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Section 16

Deductions from salaries.

Section

Section Number

16

Chapter

CHAPTER IV - COMPUTATION OF TOTAL INCOME

Act

Income-tax Act, 1961

Year

2026

Deductions from salaries.

Deductions from salaries.

16. The income chargeable under the head "Salaries" shall be computed after making the following deductions, namely :—

(i)  [***]
(ia)   a deduction of fifty thousand rupees or the amount of the salary, whichever is less:
 52[Providedthat in a case where income-tax is computed under clause (ii) 53[or clause (iii)] of sub-section (1A) of section 115BAC, the provisions of this clause shall have effect as if for the words "fifty thousand rupees", the words "seventy-five thousand rupees" had been substituted;]
(ii)   a deduction in respect of any allowance in the nature of an entertainment allowance specifically granted by an employer to the assessee who is in receipt of a salary from the Government, a sum equal to one-fifth of his salary (exclusive of any allowance, benefit or other perquisite) or five thousand rupees, whichever is less;
(iii)  a deduction of any sum paid by the assessee on account of a tax on employment within the meaning of clause (2) of article 276 of the Constitution, leviable by or under any law.
(iv)  [***]
(v)  [***]

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