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DEDUCTIONS
[AY 201718]
SectionNature of deductionWho can claim
(1)(2)(3)
Against 'salaries'
16(ii)Entertainment allowance [actual or at the rate of 1/5th of salary,
whichever is less] [limited to Rs. 5,000]
Government employees
16(iii)Employment taxSalaried assessees
Against 'income from house properties'
23(1), first
proviso
Taxes levied by local authority and borne by owner if paid in
relevant previous year
All assessees
24(a)Standard deduction [30% of the annual value (gross annual
value less municipal taxes)]
All assessees
24(b)Interest on borrowed capital (Rs. 30,000/Rs. 2,00,000, subject
to specified conditions)
All assessees
25A(2)Standard deduction of 30 per cent of arrears of rent or
unrealised rent received
All assessees
Against 'profits and gains of business or profession'
A. Deductible items
30Rent, rates, taxes, repairs (excluding capital expenditure) and
insurance for premises
All assessees
31Repairs (excluding capital expenditure) and insurance of
machinery, plant and furniture
All assessees
32(1)(i)Depreciation1 in respect of following assets shall be allowed at
prescribed percentage on actual cost of an asset (i.e., Straight
Line Method):
i. Tangible Assets (buildings, machinery, plant or furniture);
ii. Intangible Assets (knowhow, patents, copyrights,
trademarks, licenses, franchises, or any other business or
commercial rights of similar nature).
However, if asset is acquired and put to use for less than 180
days during the previous year, the deduction shall be restricted
to 50% of depreciation computed above.
Note:
Taxpayers engaged in business of generation or generation and
distribution of power have the option to claim depreciation on
written down value basis also
Taxpayer engaged in business
of generation or generation and
distribution of power.
32(1)(ii)Depreciation1 in respect of following assets shall be allowed at
prescribed percentage on written down value of each block of
asset (as per WDV method):
i. Tangible Assets (buildings, machinery, plant or furniture);
ii. Intangible Assets (knowhow, patents, copyrights,
trademarks, licenses, franchises, or any other business or
commercial rights of similar nature).
All assessees engaged in
business or profession
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However, if asset is acquired and put to use for less than 180
days during the previous year, the deduction shall be restricted
to 50% of depreciation computed above.
32(1)(iia)Additional depreciation shall be allowed at 20% of actual cost
of new plant and machinery [other than ships, aircraft, office
appliances, second hand plant or machinery, etc.] (Subject to
certain conditions).
However, if an asset is acquired and put to use for less than 180
days during the previous year, 50% of additional depreciation
shall be allowed in year of acquisition and balance 50% would
be allowed in the next year.
All taxpayers engaged in:
a) manufacture or production
of any article or thing; or
b) generation, transmission or
distribution of power (if
taxpayer is not claiming
depreciation on straight
line basis ).
Proviso to
Section
32(1)(iia)
Additional depreciation shall be allowed at 35% of actual cost
of new plant and machinery [other than ships, aircraft, office
appliances, second hand plant or machinery, etc.] (Subject to
certain conditions).
However, if an asset is acquired and put to use for less than 180
days during the previous year, 50% of additional depreciation
shall be allowed in year of acquisition and balance 50% would
be allowed in the next year.
Note:
1. Manufacturing unit should be setup on or after April 1,
2015.
2. New plant and machinery should be acquired and installed
on or after April 1, 2015 but before April 1, 2020.
All taxpayers settingup an
undertaking or enterprise for
production or manufacture of
any article or thing in any
notified backward area in the
state of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
Telangana or West Bengal.
32ACInvestment allowance shall be allowed at 15% of actual cost of
new asset acquired and installed by a company engaged in
business or manufacturing or production of any article or thing
(Subject to certain conditions)
Note:
Deduction shall be available if actual cost of new plant and
machinery acquired and installed by the company during the
previous year exceeds Rs. 25/100 Crores, as the case may be
Company engaged in business
of manufacturing or production
of any article or thing.
32ADInvestment allowance shall be allowed at 15% of actual cost of
investment made in new plant and machinery (other than ships,
aircraft, vehicle, office appliances, second hand plant or
machinery, etc.) if manufacturing unit is setup in notified
backward area in the State of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana
or West Bengal (subject to certain conditions).
Note:
1. New asset should be acquired and installed on or after
April 1, 2015 but before April 1, 2020.
2. Manufacturing unit should be setup on or after April 1,
2015.
3. Deduction shall be allowed under Section 32AD in
addition to deduction under Section 32AC if assessee
fulfils the specified conditions.
All taxpayers who acquire new
plant and machinery for
purpose of settingup
manufacturing unit in notified
backward areas in the State of
Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,
Telangana or West Bengal
33ADevelopment allowance 50 per cent of actual cost of planting
(subject to certain conditions and limits) (planting should have
Assessee engaged in business
of growing and manufacturing
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been completed before 141990)tea in India
33ABTea/Coffee/Rubber Development Account Amount deposited
in account with National Bank (Special Account) or in Deposit
Account of Tea Board, Coffee Board or Rubber Board in
accordance with approved scheme or 40% of profits of
business, whichever is less (subject to certain conditions)
Assessees engaged in business
of growing and manufacturing
tea/Coffee/Rubber in India
33ABAAmount deposited in Special Account with SBI/Site
Restoration Account or 20 per cent of profits, whichever is less
(subject to certain conditions)
Assessee carrying on business
of prospecting for, or extraction
or production of, petroleum or
natural gas or both in India
35(1)(i)Revenue expenditure on scientific research pertaining to
business of assessee is allowed as deduction (Subject to certain
conditions).
Note:
Expenditure on scientific research incurred within 3 years
before commencement of business (in the nature of purchase of
materials and salary of employees other than perquisite) is
allowed as deduction in the year of commencement of business
to the extent certified by prescribed authority.
All assessee
35(1)(ii)26175% of contribution made to approved research association,
university, college or other institution to be used for scientific
research shall be allowed as deduction (Subject to certain
conditions)
150% of sum paid to such association, university, college or
other institution is allowed as deduction (applicable from AY
201819)
All assessee
35(1)(iia)125% of contribution made to an approved company registered
in India to be used for the purpose of scientific research is
allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions)
Entire sum paid to the company is allowed as deduction
(applicable from AY 201819)
All assessee
35(1)(iii)125% of contribution made to approved research association,
university, college or other institution with objects of
undertaking statistical research or research in social sciences
shall be allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions)
Entire sum paid to such association, university, college or other
institution is allowed as deduction (applicable from AY 2018
19)
All assessee
35(1)(iv)
read with
35(2)
Capital expenditure incurred during the year on scientific
research relating to the business carried on by the assessee is
allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions)
Capital expenditure incurred within 3 years before
commencement of business is allowed as deduction in the year
of commencement of business.
