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Section 93

Deductions

Section

Section Number

93

Chapter

CHAPTER IV - COMPUTATION OF TOTAL INCOME

Act

Income-tax Act, 2025

Year

2026

Deductions

Deductions.

93. (1) The income chargeable under the head "Income from other sources" shall be computed after making the following deductions:—

10b[(a) for interest on securities, any reasonable sum paid as commission or remuneration to a banker or any other person for the purpose of realising such interest on behalf of the assessee;]
(b)  for income of the nature referred to in section 92(2)(c), so far as may be, an amount as per section 29(1)(e);
(c)  for income of the nature referred to in section 92(2)(f) and (g), so far as may be, an amount as per section 28(1)(a), (b), (d), section 33, and subject to the provisions of section 28(2);
(d)  for income in the nature of family pension (a regular monthly amount payable by the employer to a family member of an employee upon the death of such employee),—
(i)  an amount equal to one-third of such income or Rs. 25000, whichever is less, where income-tax is computed under section 202(1); and
(ii)  an amount equal to one-third of such income or Rs. 15000, whichever is less, in any other case;
(e)  any other expenditure (not being in the nature of capital expenditure) laid out or expended wholly and exclusively for making or earning such income;
(f)  for income of the nature referred to in section 92(2)(i), an amount equal to 50% of such income and no other deduction shall be allowed under this section;
(g)  for income in the nature of commutation of pension received from a fund as specified in Schedule VII (Table: Sl. No. 3), the entire amount;
(h)  for income in the nature of gratuity as referred in section 19(2)(g), received on the death of the employee, the entire amount.

10c[(2) Irrespective of anything contained in sub-section (1), in respect of any dividend income or income from units of a Mutual Fund specified under Schedule VII (Table: Sl. No. 20 or 21) or income from units of a specified company as referred to in section 2(h) of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002 (58 of 2002), no deduction shall be allowed.]


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