Section 10(14) & Rule 2BB. Special Allowance
Types of allowances |
Amount of Exemption |
Part 1 allowance |
Amount of expenditure incurred either for official purpose or for specified purpose. |
Part 2 allowance |
Amount specified in Income Tax Rules. Expenditure is ignored. |
Part 1 Allowances
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Name of allowances |
Nature of allowance |
Amount of Exemption |
1. |
Transfer Allowance. |
Granted by employer for shifting from one city to another city. |
Expenditure incurred on transfer. (Movers & Packers) |
2. |
Helper Allowance. |
To help in official duties. |
Salary given to helper. |
3. |
Academic Allowance. |
Granted to employees for higher studies. |
Fees given to the institutes. |
4. |
Research & Development Allowance (R & D). |
For official research. |
Expenditure incurred on research. |
5. |
Daily Allowance. |
Where employee is sent for official work outside the city limits where he incurs expenditure for living, food, etc. |
Expenditure incurred in Hotels, Food and Tour. |
6. |
Uniform Allowance. |
Given generally to police, nurses, pilots factory workers. |
Expenditure incurred on uniform. |
7. |
Conveyance Allowance. |
Touring within city limits. |
Expenditure incurred on car, |
8. |
Travelling Allowance. |
Travelling outsidecitylimits. |
train, bus, metro for performing official duties. |
Part 2 Allowances
1. |
Transport Allowance |
It is given to commute between residence to office and back. |
Normal |
blind / Dumb and Deaf / orthopaedic handicapped with lower extremities |
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upto t 1,600 p.m. is exempt. |
upto t 3,200 p.m. is exempt. |
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2. |
Children Education allowance. |
Given for child’s education. |
Monthly exemption |
Lumpsum Exemption |
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uptot100 p.m. per child maximum 2 child is exempt. |
1 child |
2 child |
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t 1,200 is exempt. |
t 2,400 is exempt. |
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3. |
Hostel allowance. |
Given for living in a hostel. |
monthly exemption |
Lumpsum Exemption |
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upto t 300 p.m. per child maximum 2 child is exempt. |
1 child |
2 child |
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t 3,600 is exempt |
t 7,200 is exempt |
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4. |
Outstation Allowances. (It is a similar to daily allowance). |
It is an allowance paid to employee working in a transport system to meet his personal expenditure during the course of his duty. |
70% of allowance or |
t 10,000 p.m. |
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whichever is lower is exempt. |
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Note : Double benefit of daily allowance & outstation allowance is not available. |
5. |
Other Notified Allowances (Need not be memorised). |
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a. |
Tribal area allowance. |
upto ? 200 p.m. is exempt. |
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b. |
Underground allowance. |
upto ? 800 p.m. is exempt. |
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c. |
Compensatory modified field area allowance. |
upto ? 1,000 p.m. is exempt. |
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d. |
Composite field area allowance. |
upto ? 2,600 p.m. is exempt. |
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e. |
Compensatory field area allowance. |
upto ? 2,600 p.m. is exempt. |
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f. |
Island Duty allowance. |
upto ? 3,250 p.m. is exempt. |
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g. |
Counter insurgency allowance. |
upto ? 3,900 p.m. is exempt. |
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h. |
Special Compensatory highly active field area allowance. |
upto ? 4,200 p.m. is exempt. |
P1 : Compute Income from Salary : Basic Salary 3,000 p.m. High Cost of living allowance 800 p.m. Entertainment Allowance 300 p.m. (30% is used for official purpose) Uniform Allowance 3,000 p.m. (40% is spent towards personal purpose) Transport Allowance 1,800 p.m. Children Education Allowance for 3 children 120 p.m./each.
Hostel Allowance for 4 children 140 p.m. / each
Ans: 71,280 [36,000+9,600+3,600+14,400+2,400+1,920+3,360=71,280]
Solution
Computation of Income from salary |
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Basic Salary (3,000 x 12) |
36,000 |
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High Cost of living allowance (800 x 12) |
9,600 |
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Entertainment Allowance (300 x 12) (ignore the expenses) |
3,600 |
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Uniform Allowance Less: exempt 60% |
3,000 (1.800) |
1,200 x 12 |
14,400 |
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Transport Allowance Less: exempt |
1,800 (1,600) |
200 x 12 |
2,400 |
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Children Education Allowance Less : exempt |
120 100 20 |
120 100 20 |
120 Nil 120 |
160 x 12 |
1,920 |
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Hostel Allowance Less : exempt |
140 140 nil |
140 140 nil |
140 nil 140 |
140 nil 140 |
280 x 12 |
3,360 |
Income from salaries |
71,280 |
P2: Compute Income from Salary : Basic Salary 5,000 p.m. High Cost of living allowance 9,280 p.a. Entertainment Allowance 550 p.m. (30% is used for official purpose) Uniform Allowance 700 p.m. (40% is spent towards personal purpose) Transport Allowance 600 p.m. Children Education Allowance for 3 children 5,000. Hostel Allowance for 4 children 320 p.m./each.
Ans: 90,000. [60,000+9,280+6,600+3,360+0+2,600+8,160=90,000]
P3: Explain tax treatment following allowances
1. Mr. X is a Govt. employee and he receives entertainment allowance of ₹ 5,000 for the entertainment of clients of the Govt. He spend ₹ 3,000 p.m. for the entertainment of the clients of the Govt.
