Salary earners with income up to Rs 5 lakh need not file returns.

INCOME TAX

  

For Salaried Class: Income Tax exemption limit for individual tax payers enhanced from Rs.1,60,000 to Rs.1,80,000.

Senior Citizen from 2.4 Lakhs to 2.5 Lakhs.

Qualifying age for senior citizens lowered to 60 from 65;

Senior citizen above 80 year to get Rs.5,00,000 IT exemption

Salary earners with income up to Rs 5 lakh need not file returns.

A big relief from tax filing process for the salaried class, Finance Minister today proposed to exempt them from filing tax returns unless they have other sources of income.

This order, which will come into effect from June 1, 2011.

  
  

March 1, 2011  Tags: ,   Posted in: I Tax ďťż

10 Responses

  1. A.S.Deshpande - March 2, 2011

    Sir, The DOPT should consider the evaluation of Stenographer III working in the Department of post, as the Postal Asstt and the Steno grade III is drawing the same grade pay and there is no enhancement in I MACP and even the steno has to wait for a long period to get Rs 4200/ GP. If the higher study is denied by the Govt then who will move to become the steno in the Department Post. Even upto IV Pay commission, there was a difference of pay, but in VI th Pay PC there is no proper evaulation of work etc.

  2. P S Oberoi - March 4, 2011

    FMs announcement is about the salaries employees for non-filing of returns if the total income does not exceed Rs.5 L.
    How about the retired salaried persons. It is silent on that. Please clarify

  3. V.K.JAIN, PS - March 4, 2011

    Sir, I want to know whether I could get the benefit of senior citizen this year as I am going to retire on January, 2012 as my date of Birth is 19.1.1952. pls clarify.

    Thanks,

    V.K.JAIN

  4. Sasikumar - March 10, 2011

    Sir,

    What about the Central Government employees and persioners medical insurance scheme. Survey has been conducted by the Ministry of Health and familywelfare. I think,no furhter action has been taken in this regard. So please taken up the issue in the next meeting

  5. RK NAIR - March 14, 2011

    Central Govt pensioners, drawing pension and interest on deposit, which they have made out of their retirement proceeds, upto 5 lakhs should also be exempted from filing IT Returns.

    Those having income from house property, agriculture etc.,should continued to file the returns as hithertobefore

  6. sreedharan - March 15, 2011

    sir,
    iam working in state govt kerala(teacher)
    want to know who is actually bearing the expense of salaried persons?
    whether state alone?
    state+centre?
    giving all the money by centre?
    why state govt still behaving badly by allowing low salary especially to teachers and cheeting them instead of cheering them?
    all central govt teachers are getting high salary!
    we people are yet struggling for it
    please say some body

  7. Samir Paul - March 19, 2011

    the hike in DA w.e.f. 01.01.2011 will be 7%.
    SL MONTH CPI
    1 Jan-10 172
    2 Feb-10 170
    3 Mar-10 170
    4 Apr-10 170
    5 May-10 172
    6 Jun-10 174
    7 Jul-10 178
    8 Aug-10 178
    9 Sep-10 179
    10 Oct-10 181
    11 Nov-10 182
    12 Dec-10 185
    12-MONTHS’ AVGE. 176
    Formual= (176-115.76)*100/115.76= 52.04, already it is 45%, now it will stand at 52%. the cabinet yet to formally declare it and also some allowances will be increased by 25%. Transport allowances however will not be increased since it is already related to the DA.

  8. Samir Paul - March 19, 2011

    Last year the cabinet declared the enhances rates of DA ow.e.f. january 2010 on 18.03.10 and this year already it is 19th past but no sign of declarartion of the same.

  9. M.P. Bhatnagar - March 19, 2011

    Central Govt Pensioners (Sr. Citizens 65 yrs and above) whose income from Pension and interest is less than 2.4 lakhs but have non-assessable income like Long Term Capital Gains on their investment in Equity shares plus Dividend earned on Equities (all exempt of Tax) find it difficult to submit their Returns as staff on duty do not receive such returns saying that since the income is not taxable there is no need to file the return but there are no orders to this effect. If the income earned through Long Term Capital Gain and Dividend etc from Equities is invested in real estate or elsewhere to acquire new Assets the IT Deptt may question the source of income at a later date. The point is that either IT Deptt receive the Annual return or else exempt from filing of Returns if the Total Income from all sources, Pension, Interest, Dividend, Long Term Capital Gain from Equities is not otherwise assessable/taxable.

  10. b.s. tewthia - June 1, 2011

    Which rule indicate that Officers of different rank or from which scale the officers are exempted from making their attendance in the Register on arrival or leaving the office.
    Thanks
    B.S. Tewthia

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