Full time / Permanent employee fired from job after 12 years and given lumpsum payment .. help neede

@ Moby Mogli

If you were paid the severence as Gratuity, then upto 20L is tax free for private employment.

Termination of job happened outside India.

termination letter says discretionary onetime compensation for loss of office and termination. This is the wording .

payslip shows "severence statutory" 

Trying to check if o am eligible for relief 89 here ?

I suppose this last payment can be considered Gratuity pay

Section 89(1) relief may be available if the lump sum is compensation received on termination of employment and its taxation in one year pushes you into a higher tax rate than if it were spread over the years to which it relates. A permanent job and 14 years’ service do not, by themselves, establish eligibility; the character of the payment and the employer’s calculation/supporting documents matter.

The reference to “unexpired period of employment” is relevant to compensation for termination: Rule 21A(4) provides a specific relief calculation for qualifying compensation, generally comparing tax on the compensation with the tax that would have applied had it been received as salary for the unexpired period of service. It does not mean that being unemployed since April 2024 automatically qualifies you, or that the full 14 years’ past service is the unexpired period. Review the termination agreement and Form 16/payroll treatment to identify whether the amount is compensation for termination, salary/notice pay, gratuity, leave encashment or another component—different components can have different tax treatment. Claim relief through Form 10E before filing the return, and retain the calculation and payment documents; confirm the applicable assessment-year procedure and reporting against your return.

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