Reply by - ramesh bhatia , Mar 22 2018 11:45PM
CBDT notifies form for deduction
claim from Salary by employees: In the past for the purpose of getting tax saving deductions salaried employees
furnish a declaration to their employer in respect of Income Tax Deduction they
are eligible under various provisions of Income Tax alongwith supportings.
Employers consider these declaration and supporting while calculating TDS to be
deducted on Salary of their employees. Although practice of taking such
declaration is in existence from long time but there was no standard format for
the same.
But
now CBDT has vide notification
No. 30/2016 prescribed Form No.12BB for the purpose of estimating employee’s
income or computing the tax deduction at source wef 01.06.2016.
Following is the extract of the rule
26 C :
Furnishing of evidence of claims by
employee for deduction of tax under section 192.
26C. (1) The
assessee shall furnish to the person responsible for making payment under
sub-section (1) of section 192 the evidence or the particulars of the claims
referred to in sub-rule (2) in Form No.12BB for the purpose of estimating his
income or computing the tax deduction at source.
(2)
The assessee shall furnish the evidence or the particulars specified in column
(3) of the Table below of the claim specified in the corresponding entry in
column (2) of the said Table:—
Table
Sl. No
|
Nature of
claims
|
Evidence or
particulars
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
1.
|
House Rent
Allowance.
|
Name
address and permanent account number of the landlord/landlords where the
aggregate rent paid during the previous year exceeds rupees one lakh.
|
2.
|
Leave
travel concession or assistance.
|
Evidence of
expenditure.
|
3.
|
Deduction
of interest under the head "Income from house property".
|
Name
address and permanent account number of the lender.
|
4.
|
Deduction
under Chapter VI-A.
|
Evidence of
investment or expenditure.]
|
Although no penalty is prescribed
for non collection of form 12BB however it is better to collect the same from each employee for better
documentation.