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Tax Planning
• Tax Evasion
– Intent to defraud
– Illegal, uses unfair means
– “Unrelated to a professional practice”
– Intentional attempt to avoid payment of tax after liability has arisen
Assessment Year & Financial Year
Assessment Year & Financial Year
• It is the year in which you have earned the
income. Simply put, if you are filing a return
this year, the financial year will be 2015-16.
• To claim this rebate you have to first calculate your net tax
liability and then deduct Rs.2, 000 out of it to find out your
tax liability that needs to be paid to government.
What are Tax Slabs in FY 2017-18 ?
Tax Slabs
or
(2) His stay in India is for 730 days or more during 7 years
immediately preceding the relevant year.
Foreign Income
-If it is business income and business is
controlled wholly or partly from India Taxable in India Taxable in India Not Taxable in
India
- If it is income from profession which
is set up in India Taxable in India Taxable in India Not Taxable in
India
- If it is business income and business is Not Taxable in
controlled outside India Taxable in India India Not Taxable in
India
- If it is income from profession Not Taxable in
which is set up outside India Taxable in India India Not Taxable in
India
- Any other Foreign Income (like Not Taxable in
salary, rent, interest, etc.) Taxable in India India Not Taxable in
India
What is Income ?
Definition of Income
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Examples of Exempt Income
• Agricultural income
• Receipts by a member from a HUF
• Gratuity received on retirement, termination or death
• Commuted Pension
• Exemption of amount received by way of encashment of
unutilized earned leave on retirement.
• Dividend Income
• Any allowance to the extent not taxable
• Amount received from insurance policies on maturity of LIC
policies (subject to conditions prescribed)
• Income from provident funds
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Examples of Exempt Income
• Voluntary Retirement Receipts to the Maximum limit of
Rs. 5,00,000 (subject to conditions)
• Payments from Superannuation Fund
• House Rent Allowance (subject to conditions)
• Educational Scholarships
• Exemption in respect of clubbed income of minor
• Long Term Capital Gains on Transfer of listed Equity
Shares and Units of Equity Oriented Mutual Funds
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Heads of Income
• Five main Heads of Income:
– Salaries
– Income from House Property
– Profits and Gains of Business or Profession
– Capital Gains
– Income from Other Sources
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Salaries (basis of charge)
Income is taxable under head “Salaries”, only if there exists
Employer - Employee Relationship between the payer and the
payee. The following incomes shall be chargeable to income-tax
under the head “Salaries”:-
1.Salary Due
2.Advance Salary [u/s 17(1)(v)]
3.Arrears of Salary
Note:
(i)Salary is chargeable on due basis or receipt basis, whichever is
earlier.
(ii)Advance salary and Arrears of salary are chargeable to tax on
receipt basis only.
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Income from house property
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Income from house property
Determination of Annual Value
Profession :
“Profession” may be defined as a vocation, or a job
requiring some thought, skill and special knowledge like that
of C.A., Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer, Architect etc. So profession
refers to those activities where the livelihood is earned by the
persons through their intellectual or manual skill.
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Capital gains
Capital Gain’s tax liability arises only when the
following conditions are satisfied:
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Income From Other Sources
(Residuary head of Income)
Income of every kind, which is not to be excluded from the
total income and not chargeable to tax under any other head,
shall be chargeable under the head “Income from Other
Sources”.
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Common Salary Heads
• Basic Salary
• Dearness Allowance
• HRA
• Conveyance Allowance
• Medical Allowance
• Entertainment Allowance
• Education Allowance
• Special Allowance
• LTA
HRA, Entertainment & Special Allowances
Allowances
Aug.31,2017 for which he does not pay any rent and thereafter in
• The loan must be taken from a financial institution and must have
been sanctioned between 01 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. Through
this section, an additional deduction of Rs 50,000 can be claimed on
home loan interest.
Section 80CCG
Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme (RGESS)
• It's not tax free. Bank will not deduct tax till it
reaches Rs. 10000. After that whole interest
amount will be subject to TDS.
• He was also in India for more than 730 days during the
preceding 7 years and he was also resident in India for
more than 2 years out of preceding 10 years. Therefore
his residential status is ROR