Note:
i. Capital expenditure excludes land and any interest in land;
ii. No depreciation shall be allowed on such assets.
All assessee
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35(2AA)26200% of payment made to a National Laboratory or University
or an Indian Institute of Technology or a specified person is
allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions).
150% of payment is allowed as deduction (applicable from AY
201819)
The payment should be made with the specified direction that
the sum shall be used in a scientific research undertaken under
an approved programme.
All assessee
35(2AB)26200% of any expenditure incurred by a company on scientific
research (including capital expenditure other than on land and
building) on inhouse scientific research and development
facilities as approved by the prescribed authorities shall be
allowed as deduction (Subject to certain conditions).
150% of expenditure so incurred shall be allowed as deduction
(applicable from AY 201819)
Note:
Company should enter into an agreement with the prescribed
authority for cooperation in such research and development
and fulfils such conditions with regard to maintenance of
accounts and audit thereof and furnishing of reports in such
manner as may be prescribed;
Company engaged in business
of biotechnology or in any
business of manufacturing or
production of eligible articles or
things
35AExpenditure incurred before 141998 on acquisition of patent
rights or copyrights [equal to appropriate fraction of
expenditure on acquisition to be deducted in fourteen equal
annual instalments beginning with previous year in which such
expenditure has been incurred] (subject to certain conditions)
All assessees
35ABLump sum payment made in any previous year relevant to
assessment year commencing on or before 141998, for
acquisition of technical knowhow [consideration for
acquisition to be deducted in six equal annual instalments (3
equal annual instalments where knowhow is developed in
certain laboratories, universities and institutions)] (subject to
certain conditions)
All assessees
35ABACapital expenditure incurred and actually paid for acquiring any
right to use spectrum for telecommunication services shall be
allowed as deduction over the useful life of the spectrum in
equal instalments
All Assessee engaged in
telecommunication services
35ABBExpe nditure incurred for obtaining licence to operate
telecommunication services either before commencement of
such business or thereafter at any time during any previous year
All assessees
35ACExpenditure by way of payment of any sum to a public sector
company/local authority/approved association or institution for
carrying out any eligible scheme or project (subject to certain
conditions)
Deduction under this section is available only A.Y. 20172018
All assessees
35ADCapital expenditure incurred, wholly and exclusively, for the
purpose of any specified business [setting up and operating a
All assessees
Note: Such deduction is
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cold chain facility; setting up and operating a warehousing
facility for storage of agricultural produce; laying and operating
a crosscountry natural gas or crude or petroleum oil pipeline
network for distribution, including storage facilities being an
integral part of such network; building and operating, anywhere
in India, a hotel of twostar or above category as classified by
the Central Government; building and operating, anywhere in
India, a hospital with at least one hundred beds for patients;
developing and building a notified housing project under a
scheme for slum redevelopment or rehabilitation framed by the
Government, as the case may be, in accordance with prescribed
guidelines; developing and building a notified housing project
under a scheme for affordable housing framed by the
Government, as the case may be, in accordance with prescribed
guidelines; production of fertilizer in India; setting up and
operating an inland container depot or a container freight
station which is approved/notified under the Customs Act,
1962; beekeeping and production of honey and beeswax; and
setting up and operating a warehousing facility for storage of
sugar. Lying and operating a slurry pipeline for the
transportation of iron ore; settingup and operating a notified
semiconductor wafer fabrication manufacturing unit;
developing or maintaining and operating or developing,
maintaining and operating a new infrastructure facility4, carried
on by the assessee during the previous year in which such
expenditure is incurred (subject to certain conditions)
available to Indian company in
case of following business,
namely;
i) Business of laying and
operating a crosscountry
natural gas or crude or
petroleum oil pipeline
network.
ii) Developing or
maintaining and operating
or developing,
maintaining and operating
a new infrastructure
facility.
35CCAPayment to associations/institutions for carrying out rural
development programmes (subject to certain conditions)
All assessees
35CCBExpenditure incurred before 142002 by way of payment to
approved associations/institutions for carrying out approved
programmes of conservation of natural resources or
afforestation (subject to certain conditions)
All assessees
35CCCOne and a half times of expenditure on notified agricultural
extension project (subject to certain conditions)
All assessees
From the Assessment Year 202122, the deductionshall be
restricted to 100% of the expenditure incurred.
35CCDOne and a half times of expenditure on notified skill
development project (subject to certain conditions)
A company
Note: From the Assessment Year 202122, the deduction shall
be restricted to 100% of the expenditure incurred.
35DAmortisation of certain preliminary expenses [deductible in 5
equal annual instalments] (subject to certain conditions)
Indian companies and resident
noncorporate assessees
35DDAmortisation of expenditure incurred after 3131999 in case of
amalgamation or demerger in the hands of an Indian company
(onefifth of such expenditure for 5 successive previous years)
(subject to certain conditions)
Indian Company
35DDAAmortisation of expenditure incurred under voluntary
retirement scheme in 5 equal annual instalments starting with
the year when the expenditure is incurred
All assessees
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35EExpenditure on prospecting, etc., for certain minerals
[deductible in ten equal annual instalments] (subject to certain
conditions)
Indian companies and resident
noncorporate assessees
engaged in prospecting, etc., for
minerals
36(1)(i)Insurance premium covering risk of damage or destruction of
stocks/stores
All assessees
36(1)(ia)Insurance premium covering life of cattle owned by a member
of cooperative society engaged in supplying milk to federal
milk cooperative society
Federal milk cooperative
societies
36(1)(ib)Medical insurance premium paid by any mode other than cash,
to insure employee's health under (a) scheme framed by GIC of
India and approved by Central Government; or (b) scheme
framed by any other insurer and approved by IRDA
All assessees as employers
36(1)(ii)Bonus or commission paid to employeesAll assessees
36(1)(iii)Interest on borrowed capital2All assessees
36(1)(iiia)Pro rata amount of discount on a zero coupon bond based on
life of such bond and calculated in prescribed manner
All assessees
36(1)(iv)Contributions to recognised provident fund and approved
superannuation fund [subject to certain limits and conditions]
All assessees as employers
36(1)(iva)Any sum paid by assesseeemployer by way of contribution
towards a pension scheme, as referred to in section 80CCD, on
account of an employee to the extent it does not exceed 10 per
cent of the employee's salary in the previous year.
