04 December 2019
The Bonus rule for set on and set off of allocable surplus states as under:
Where for any accounting year the allocable surplus exceeds the amount of maximum bonus payable to the employees in the establishment under section 11, then, the excess shall, subject to a limit of 20% of the total salary or wages of the employee employed in the establishment in that accounting year, be carried forward for being set on in the succeeding accounting year and so on up to and inclusive of the fourth accounting year to be utilized for the purpose of payment of bonus in the manner illustrated in the fourth schedule. Our confusion is as under:
There is set on of Rs. 50,000/- in the accounting year 2014-15. This amount of set on should be carried forward in 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 and nullified in 2019-20 or should be carried forward in 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and nullified in the year 2018-19 ? The confusion has arisen by the words “being set on in the succeeding accounting year and so on up to and inclusive of the fourth accounting year “. For the accounting year 2014-15, the first succeeding accounting year is 2015-16, 2nd year is 2016-17, 3rd year is 2017-18 and 4th year is 2018-19. Therefore the set on should be carried on up to 2018-19 and should be nullified in accounting year 2019-20. However, if the 1st year is to be taken as accounting year 2014-15 itself, then 4th year is 2017-18 and therefore the amount of set on should be nullified in 2018-19.
We request the club member to help me in the matter.
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