Set on and set off of allocable surplus.
(1) Where for any accounting year, the allocable surplus exceeds the amount of maximum bonus payable to theemployees in the establishment under section 11, then, the excess shall, subject to a limit of twenty per cent. of thetotal salary or wage of the employees employed in the establishment in that accounting year, be carried forward for beingset on in the succeeding accounting year and so on up to and inclusive of the fourth accounting year to be utilized for thepurpose of payment of bonus in the manner illustrated in the Fourth Schedule.
THE FOURTH SCHEDULE
(See section 15 and 16)
In the Schedule, the total amount of bonus equal to 8.33 per cent of the annual salary or wage payable to all theemployees is assumed to be Rs. 1,04,167. Accordingly, the maximum bonus to which all the employees are entitled tothe paid (twenty per cent of the annual salary or wage of all the employees) would be Rs. 2,50,000.
Year |
Amount equalto sixty percent, or sixty seven per cent, as the case may be, oravailablesurplus allocable as bonus |
Amountpayable asbonus |
Set on or set off of theyear carriedforward |
Total set on or set off Carried forward |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
|
Rs. |
Rs. |
Rs. |
Rs. of (year) |
1. |
1,04,167 |
1,04,167** |
Nil |
Nil |
2. |
6.35,000 |
2,50,000* |
Set on2,50,000* |
Set on 2,50,000* (2) |
3. |
2,20,000 |
2,50,000* (inclusive of 30,000from year–2) |
Nil |
Set on (2) 2,20,000 |
4. |
3,75,000 |
2,50,000* |
Set on 1,25,000* |
Set on 2,20,000 (2) 1,25,000 (4) |
5. |
1,40,000 |
2,50,000* (inclusive of 1,10,000from year-2) |
Nil |
Set on (2) 1,10,000 1,25,000 (4) |
6. |
3,10,000 |
2,50,000* |
Set on 60,000 |
Set on Nil+ (2) 1,25,000 (4) 60,000 (6) |
7. |
1,00,000 |
2,50,000* (inclusive of 1,25,000from year–4and 25,000 from year-6) |
Nil |
Set on 35,000 (6) |
8. |
Nil (due to loss) |
1,04,167** (inclusive of35,000 from year-6) |
Set off 69,167 |
Set off 69,167 (8) |
9. |
10,000 |
1,04,167** |
Set off 94,167 |
Set off 69,167(8) 94,167 (9) |
10. |
2,15,000 |
1,04,167** (after settingof 69,167 fromyear-8 and41,666 from year-9) |
Nil |
Set off 52,501 (9) |
Notes— * Maximum, + The balance of Rs. 1,10,000 set on from year-2 lapses, ** Minimum
(2) Where for any accounting year, there is no available surplus or the allocable surplus in respect of that year fallsshort of the amount of minimum bonus payable to the employees in the establishment under section 10, and there isno amount of sufficient amount carried forward and set on under sub-section (1) which could be utilized for the purposeof payment of the minimum bonus, then, such minimum amount or the deficiency, as the case may be, shall be carriedforward for being set off in the succeeding accounting year and so on up to and inclusive of the fourth accounting year inthe manner illustrated in the Fourth Schedule.
(3) The principle of set on and set off as illustrated in the Fourth Schedule shall apply to all other cases not covered bysub-section (1) or sub-section (2) for the purpose of payment of bonus under this Act.
(4) Where in any accounting year any amount has been carried forward and set on or set off under this section, then, incalculating bonus for the succeeding accounting year, the amount of set on or set off carried forward from the earliestaccounting year shall first be taken into account.
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1. What is Allocable Surplus as per the Payment of Bonus Act (1965)? |
2. How is the Allocable Surplus calculated under the Payment of Bonus Act (1965)? |
3. What is meant by "Set on" of Allocable Surplus under the Payment of Bonus Act (1965)? |
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5. What are the consequences of non-compliance with the Allocable Surplus provisions of the Payment of Bonus Act (1965)? |
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