All assessees as emloyers
36(1)(v)Contributions to approved gratuity fund [subject to certain
limits and conditions]
All assessees as employers
36(1)(va)Contributions to any provident fund or superannuation fund or
any fund set up under Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 or
any other fund for welfare of such employees, received from
employees if the same are credited to the employee's account in
relevant fund or funds before due date
All assessees as employers
36(1)(vi)Allowance in respect of animals which have died or become
permanently useless [subject to certain conditions]
All assessees
36(1)(vii)3Bad debts which have been written off as irrecoverable [subject
to limitation in the case of banks and financial institutions]
All assessees
36(1)(viia)Provision for bad and doubtful debts
■ up to 7½ per cent of total income before making any
deduction under this clause and Chapter VIA, and up to 10
per cent of aggregate average advances made by its rural
branches
Certain scheduled banks, non
scheduled banks (but other than
foreign banks) and cooperative
bank (other than primary
agricultural credit society or
primary cooperative
agricultural and rural
development bank)
■ up to 5 per cent (10% in case of Public Financial
Institutions, State Financial Corporations and State
Industrial Investment Corporations in any of the two
consecutive assessment years 200304 and 200405
Foreign banks/Public financial
institutions/State financial
corporations/State industrial
investment corporations. Non
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subject to certain conditions) of total income before making
any deduction under this clause and Chapter VIA
Banking Financial Company
36(1)(viii)Amounts transferred to special reserve [subject to certain
conditions and maximum of 20 per cent of profits derived from
eligible business]
Specified entities, namely,
financial corporations/financial
corporation which is a public
sector company/banking
company/cooperative bank
other than a primary
agricultural credit society or a
primary cooperative
agricultural and rural
development bank/housing
finance company/any other
financial corporation including
a public company
36(1)(ix)Expenditure for promoting family planning amongst employees
(deductible in 5 equal annual instalments in case of capital
expenditure)
Companies
36(1)(xi)Expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively by the assessee on
or after the 1st April, 1999 but before the 1st April, 2000 in
respect of a nonY2K compliant system, owned by the assessee
and used for the purposes of his business or profession, so as to
make such system Y2K compliant computer system
All assessees
36(1)(xii)Any expenditure (not being in the nature of capital expenditure)
incurred by a notified corporation or body corporate, by
whatever name called, constituted or established by a Central,
State or Provincial Act, for the objects and purposes authorised
by the Act under which such corporation or body corporate was
constituted or established
Notified corporation or body
corporate, by whatever name
called, constituted or
established by a Central, State
or Provincial Act
36(1)(xiii)Any banking cash transaction tax paid during the previous year
on taxable banking transaction entered into by the assessee
All assessees
36(1)(xiv)Contribution to notified credit guarantee trust fund for small
industries
Public financial institution
36(1)(xv)Securities Transaction Tax paid if corresponding income is
included as income under the head 'Profits and gains of
business or profession'
All assessees
36(1)(xvi)Amount equal to commodities transaction tax paid by an
assessee in respect of taxable commodities transactions entered
into in the course of his business during the previous year, if the
income arising from such transactions is included in the income
computed under the head "Profits and gains of business or
profession"
All assessees
36(1)(xvii)Amount of expenditure incurred by a cooperative society for
purchase of sugarcane shall be allowed as deduction to the
extent of lower of following:
a) Actual purchase price of sugarcane; or
b) Price of sugarcane fixed or approved by the Government
Cooperative society engaged in
business of manufacturing
sugar
37(1)Any other expenditure [not being personal or capitalAll assessees
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expenditure and expenditure mentioned in sections 30 to 36]
laid out wholly and exclusively for purposes of business or
profession5
B. Nondeductible items
37(2B)Advertisement in souvenir, brochure, tract, pamphlet, etc., of
political party
All assessees
40(a)(i)Interest, royalty, fees for technical services or other chargeable
sum payable outside India, or in India to a nonresident or
foreign company, on which tax has not been paid/deducted
during the previous year or in the subsequent year within time
prescribed under section 200(1). Where in respect of any such
sum, tax has been deducted in any subsequent year or, has been
deducted in the previous year but paid in any subsequent year
after the expiry of the time prescribed under subsection (1) of
section 200, such sum shall be allowed as a deduction in
computing the income of the previous year in which such tax
has been paid6
All assessees
40(a)(ia)Any interest, commission or brokerage, rent, royalty, fees for
professional services or fees for technical services payable to a
resident, or amounts payable to a contractor or subcontractor,
being resident, for carrying out any work (including supply of
labour for carrying out any work)7, on which tax is deductible
at source under Chapter XVIIB and such tax has not been
deducted or, after deduction, has not been paid on or before the
due date specified in subsection (1) of section 139.
All assessees
However, where in respect of any such sum, tax has been
deducted in any subsequent year, or has been deducted during
the previous year but paid after the due date specified in sub
section (1) of section 139, such sum shall be allowed as a
deduction in computing the income of the previous year in
which such tax has been paid.
40(a)(ib)Any sum paid or payable to a nonresident which is subject to a
deduction of Equalisation levy would attract disallowance if
such sum was paid without deduction of such levy or if it was
deducted but not deposited with the Central Government till the
due date of filing of return.
All assessees
However, where in respect of any such sum, Equalisation levy
is deducted or deposited in subsequent year, as the case may be,
the expenditure so disallowed shall be allowed as deduction in
that year.
Note: This provision has been inserted by the Finance Act,
2016, w.e.f. 162016
40(a)(ii)Rate or tax levied on the profits or gains of any business or
profession
All assessees
40(a)(iia)Wealthtax paidAll assessees
40(a)(iib)Amount paid by way of royalty, licence fee, service fee,
privilege fee, service charge or any other fee or charge, by
whatever name called, which is levied exclusively on, or any
amount which is appropriated, whether directly or indirectly,
State Govt. undertakings
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amount which is appropriated, whether directly or indirectly,
from a State Government undertaking by the State Government
40(a)(iii)Salaries payable outside India, or in India to a nonresident, on
which tax has not been paid/deducted at source
All assessees as employers
40(a)(iv)Payments to provident fund/other funds for employees' benefit
for which no effective arrangements are made to secure that tax
is deducted at source on payments made from such funds which
are chargeable to tax as 'salaries'
All assessees as employers
40(a)(v)Tax actually paid by an employer referred to in section
10(10CC)
All assessees as employers
40(b)Interest, salary, bonus, commission or remuneration paid to
partners (subject to certain conditions and limits)
Firms
40(ba)Interest, salary, bonus, commission or remuneration paid to
members (subject to certain conditions and limits)
Association of persons or body
of individuals (except a
company or a cooperative
society, society registered under
Societies Registration Act, etc.)
