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Posted on 30 December 2017
Under Section 89(1) relief can be claimed in your income tax return, when you have received any portion of your salary in arrears.
According to Section 89, if you get salary in arrears or advance in a financial year due to which your total income for the year increases, which in turn increases your taxable income, you can claim for relief under Section 89. You will have to fill up Form 10E with these details and then submit it to your current employer to claim the relief. Form 10E has to be submitted online and no copy is required to be attached with your tax return.
Here's how relief u/s 89 is calculated
Step 1: Calculate tax for the current year (including cess and education cess) on income including salary in arrears/advance/compensations.
Step 2: Calculate tax for the current year (including cess and education cess) on income excluding salary in arrears compensations.
Step 3: Step 1 minus Step 2
Step 4: Calculate tax for the year in which salary ought have been received (including cees and education cess) on income including salary in arrears compensations.
Step 5 : Calculate tax for the year in which salary/compensation ought have been received (including cess and education cess) on income excluding salary in arrears
Step 6 : Step 4 minus Step 5
Step 7 : Relief u/s 89 = Step 3 minus Step 6 (if positive, otherwise nil)
Step 8 : Tax paid for Current Assessment year = Step1 minus step7