Reference is invited to Circular No. 4/2020 dated 16.01.2020 whereby the rates of deduction of income tax from the payment under the head "salaries" under Section 192 of the Income-tax Act,1961 (hereinafter 'the Act'), during the financial year 2019-20, were implied. The current Circular contains the paces of derivation of annual expense from the payment chargeable under the head "Compensations" during the financial year 2020-21 and clarify certain connected arrangement of the Act and Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter the Rules).
As per the Finance Act, 2020, income-tax is required to be deducted under Section 192 of the Act from income chargeable under the head “Salaries” for the financial year 2020-21 (i.e, Assessment Year 2021-22)- at the Following tales:
Sr. no. | Total Income | Rate of tax |
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1. | Where the Total income does not Exceed Rs. 2,50,000/- | Nil |
2. | Where the total income exceeds Rs. 2,50,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/- | 5 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 2,50,000/- |
3. | Where the total Income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs, 10,00,000/- | Rs. 12,500/- plus 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- |
4. | Where the total income exceeds Rs.10,00,000/- | Rs. 1,12,500/- plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceed Rs. 10,00,000/- |
Sr. no. | Total Income | Rate of tax |
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1. | Where the Total income does not Exceed Rs. 3,00,000/- | Nil |
2. | Where the total income exceeds Rs. 3,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/- | 5 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 3,00,000/- |
3. | Where the total Income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs, 10,00,000/- | Rs. 10,000/- plus 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- |
4. | Where the total income exceeds Rs.10,00,000/- | Rs. 1,11,000/- plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceed Rs. 10,00,000/- |
Sr. no. | Total Income | Rate of tax |
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1. | Where the Total income does not Exceed Rs. 5,00,000/- | Nil |
2. | Where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/- | 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- |
3. | Where the total income exceeds Rs.10,00,000/- | Rs. 1,00,000/- plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceed Rs. 10,00,000/- |