40A(2)Expenditure involving payment to
relative/director/partner/substantially interested person, etc.,
which, in the opinion of the Assessing Officer, is excessive or
unreasonable
All assessees
40A(3)100% of payments exceeding Rs. 20,000 (Rs. 35,000 in case of
payment made for plying, hiring or leasing goods carriages)
made to a person in a day otherwise than by account payee
cheque/bank draft (subject to certain conditions)
All assessees
40A(7)Any provision for payment of gratuity to employees, other than
a provision made for purposes of contribution to approved
gratuity fund or for payment of gratuity that has become
payable during the year (subject to specified conditions)
All assessees as employers
40A(9)Any sum paid for setting up or formation of, or as contribution
to, any fund, trust, company, AOP, BOI, Society or other
institution, other than recognised provident fund/approved
superannuation fund/pension scheme referred to in section
80CCD/approved gratuity fund
All assessees as employers
C. Other deductible items
42(1)In case of mineral oil concerns allowances specified in
agreement entered into by Central Government with any person
(subject to certain conditions and terms of agreement)
Assessees engaged in
prospecting for or extraction or
production of mineral oils
42(2)In case of mineral oil concerns expenditure incurred remaining
unallowed as reduced by proceeds of transfer
Assessee whose business
consists of prospecting for or
extraction or production of
petroleum and natural gas and
who transfers any interest in
such business
43BAny sum which is actually paid, relating to (i) tax/duty/cess/fee
levied under any law, (ii) contribution to provident
fund/superannuation fund/gratuity fund/any fund for
employees' welfare, (iii) bonus/commission to employees, (iv)
All assessees
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interest on loan/borrowing from any public financial institution,
State Financial Corporation or State Industrial Investment
Corporation/interest payments to scheduled banks/Cooperative
banks on loans or advances, and (v) sum payable by employers
by way of leave encashment to employees. (vi) sum payable to
the Indian Railways for the use of railway assets. Deduction
will not be allowed in year in which liability to pay is incurred
unless actual payment is made in that year or before the due
date of furnishing of return of income for that year
44AExpenditure in excess of subscription, etc., received from
members (subject to certain conditions and limits)
Trade, professional or similar
association
44CHead office expenditure (subject to certain conditions and
limits)
Nonresident
Against 'capital gains'
48(i)Expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively in connection with
transfer of capital asset
All assessees
48(ii)Cost of acquisition of capital asset and of any improvement
thereto (indexed cost of acquisition and indexed cost of
improvement, in case of longterm capital assets)
All assessees
54Longterm capital gains on sale of residential house and land
appurtenant thereto invested in purchase/construction of
another residential house8 (subject to certain conditions and
limits)
Individual/HUF
54BCapital gains on transfer of land used for agricultural purposes,
by an individual or his parents or a HUF, invested in other land
for agricultural purposes (subject to certain conditions and
limits)
Individual/HUF
54DCapital gains on compulsory acquisition of land or building
forming part of an industrial undertaking invested in
purchase/construction of other land/building for shifting/re
establishing said undertaking or setting up new industrial
undertaking (subject to certain conditions and limits)
Any assessee
54EANet consideration on transfer of longterm capital asset made
before 142000 invested in specified bonds, debentures, shares
of a public company or units of notified mutual funds (subject
to certain conditions and limits)
Any assessee
54EBLongterm capital gains on transfer of any longterm capital
asset made before 142000 invested in specified longterm
assets (subject to certain conditions and limits)
Any assessee
54ECLongterm capital gains invested in longterm specified asset
(bond redeemable after 3 years) (maximum investment in a
financial year is Rs. 50 lakhs)9 issued by National Highways
Authority of India; or by the Rural Electrification Corporation
Limited (subject to certain conditions and limits)
Any assessee
54EDLongterm capital gains on transfer before 142006 of certain
listed securities or units invested in equity shares forming part
of an eligible issue of capital (subject to certain conditions and
limits)
Any assessee
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54EELongterm capital gain invested in longterm specified assets
being units of such fund as may be notified by Central
Government to finance startups
All assesses
54FNet consideration on transfer of longterm capital asset other
than residential house invested in residential house10 (subject to
certain conditions and limits)
Individual/HUF
54GCapital gain on transfer of machinery, plant, land or building
used for the purposes of the business of an industrial
undertaking situate in an urban area (transfer being effected for
shifting the undertaking to a nonurban area) invested in new
machinery, plant, building or land, in the said nonurban area,
expenses on shifting, etc. (subject to certain conditions and
limits)
Any assessee
54GAExemption of capital gains on transfer of assets in cases of
shifting of industrial undertaking from urban area to any
Special Economic Zone (subject to certain conditions and
limits)
All assessees
54GBExemption in respect of capital gain arising from the transfer of
a longterm capital asset, being a residential property (a house
or a plot of land), owned by the eligible assessee, and such
assessee before the due date of furnishing of return of income
under subsection (1) of section 139 utilises the net
consideration for subscription in the equity shares of an eligible
company and such company has, within one year from the date
of subscription in equity shares by the assessee, utilised this
amount for purchase of specified new asset (subject to certain
conditions and limits).
Individual/HUF
W.e.f. April 1, 2017, eligible startup is also included in
definition of eligible company.
Against 'income from other sources'
A. Deductible items
57(i)Any reasonable sum paid by way of commission or
remuneration for purpose of realising dividend (other than
dividends referred to in section 115O)
All assessees
57(i)Any reasonable sum paid by way of commission or
remuneration for the purpose of realising interest on securities
All assessees
57(ia)Contributions to any provident fund or superannuation fund or
any fund set up under Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 or
any other fund for welfare of employees, if the same are
credited to employees' accounts in relevant funds before due
date
All assessees
57(ii)Repairs, insurance, and depreciation of building, plant and
machinery and furniture
Assessees engaged in business
of letting out of machinery,
plant and furniture and
buildings on hire
57(iia)In case of family pension, 331/3 per cent of such pension or Rs.
