For the 2020-21 financial year, several income tax exemptions and deductions have been impacted. While not entirely removed from statute, options like HRA, life insurance premiums, LTA, and employee contributions to PF, NPS, and PPF are no longer available if you choose the alternative tax slab. Employer contributions to PF remain exempt up to 12% of salary.
04 February 2020
Removed is not a correct term. as removed may also refer to these sections being taken away from statute book. It is not like that, only thing is that one has to forgo these and several other exemptions and deductions if one has to opt for alternative slab of tax rate.