23 March 2021
my aunt is receiving a pension amount of rs 17000 every month since last few years how should this be treated as in income tax rules pls guide thanks she is a senior citizen and also getting interest from FDs of banks pls guide as to how the income tax should be filed
23 March 2021
Pension should be treated as salary received. If the pension income and fd interest income exceed 4 lacs file ITR. Senior citizen income exempt 3 lacs and standard deduction 50,000 and interest income exempt 50,000.
23 March 2021
Beneficiaries of family pension will get a deduction of 1/3 of the amount of family pension received, or Rs 15,000, whichever is less, admissible as per section 57(iia) of the Income Tax Act and has to be mentioned in the last row under “Income from Other Sources” section to get the benefit.