15,000, whichever is less
Assessees in receipt of family
pension on death of employee
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being member of assessee's
family
57(iii)Any other expenditure (not being capital expenditure) expended
wholly and exclusively for earning such income
All assessees
57(iv)In case of interest received on compensation or on enhanced
compensation referred to in section 145A(2), a deduction of 50
per cent of such income (subject to certain conditions)
All assessees
B. Nondeductible items
58(1)(a)(i)Personal expensesAll assessees
58(1)(a)(ii)Interest chargeable to tax which is payable outside India on
which tax has not been paid or deducted at source
All assessees
58(1)(a)
(iii)
'Salaries' payable outside India on which no tax is paid or
deducted at source
All assessees
58(1A)WealthtaxAll assessees
58(2) Expenditure of the nature specified in section 40AAll assessees
58(4)Expenditure in connection with winnings from lotteries,
crossword puzzles, races, games, gambling or betting
All assessees
For certain payments
80C ■ Life insurance premium for policy :
in case of individual, on life of assessee, assessee's
spouse and any child of assessee
in case of HUF, on life of any member of the HUF
■ Sum paid under a contract for a deferred annuity :
in case of individual, on life of the individual,
individual's spouse and any child of the individual
(however, contract should not contain an option to
receive cash payment in lieu of annuity)
in case of HUF, on life of any member of the HUF
■ Sum deducted from salary payable to Government servant
for securing deferred annuity or making provision for his
wife/children [qualifying amount limited to 20% of
salary]
■ Contributions by an individual made under Employees'
Provident Fund Scheme
■ Contribution to Public Provident Fund Account in the
name of:
in case of individual, such individual or his spouse
or any child of such individual
in case of HUF, any member of HUF
■ Contribution by an employee to a recognised provident
fund
■ Contribution by an employee to an approved
superannuation fund
■ Subscription to any notified security or notified deposit
scheme of the Central Government. For this purpose,
Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme has been notified
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vide Notification No. 9/2015, dated 21.01.2015. Any sum
deposited during the year in Sukanya Samriddhi Account
by an individual would be eligible for deduction.
■ Amount can be deposited by an individual or in the name
of girl child of an individual or in the name of the girl
child for whom such an individual is the legal guardian.
■ Subscription to notified savings certificates [National
Savings Certificates (VIII Issue)]
■ Contribution for participation in unitlinked Insurance
Plan of UTI :
in case of an individual, in the name of the
individual, his spouse or any child of such
individual
in case of a HUF, in the name of any member
thereof
■ Contribution to notified unitlinked insurance plan of LIC
Mutual Fund [Dhanaraksha 1989]
in the case of an individual, in the name of the
individual, his spouse or any child of such
individual
in the case of a HUF, in the name of any member
thereof
■ Subscription to notified deposit scheme or notified
pension fund set up by National Housing Bank [Home
Loan Account Scheme/National Housing Banks (Tax
Saving) Term Deposit Scheme, 2008]
■ Tuition fees (excluding development fees, donations, etc.)
paid by an individual to any university, college, school or
other educational institution situated in India, for full time
education of any 2 of his/her children
■ Certain payments for purchase/construction of residential
house property
■ Subscription to notified schemes of (a) public sector
companies engaged in providing longterm finance for
purchase/construction of houses in India for residential
purposes/(b) authority constituted under any law for
satisfying need for housing accommodation or for
planning, development or improvement of cities, towns
and villages, or for both
■ Sum paid towards notified annuity plan of LIC (New
Jeevan Dhara/New Jeevan DharaI/New Jeevan
Akshay/New Jeevan AkshayI/New Jeevan Akshay
II/Jeewan AkshayIII plan of LIC) or other insurer
■ Subscription to any units of any notified [u/s 10(23D)]
Mutual Fund or the UTI (Equity Linked Saving Scheme,
2005)
■ Contribution by an individual to any pension fund set up
by any mutual fund which is referred to in section
10(23D) or by the UTI (UTI Retirement Benefit Pension
Fund)
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■ Subscription to equity shares or debentures forming part of
any approved eligible issue of capital made by a public
company or public financial institutions
■ Subscription to any units of any approved mutual fund
referred to in section 10(23D), provided amount of
subscription to such units is subscribed only in 'eligible
issue of capital' referred to above.
■ Term deposits for a fixed period of not less than 5 years
with a scheduled bank, and which is in accordance with a
scheme11 framed and notified.
■ Subscription to notified bonds issued by the NABARD.
■ Deposit in an account under the Senior Citizen Savings
Scheme Rules, 2004 (subject to certain conditions)
■ 5year term deposit in an account under the Post Office
Time Deposit Rules, 1981 (subject to certain conditions)
Notes:
1. Deduction is limited to whole of the amount paid or deposited subject to a maximum of Rs. 1,50,00012.
This maximum limit of Rs. 1,50,00012 is the aggregate of the deduction that may be claimed under
sections 80C, 80CCC and 80CCD.
2. The sums paid or deposited need not be out of income chargeable to tax of the previous year. Amount may
be paid or deposited any time during the previous year, but the deduction shall be available on so much of
the aggregate of sums as do not exceed the total income chargeable to tax during the previous year.
3. Life Insurance premium is part of gross qualifying amount for the purpose of deduction under section 80C.
Payment of premium which is in excess of 10 per cent (if policy is issued on or after 142013, 15% in
case of insurance on life of person with disability referred to in section 80U or suffering from disease or
ailment specified in section 80DDB/rule 11DD) of actual capital sum assured shall not be included in
gross qualifying amount. The value of any premiums agreed to be returned or of any benefit by way of
bonus or otherwise, over and above the sum actually assured, which is to be or may be received under the
policy by any person, shall not be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the actual capital sum
assured.
The limit of 10 per cent will be applicable only in the case of policies issued on or after 142012. In
respect of policies issued prior to 142012, the old limit of 20 per cent of actual sum assured will be
applicable.
With effect from 142013, 'actual capital sum assured' in relation to a life insurance policy shall mean the
minimum amount assured under the policy on happening of the insured event at any time during the term
of the policy, not taking into account—
(i) the value of any premium agreed to be returned; or
(ii) any benefit by way of bonus or otherwise over and above the sum actually assured, which is to be or
may be received under the policy by any person.
4. Where, in any previous year, an assessee—
(i) terminates his contract of insurance, by notice to that effect or where the contract ceases to be in
force by reason of failure to pay any premium, by not reviving contract of insurance,—
(a) in case of any single premium policy, within two years after the date of commencement of
insurance; or
(b) in any other case, before premiums have been paid for two years; or
(ii) terminates his participation in any unitlinked insurance plan (ULIP), by notice to that effect or
where he ceases to participate by reason of failure to pay any contribution, by not reviving his
participation, before contributions in respect of such participation have been paid for five years; or
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(iii) transfers the house property before the expiry of five years from the end of the financial year in
which possession of such property is obtained by him, or receives back, whether by way of refund
or otherwise, any sum specified in that clause,
then,—
(a) no deduction shall be allowed to the assessee with reference to any of such sums, paid in such
previous year; and
(b) the aggregate amount of the deductions of income so allowed in respect of the previous year or years
preceding such previous year, shall be deemed to be the income of the assessee of such previous
year and shall be liable to tax in the assessment year relevant to such previous year.
If any equity shares or debentures, with reference to the cost of which a deduction is allowed, are sold or
otherwise transferred by the assessee to any person at any time within a period of three years from the date
of their acquisition, the aggregate amount of the deductions of income so allowed in respect of such equity
shares or debentures in the previous year or years preceding the previous year in which such sale or
transfer has taken place shall be deemed to be the income of the assessee of such previous year and shall
be liable to tax in the assessment year relevant to such previous year.
