Thanks, Prof. Folks, your expert comments, please. I am getting a Travelling Allowance larger than Rs 1.6 k and wish to know if higher exemption is available to all of us under the IT Act. If yes, can somebody give me the relevant clause number or artefact itself ?
Thanks in advance... RS + 98 472 76 126 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of manohar vaswani Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Income Tax on Transport Allowance. dear mr. sudhir TR A is not a part of income so it is exempted from tax. I am a state govt employee so have no circular in english or in hindi it may be available in marathi. I think the exemption is admisible for all employees irrespective of employer. you may find the circular on website of income tax department. thanks and regards manohar vaswani On 1/13/11, Sudhir R (NeSTIT) <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Prof Vaswani, > > Your feedback is interesting and timely. > > Can you please educate me on how to claim this higher exemption from > the employer ? Do you have any circulars pertaining to this ? And, more > importantly, is this exemption only for PWDs working in the Government > sector ? > > Appreciate if you could throw some light on this quickly as my Payroll > team has just announced the last date for submitting all IT-related > documents. > > Thanks and rgds > > RS > + 98 472 76 126 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of manohar > vaswani > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AI] Income Tax on Transport Allowance. > > dear mr. biswas > the income tax exemption on TRA. is not restricted to orthopedic > handicapped persons. > I am totally blind and receive 1600 tr A and the full amount is exempted > > thanks and regards > manohar vaswani, assistant professor > department of english, shivaji university, kolhapur > > On 1/12/11, Amiyo Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> My colleague showed me Swamy's handbook where it is specified that > Transport >> Allowance up to Rs.800 per month will be exempted from income tax for > all >> employees whereas it will be double, i.e. Rs.1,600 for orthopaedically >> handicapped employees. Since it's a huge book, I could not make a > xerox >> copy. I could neither find the same order on the internet. I believe, > the >> order should not restrict the facility to orthopaedically handicapped >> persons only. Any idea? >> >> Best regards, >> Amiyo Biswas >> Cell: 91-9433464329 >> > > >
