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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

2021

Deductions from salaries

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 64[fifty thousand] rupees or the amount of the salary, whichever is less;

 (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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