Point :-See ITR I of AY 2012-13 C15=Taxable Total Income i.e. arrived at Gross Salary+House Property Income+inkme from other sources (-) Ch. VIA deductions = Taxable Total Income.
Keeping the above in view can the Gross Salary be put as Taxable Income on which tax is deducted.
Counter Point:-The employer is supposed to arrive at the taxable salary by estimating the employees total salary income and dividie it by 12 OR 4 ( if the deduction is quareterly). How is this deduction done...Is it not by reducing the Ch-VIA deductions. Does n't it mean that the deductions are on the net salary only. Thus the amount to be put is net salary only.
[{ whatever may be the point / counter point I agree that putting Gross Salary has become an accepTED practice. If you put forth this argument before any Govt. official they laugh at you ....will not give the job of filing their TDS returns. For ex. SBI sends to the branches a statement of TDS deducted and Gross salary drawn during the month not Net Salary) If you say that this is not correct That Branch Manager will ask you (asked me) am I more professional than the professionals at their H.O) Thus you have to risk your business + depth of your knowledge becomes ?able.
This ees hhhIndia.Preach what the rest of India practises Not the fact what you believe is the fact.