Tax Consultant
1504 Points
Posted on 25 April 2011
Mr.Senthil GJ
1. an employee can claim the following deduction from his salary income depenidng upon his eliigibility
(i) LTA - Leave Travel Assistance u/s 10(5) subject to conditions laid down in the section and in the prescribed rules.
(ii) Allowances or perquisites paid or allowed as such outiside INdia by the Goverment to a citizen of India for rendering service outside India - Section 10(7)
(iii) the remuneration received directly from the Government of a Foreign State by an individual who is assigned to duties in India in connection with any co-operative technical assistance programmes and projects in accordance with an agreement entered into by the Central Government and the Government of a Foreign State-
(iv) any other income of such individual which accrues or arisxes outside India and is not deemed to accrue or arise in India in respect of which such individual is rewquired to pay any income or scoical security tax to the Governent of that foreign state
the above deductions are avaialbel u/s 10(8)
(v) similar deduction is also available u/s 10(8B) for the remuneration received from a consultlant as referred to in section 10(8A)
(v) Death cum retirement gratuity u/s 10(10)
(vi) Payment in commutation of pension u/s 10(10A)
(vii) Leave Salary u/s 10(10AA)
(viii) Compensation received under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
(ix) amount received on voluntrary retirment u/s 10(10C)
(x) Certain perquisites within the monetary limits and withing the meaning of clause (2) of Section 17 - under section 10(10CC)
(xI) sum received under life insurance policy u/s 10(10D)
(xii) payment received from a provident fund u/s 10(11)
(xiii) the accumlated balance due and becoming payable to employee participating in a recognised provident fund to the extent provided in rule 8 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule
(xiv) any payment from approved super annuation fund
(xv) HRA u/s 10(13A) subject certain limits as provided under the prescribed rules
(xvi) any special allowance subject to certain limits
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