2. Entertainment Allowance 300 p.m. (30% is used for official purpose)
3. Transport Allowance 1,800 p.m. Expenditure incurred in commuting ₹ 1,200 p.m.
4. Transport Allowance 2,000 p.m. Expenditure incurred in travelling from residence to office & back ₹ 300 p.m.
5. Transport Allowance 400 p.m. No expenditure is incurred.
6. Children Education Allowance for 3 children 120 p.m./each.
7. Children Education Allowance for 3 children 90 p.m./child
8. Special allowance to meet the cost of education and staying ₹ 500 p.m. for a child.
9. Hostel allowance for 3 child ₹ 400 p.m. per child for 4 months.
10. Children Education Allowance for 3 children ₹ 6,000. Actual school fees 3,000.
11. Hostel Allowance for a child ₹ 8,000. Actual hostel fees ₹ 9,000.
12. Children education allowance for his grand child ₹ 4,000. Actual school fees 300.
13. Research and development allowance ₹ 4,000. ₹ 1,000 is spend wholly towards official purpose.
14. Meal Allowance ₹ 700. Expenditure on meal is ₹ 1,000.
15. Helper Allowance ₹ 1,500. ₹ 900 is spent wholly towards official purpose.
16. Conveyance Allowance 500 p.m. Whole of allowance is saved.
17. Mr. Abhay Jain, is a pilot in Jet Airways, He get a Flight Allowance of ₹ 10,000 p.m.
18. Mr. X is working in Delhi Transport Corporation. He gets a driver allowance of ₹ 6,000 p.m.
19. X is employed as a guard in railways. He is getting guard allowance of ₹ 24,000 p.a. He is not in receipt of daily allowance.
20. Hostel Allowance for 2 children 250 p.m./child. (actual expenditure incurred is ₹ 150 p.m./child).
21. Hostel Allowance for 4 children 320 p.m./each.
22. High cost of living allowance @ 50,000.
23. Tribal area allowance in Madhya Pradesh ₹ 300 p.m.
24. Daily allowance ₹ 6,000.
25. Medical allowance ₹ 800 p.m.
26. X is employed as a caretaker in a transport company at Chennai. he gets transport duty allowance ₹ 3,600
p.m.
27. Bonus disputed in court.
28. Clothing Allowance.
29. He has received fixed allowance of ₹ 2,500 p.m. for medical treatment for the entire family; had incurred an expenditure of ₹ 12,500 actually.
30. Children education allowance • First child ₹ 70 p.m. • Second child ₹ 90 p.m. • Third child ₹ 4,800
31. Overseas allowance, Physically fit allowance.
32. Medical allowance 2,000 p.m. received by an employee, the entire amount of which has been spent by him
for medical treatment.
33. Hostel allowance for 3 children ₹ 3,500 each.
Ans: (1) Fully taxable ₹ 5,000. (2) Fully taxable ₹ 3,600 (3) 2,400 taxable (4) 4,800 taxable (5) ₹ 4,800 exempt
(6) 1,920 taxable (7) 1,080 is taxable (8) 1,200 taxable (9) 2,400 is taxable (10) 3,600 is taxable (11) ₹ 4,400 is
taxable (12) ₹ 4,000 is taxable (13) ₹ 3,000 is taxable (14) ₹ 700 is taxable (15) ₹ 600 is taxable (16) ₹ 6,000
taxable (17) ₹ 36,000 taxable (18) ₹ 21,600 taxable (19) 7,200 is taxable (20) fully exempt (21) 8,160 is taxable
(22) fully taxable (23) ₹ 1,200 taxable (24) fully exempt (25) fully taxable (26) 12,960 is taxable (27) not taxable
(28) exempt assuming that to be uniform allowance (29) fully taxable (30) 4,440 (31) Fully taxable. (32) Fully
taxable. 24,000. (33) 3,500
P4: Mr. Taxcrazy posted at Hyderabad draws the following emoluments from Ishallworkhard unlimited.
Basic Salary ₹ 6,000 p.m. Bonus ₹ 2,000 p.m. Commission ₹ 8,000 p.a. CCA ₹1,000 p.m. Telephone allowance
₹ 200 p.m. Medical Allowance ₹ 300 p.m. Entertainment allowance ₹ 4,800 (₹ 6,000 spend on entertainment of
clients of companies). Academic allowance ₹ 16,000 (₹ 9,000 spend on his education). Conveyance allowance ₹ 6,000 (₹ 7,000 is spend on conveyance for official purpose). Travelling allowance ₹ 18,000 (₹ 17,000 is spend on conveyance for official purpose). Transport allowance ₹ 3,300 p.m. (Expenses incurred on commuting between residence to office and back ₹ 2,500 p.m.) Children education allowance for 4 child ₹ 160 p.m. per child. Hostel allowance for 3 child ₹ 280 per month per child (expenditure incurred on child education and their hostel ₹ 1,100 per month per child). Compute income from salaries.
Ans: 1,63,840 [72,000+24,000+8,000+12,000+2,400+3,600+4,800+7,000+0+1,000+20,400+5,280+3,360=
1,63,840]
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