A person shall be treated as having acquired any shares or debentures on the date on which his name is
entered in relation to those shares or debentures in the register of members or of debentureholders, as the
case may be, of the public company.
5. If any amount, including interest accrued thereon, is withdrawn by the assessee from his deposit account
made under (a) Senior Citizen Saving Scheme or (b) Post Office Time Deposit Rules, before the expiry of
the period of five years from the date of its deposit, the amount so withdrawn shall be deemed to be the
income of the assessee of the previous year in which the amount is withdrawn and shall be liable to tax in
the assessment year relevant to such previous year.
The amount liable to tax shall not include the following amounts, namely:—
(i) any amount of interest, relating to deposits referred to above, which has been included in the total
income of the assessee of the previous year or years preceding such previous year; and
(ii) any amount received by the nominee or legal heir of the assessee, on the death of such assessee,
other than interest, if any, accrued thereon, which was not included in the total income of the
assessee for the previous year or years preceding such previous year.
SectionNature of deductionWho can claim
(1)(2)(3)
80CCC13Contributions to certain pension funds of LIC or any other
insurer (up to Rs. 1,50,000) (subject to certain conditions)14
Individual
1480CCDContribution to pension scheme notified by Central
Government up to 10% of salary (subject to certain conditions
and limits)15
Contribution made by employer shall also be allowed as
deduction under section 80CCD(2) while computing total
income of the employee. However, amount of deduction could
not exceed 10% of salary of the employee
Individual
80CCFAmount up to Rs. 20,000, paid or deposited, during the
previous years relevant to assessment year 201112 or 201213,
as subscription to notified longterm infrastructure bonds
Individual/HUF
80CCG50 per cent of amount invested by specified resident individuals
in notified equity savings scheme16(subject to certain
conditions and limits) (maximum deduction : Rs. 25,000)
Specified resident individuals
(new retail investors)
80DAmount paid (in any mode other than cash) by an individual orIndividual/HUF
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HUF to LIC or other insurer to effect or keep in force an
insurance on the health of specified person. An individual can
also make payment to the Central Government health scheme
and/or on account of preventive health checkup (subject to
limit)
■ specified person means:
In case of Individual self, spouse, dependent
children or parents
In case of HUF Any member thereof
■ Deduction for preventive health checkup shall not exceed
in aggregate Rs. 5,000.
■ Payment on account of preventive health checkup may
be made in cash.
80DDDeduction of Rs. 75,000 (Rs. 1,25,000 in case of severe
disability) to a resident individual/HUF where (a) any
expenditure has been incurred for the medical treatment
(including nursing), training and rehabilitation of a dependant,
being a person with disability [as defined under Persons with
Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full
Participation) Act, 1995] (w.e.f. assessment year 200506
including autism, cerebral palsy and multiple disability as
referred to in National Trust for Welfare of Persons with
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation & Multiple
Disabilities Act, 1999), or (b) any amount is paid or deposited
under an approved scheme framed in this behalf by the LIC or
any other insurer or the Administrator or the specified company
for the maintenance of a dependent, being a person with
disability (subject to certain conditions)
Resident Individual/HUF
80DDBExpenses actually paid for medical treatment of specified
diseases and ailments subject to certain conditions18
Resident Individual/HUF
80EAmount paid out of income chargeable to tax by way of
payment of interest on loan taken from financial
institution/approved charitable institution for pursuing higher
education19 (subject to certain conditions) (maximum period : 8
years)
Individual
80EEInterest payable on loan taken by an individual from any
financial institution for the purpose of acquisition of a
residential house property subject to certain condition.
(Maximum deduction 50,000)
Individual
80GDonations to certain approved funds, trusts, charitable
institutions/donations for renovation or repairs of notified
temples, etc. [amount of deduction is 50 per cent of net
qualifying amount]. 100 per cent of qualifying donations to
National Defence Fund, Prime Minister's National Relief Fund,
Prime Minister's Armenia Earthquake Relief Fund, Africa
(Public Contributions India) Fund, National Children's Fund
(from 142014), Government or approved association for
promoting family planning, universities and approved
educational institutions of national eminence, National
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Foundation for Communal Harmony, Chief Minister's
Earthquake Relief Fund (Maharashtra), Zila Saksharta Samitis,
National or State Blood Transfusion Council, Fund set up by
State Government to provide medical relief to the poor, Army
Central Welfare Fund, Indian Naval Benevolent Fund and Air
Force Central Welfare Fund, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's
Cyclone Relief Fund, National Illness Assistance Fund, Chief
Minister's Relief Fund or the Lt. Governor's Relief Fund in
respect of any State or Union Territory, National Sports Fund,
National Cultural Fund, Fund for Technology Development and
Application, Indian Olympic Association, etc.20, fund set up by
State Government of Gujarat exclusively for providing relief to
victims of earthquake in Gujarat, National Trust for Welfare of
Persons with Autism, Cerebral palsy, Mental retardation and
Multiple Disabilities, and sums paid between 2612001 and
3092001 to any eligible trust, institution or fund for providing
relief to Gujarat earthquake victims21, the Swachh Bharat Kosh
and the Clean Ganga Fund (from assessment year 201516) and
National Fund for Control of Drug Abuse (from assessment
year 201617) [subject to certain conditions and limits]22
80GGRent paid in excess of 10% of total income for
furnished/unfurnished residential accommodation (subject to
maximum of Rs. 5,000 p.m. or 25% of total income, whichever
is less) (subject to certain conditions)
Individuals not receiving any
house rent allowance
80GGA23Certain donations for scientific, social or statistical research or
rural development programme or for carrying out an eligible
project or scheme or National Urban Poverty Eradication Fund
(subject to certain conditions)
All assessees not having any
income chargeable under the
head 'Profits and gains of
business or profession'
80GGBSum contributed to any political party/electoral trust24Indian company
80GGCSum contributed to any political party/electoral trust24All assessees, other than local
authority and artificial juridical
person wholly or partly funded
by Government
For certain incomes
80IAProfits and gains from industrial undertakings engaged in
infrastructure facility, telecommunication services, industrial
park, development of Special Economic Zone, power
undertakings, etc. (subject to certain conditions and limits)25
All assessees
No deduction under this section shall be available to an
enterprise which starts the development or operation and
maintenance of the infrastructure facility on or after the 1st day
of April, 2017.
80IABProfits and gains derived by undertaking/enterprise from
business of developing a Special Economic Zone notified on or
after 142005 (subject to certain conditions and limits)
Assessee being Developer of
SEZ
No deduction under this section shall be available to an
assessee, being a developer, where the development of Special
Economic Zone begins on or after the 1st day of April, 2017.
