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179 Points
Joined September 2007
Agreed with reply of Mr. Dhiraj and Mr. Dinesh
Companies themselves frames the leave encashment policy.
And from taxation point of view employees can claim exemptions according to rules framed u/s 10(10AA) of Income tax act. which are as under : -
Leave Encashment during service is fully taxable in all cases.Relief u/s 89(1) if applicable may be claimed for the same.
- Payment by way of leave encashment received by Central & State Govt. employees at the time of retirement in respect of the period of earned leave at credit is fully exempt. Vide notification No. 10749 dated 27.11.1998, limit on the maximum amount receivable by employees of Central Govt. has been specified at Rs 2.4 lakhs for employees retiring whether on superannuation or otherwise after 1.7.1997.
- In case of other employee, the exemption is to be limited to a maximum of 10 months of leave encashment, based on last 10 months average salary. This is further subject to a limit of Rs. 2,40,000 for retirement after 1.7.97.
- Leave salary paid to legal heirs of the deceased payment is being made must be framed in accordance with the guidelines prescribed in Rule 2BA of Income Tax Rules. In case of a company other than a public sector company and a cooperative society, such scheme must be approved by the Chief Commissioner/Director General of Income Tax. However, such approval is not necessary from AY 2001-2002 onwards.
- Where exemption has been allowed under above section for any assess-ment year, no exemption shall be allowed in relation to any other assessment year.