post, the exemption is available only on tra



Tax Exemption on Leave Travel Allowance

  T E Gautham    23 November 2013 at 13:46

As a company engaged in the business of payroll processing and statutory compliance related to payroll, we wonder if the tax law governing tax exemption on Leave Travel Allowance (LTA) is among the most complex tax legislations in India. Each year or