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80IACProfit and gains derived by an eligible startup from specified
business on or after 142017(subject to certain conditions)
Company and LLP
80IBProfits and gains from industrial undertakings, cold storage
plant, hotel, scientific research & development, mineral oil
concern, housing projects, cold chain facility, multiplex
theatres, convention centres, ships, etc. (subject to certain
conditions and limits)
All assessees
No deduction shall be available
to an enterprise which
commence the business activity
on or after 142017.
80ICProfits and gains derived by an undertaking or an enterprise in
special category States (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal,
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,
Nagaland and Tripura) (subject to certain limits, time limits and
conditions),
(a) which has begun or begins to manufacture or produce any
article or thing, not being any article or thing specified in
the Thirteenth Schedule, or which manufactures or
produces any article or thing, not being any article or
thing specified in the Thirteenth Schedule and undertakes
substantial expansion during the specified period.
(b) which has begun or begins to manufacture or produce any
article or thing specified in the Fourteenth Schedule or
commences any operation specified in that Schedule, or
which manufactures or produces any article or thing,
specified in the Fourteenth Schedule or commences any
operation specified in that Schedule and undertakes
substantial expansion during the specified period
All assessees
80IDProfits and gains from business of hotels and convention
centres in specified areas (subject to certain conditions).
All assessees
80IEDeduction in respect of certain undertakings in North Eastern
States.
All assessees
80JJAEntire income from business of collecting and processing or
treating of biodegradable waste for generating power, or
producing biofertilizers, biopesticides or other biological
agents or for producing biogas, making pellets or briquettes for
fuel or organic manure (for 5 consecutive assessment years)
All assessees
80JJAADeduction of 30% of additional employee cost in respect of
employment of new employees.
Assessee to whom section
44AB applies
Additional employee cost means total emoluments paid or
payable to additional employees employed during the previous
year.
Deduction shall be allowed for first three Assessment Years
including the Assessment Year relevant to previous year in
which such employment is provided.
(Subject to certain other condition)
80LACertain incomes of Scheduled banks/banks incorporated outside
India having Offshore Banking Units in a Special Economic
Zone/Units of International Financial Services Centre (subject
to certain conditions and limits)
Scheduled Banks/banks
incorporated outside
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80PSpecified incomes [subject to varying limits specified in sub
section (2)]
Cooperative societies
80QQBRoyalty income of author of certain specified category of books
(up to Rs. 3,00,000) (subject to certain conditions)
Resident Individual Author
80RRBRoyalty on patents up to Rs. 3,00,000 in the case of a resident
individual who is a patentee and is in receipt of income by way
of royalty in respect of a patent registered on or after 142003
(subject to certain conditions).
Resident individuals
80TTA Interest on deposits in savings bank accounts (up to Rs. 10,000
per year)
Individuals/HUFs
80UDeduction of Rs. 75,000 to a resident individual who, at any
time during the previous year, is certified by the medical
authority to be a person with disability [as defined under
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995] [w.e.f. assessment
year 200506 including autism, cerebral palsy, and multiple
disabilities as defined under National Trust for Welfare of
Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation &
Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999] [in the case of a person with
severe disability, allowable deduction is Rs. 1,25,000] (subject
to certain conditions).
Resident individuals
Rebates
87ATax rebate in case of individual resident in India, whose total
income does not exceed five hundred thousand rupees; quantum
of rebate shall be an amount equal to hundred per cent of such
incometax or an amount of five thousand rupees, whichever is
less.
Individual
1. Provisions of section 32 shall apply whether or not the assessee has claimed depreciation.
2. If sum is borrowed for acquiring a capital asset, interest thereon pertaining to the period before asset is first
put to use shall not be allowed as deduction.
3. W.e.f. assessment year 201617, baddebts shall be allowed as deduction even if they are not writtenoff
from books of accounts. Such deduction shall be allowed if amount of debt or part thereof has been taken
into account in computing income on the basis of Income Computation and Disclosure Standards notified
under section 145(2) without recording the same in the accounts.
4. With effect from assessment year 201819 business of developing or maintaining and operating or
developing, maintaining and operating a new infrastructure facility, has been included.
♦ Section 35AD was amended by Finance (No. 2) Act, 2014 with effect from assessment year 2015
16 :
With a view to ensure that the capital asset on which investment linked deduction has been claimed
is used for the purposes of the specified business, subsection (7A) has been inserted in section
35AD to provide that any asset in respect of which a deduction is claimed and allowed under
section 35AD, shall be used only for the specified business for a period of 8 years beginning with
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the previous year in which such asset is acquired or constructed. Moreover, if such asset is used for
any purpose other than the specified business, the total amount of deduction so claimed and
allowed in any previous year in respect of such asset (as reduced by the amount of depreciation
allowable in accordance with the provisions of section 32 as if no deduction had been allowed
under section 35AD), shall be deemed to be income of the assessee chargeable under the head
"Profits and gains of business or profession" of the previous year in which the asset is so used.
However, this provision will not apply to a company which has become a sick industrial company
under section 17(1) of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act within the time
period of 8 years as stated above.
♦ Where any deduction under section 35AD has been availed of by the assessee on account of capital
expenditure incurred for the purposes of specified business in any assessment year, no deduction
under section 10AA shall be available to the assessee in the same or any other assessment year in
respect of such specified business.
5. With effect from assessment year 201516 a new Explanation 2 has been inserted in section 37(1) to clarify
that expenditure incurred by the assessee on Corporate Social Responsibility activities in accordance with
section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 will not be considered as expenditure incurred by the assessee for
the purposes of the business or profession.
6. Following chart explains amendments made in section 40(a)(i) with effect from the assessment year 2015
16 :
TDS default pertaining to any
sum (other than salary)
payable outside India or
payable to a nonresident
which is taxable in the hands
of recipient in India
Law applicable up to
the assessment year
201415
Law applicable from the assessment year 2015
16
1. Tax is deductible but it is not
deducted
Expenditure is not
deductible. If,
however, TDS is
deposited in a
subsequent year, it
will be deducted in
that year
No amendment. The law which is applicable for
the assessment year 201415 will apply for
assessment year 201516 onwards
2. Tax is deductible (and it is
so deducted during April 1 and
February 28/29 of the financial
year) but it is not deposited up
to March 31 of the financial
year
Expenditure is not
deductible. If,
however, TDS is
deposited in a
subsequent year, it
will be deducted in
that year
Disallowance provisions will not be applicable if
TDS is deposited up to the due date of
submission of return of income under section
139(1). If TDS is deposited after this date,
expenditure will be deductible in the year in
which TDS is deposited.
