1. My father is state govt. employee until now he not claimed any Entertainment allowance u/s 16(ii) . but , now on ay 2011-12 whether he can claim entertainment allowance for Rs. 5000 or not ?
2. If Entertainment allowance is not separately provided can we consider it as it is included in basic pay ?
1) you can claim entertainment allowance even though if you have not claimed in the eariler years
2) you cannot claim the allowance of Rs.5000 from basic pay. it has to be paid seperately to your father only then you are allowed to claim such a deduction
I would tell you the government would it self calculate the taxes on all allowances so you will have really less scope for tax savings
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