Budget 2018 along with many changes to tax laws also introduced a new Section 80TTB. According to this Senior citizen can claim tax exemption up to Rs 50,000 on interest income from bank/ post office fixed deposit, recurring deposit or savings account.Also, if a senior citizen opts to take advantage of Section 80TTB, he cannot […] Continue reading →
One of my friends called me in a worrying voice telling me he had received an email from Income tax department with subject “Intimation U/S 143(1) for PAN ABCxxxxx4A AY:2018-19”. As with most of us, any communication from taxmen makes us worried and it was not much different for my friend. Are you in the […] Continue reading →
A few days back (on April 16, 2018) Income Tax Department issued cautionary advisory to Salaried Taxpayers about under-reporting of income and inflating deductions/exemptions while paying taxes. This was prompted by some of the recent cases of salaried caught by income tax officials. You can read the advisory below: Also Read: Everything you need to […] Continue reading →
June 15, 2018 is the last date to pay first installment of your advance tax. Starting FY 2016-17 advance tax is payable in four installments as follows: 15% of total tax by June 15 45% of total tax by September 15 75% of total tax by December 15 and 100% of total tax by March […] Continue reading →
Few people while taking up a new job have the flexibility to work as an employee or independent consultant (also known as contractor or freelancer). If planned properly consultants have lower tax outgo for the same CTC (Cost to company). With Budget 2016 introducing presumptive taxation for some professionals like legal, medical accountancy, architect, IT […] Continue reading →
Can I claim Tax Benefit for both HRA & Home Loan? – A question which is often asked by many tax payers. This is mainly because many employers do not allow both tax benefits together in certain situations. Unfortunately this is NOT the right thing to do. Both HRA and Home Loan Interest tax sections […] Continue reading →
This year might have been happy one for you if you received long pending salary dues as arrears. But we know receiving arrears makes everyone happy but pain of paying higher taxes makes them worried? We explain how to calculate tax on arrears and claim tax benefit u/s 89(1) in income tax return with example. Tax Calculation […] Continue reading →
Budget 2018 though did not change the broad tax slabs but made some changes in the tax exemptions. One of them was reintroduction of Standard Deduction for salaried and pensioners. From FY 2018-19 (AY 2019-20) all salaried and pensioners would be eligible for standard deduction of Rs 40,000. However, as they say devil lies in […] Continue reading →
Section 87A was introduced in Budget 2013 and it provides marginal relief to small tax payers. In this post we provide details about the eligibility, the benefits and how it has changed since it was first introduced. Section 87A Eligibility: The tax rebate under section 87A is only available to resident individuals with net taxable […] Continue reading →