working as an accountant
64 Points
Joined September 2015
Allowances, which are part of salary are taxable if no specific exemption is provided under the Income Tax Act/Rules. Certain allowances have been exempted from Income tax as per section 10(14) of the Income Tax Act. Section 10(14) has two clauses (i) and (ii). Items prescribed under clause 10(14)(i) has been given in rules 2BB(1). According to Section 10(14) (i), “any special allowance or benefit, not in the nature of a perquisite within the meaning of clause (2) of section 17, specifically granted to meet expenses wholly, necessarily and exclusively incurred in the performance of the duties of an office or employment of profit, to the extent to which such expenses are actually incurred for that purpose.”
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