3. Tax is deductible (and it is
so deducted during the month
of March) but it is not
deposited up to April 30 falling
immediately after the end of
the financial year
Expenditure is not
deductible. If,
however, TDS is
deposited in a
subsequent year, it
will be deducted in
that year
Disallowance provisions will not be applicable if
TDS is deposited up to the due date of
submission of return of income under section
139(1). If TDS is deposited after this date,
expenditure will be deductible in the year in
which TDS is deposited.
7. Following amendments have been made in section 40(a)(ia) with effect from the assessment year 201516
:
• Coverage of disallowance extended Before amendment, disallowance provisions of section 40(a)
(ia), covered TDS default under sections 193, 194A, 194C, 194D, 194H, 194I and 194J. After
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amendment, disallowance under section 40(a)(ia), will cover any amount payable to a resident
which is subject to TDS.
• Only 30 per cent expenditure to be disallowed In case of TDS default, 30 per cent of expenditure
(not 100 per cent) will be disallowed.
8. One residential house in India with effect from assessment year 201516.
9. With effect from assessment year 201516 limit of Rs. 50 lakhs applies to total amount invested during
financial year in which original asset is transferred and in subsequent financial year.
10. One residential house in India with effect from assessment year 201516.
11. See Bank Term Deposits Scheme, 2006.
12. with effect from assessment year 201516.
13. Where deduction is claimed under this section, deduction in relation to same amount cannot be claimed
under section 80C.
14. Section 80CCE provides that the aggregate amount of deductions under section 80C, section 80CCC and
section 80CCD shall not, in any case, exceed Rs. 1,50,000
With effect from assessment year 201516, amended subsection (1) has clarified that a nongovernment
employee can claim deduction under section 80CCD even if his date of joining is prior to January 1, 2004.
15. With effect from the assessment year 201213 section 80CCE is amended so as to provide that
contribution made by the Central Government or any other employer to a pension scheme under sub
section (2) of section 80CCD shall not be included in the limit of deduction of Rs. 1,50,000 provided
under section 80CCE.
With effect from assessment year 201617, subsection (1A) of Section 80CCD which laid down
maximum deduction limit of Rs. 1,00,000 (under subsection (1)) has been deleted.
Further, a new subsection (1B) is inserted to provide for additional deduction to the extent of Rs. 50,000.
The additional deduction is not subject to ceiling limit of Rs. 1,50,000 as provided under Section 80CCE.
However, it is to be noted that addition deduction of Rs. 50,000 shall not be allowed in respect of
contribution which is considered for deduction under Section 80CCD(1), i.e., within limit of 10% of
salary/gross total income
Any payment from NPS to an employee because of closure or his opting out of the pension scheme is
chargeable to tax. However, with effect from the assessment year 201718, the whole amount received by
the nominee from NPS on death of the assessee shall be exempt from tax.
16. Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme, 2012/2013.
With effect from assessment year 201415 (a) investment in listed units of an equity oriented fund is also
permitted; (b) deduction shall be allowed for three consecutive assessment years, beginning with the
assessment year relevant to previous year in which the listed equity shares or listed units of equity oriented
fund were first acquired and (c) gross total income of the assessee for relevant assessment year shall not
exceed twelve lakh rupees.
17. Section 80D is amended by the Finance Act, 2015. From assessment year 201617 onwards the deduction
under Section 80D will be available as per the limit specified below:
IndividualHUF
For self, spouse and dependent children : Rs.
25,000 (Rs. 30,000 if person insured is a senior
citizen* or very senior citizen**);
Premium up to Rs. 25,000 (Rs. 30,000 if member
insured is a senior citizen or very senior citizen) paid
to insure any member of the family.
For parents of the assessee : (Additional) Rs.
25,000 (Rs. 30,000 if person insured is a senior
citizen or very senior citizen)
NA
Medical expenditure if no amount is paid in
respect of health insuranceRs.30,000 (only in
case of very senior citizen)
Medical expenditure if no amount is paid in respect of
health insuranceRs.30,000 (only in case of very
senior citizen)
7/31/2016Deductions allowable to tax payer
http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/Charts%20%20Tables/Deductions.htm22/22
Aggregate amount of deduction cannot exceed
Rs.60,000 in any case
Aggregate amount of deduction cannot exceed
Rs.30,000 in any case.
*‘Senior citizen’ means an individual resident in India who is of the age of sixty years or more at any time
during the relevant previous year.
**‘Very senior citizen’ means an individual resident in India who is of the age of eighty years or more at
any time during the relevant previous year.
18. Maximum deduction is Rs. 40,000 (Rs. 60,000 where expenditure is incurred for a senior citizen and Rs.
80,000 in case of very senior citizen[w.e.f assessment year 201617])
With effect from assessment year 201617, the taxpayer shall be required to obtain a prescription from a
specialist doctor (not necessarily from a doctor working in a Government hospital) for availing this
deduction.
19. Scope of 'higher education' is enlarged with effect from assessment year 201011 to cover any course of
study pursued after passing the Senior Secondary Examination or its equivalent from any school, Board or
university recognised by the Central Government or State Government or local authority or by any other
authority authorized by the Central Government or State Government or local authority to do so.
With effect from 142010 the scope of expression 'relative' has also been enlarged to cover the student for
whom the taxpayer is the legal guardian.
20. Donation of any sums paid by the assessee, being a company, in the previous year as donations to the
Indian Olympic Association or to any other association or institution established in India, as the Central
Government may, having regard to the prescribed guidelines, by notification in the Official Gazette,
specify in this behalf for—
(i) the development of infrastructure for sports and games; or
(ii) the sponsorship of sports and games,
in India;
is eligible for the purpose of deduction under section 80G [this is in consequence of omission of section
10(23)].
21. Donation made to an authority constituted in India by or under any law enacted either for the purpose of
dealing with and satisfying the need for housing accommodation or for the purpose of planning,
development or improvement of cities, towns and villages, or for both is also eligible for the purpose of
deduction under section 80G from the assessment year 200304 [this is in consequence of omission of
section 10(20A)].
22. With effect from 142013 no deduction shall be allowed in respect of donation of any sum exceeding ten
thousand rupees unless such sum is paid by any mode other than cash.
23. With effect from 142013 no deduction shall be allowed under this section in respect of any sum
exceeding ten thousand rupees unless such sum is paid by any mode other than cash.
24. With effect from 142014 deduction will not be allowed if sum is contributed in cash.
25. Time limits stated under section 80IA(4)(iv) have been extended from 3132014 to 3132017.
26. 100% deduction shall be allowed from the AY beginning on or after the 1st day of April, 2021.
[As amended by Finance Act, 2016]