The particulars given below are of Mr. Ramaswamy's income (age 57 years) posted in J. K. Swami Pvt. Ltd. in Hyderabad, for the previous year 2024-25: (1) Basic Pay 30,000 per month till January 31, 2025, ₹ 35,000 p.m. fr
CS Executive · Tax Laws and Practice · PYQS · June 2025
The particulars given below are of Mr. Ramaswamy's income (age 57 years) posted in J. K. Swami Pvt. Ltd. in Hyderabad, for the previous year 2024-25: (1) Basic Pay 30,000 per month till January 31, 2025, ₹ 35,000 p.m. from February 2025. (2) Dearness allowance 30% of basic salary (50% of DA forms part of retirement benefits). (3) Employee's contribution to recognized provident fund ₹ 72,000 and his employer matches the same contribution. (4) Leave encashment received for P.Y. 2024-25 ₹ 15,000. (5) He also received salary for the month of April, 2025 in advance without Dearness allowance on 31st March 2025. Also, he received an arrear salary for the month of March, 2024 on the same day assuming it is taxed on the due basis. (6) The employer also spent ₹ 74,000 on a refresher course for upgrading Mr. Ramaswamy's skills. (7) Motor Car owned and driven by Mr. Ramaswamy and engine capacity within 1.6 liters, used partly for official and partly for personal purposes. Running & Maintenance expenses borne by the employer during the year was ₹ 46,600. Compute the taxable salary income of Mr. Ramaswamy for the assessment year 2025-26 assuming that he has opted out of the default tax regime under section 115BAC.
Answer & Explanation:
Computation of taxable salary of Mr. Ramaswamy for A.Y.2025-26 Particulars Amount Amount (₹) Basic Pay [₹ 30,000 x 10 + ₹ 35,000 x 2] 3,70,000 Dearness Allowance [₹ 3,70,000 x 30%] 1,11,000 Employer's contribution to recognized provident fund 72,000 Less: Exempt (₹ 3,70,000 + 55,500) x 12% (upto 12% of Basic Salary + DA part of retirement benefit) (51,060) 20,940 Leave encashment for P.Y. 2024-25 15,000 Advance salary for April 2025 received on 31.3.2025 35,000 Arrear salary for March 2024 (already taxed on F.Y. 2023-24) Nil Refresher course for upgrading skills (Exempt) Nil Motor Car Facility (W.N. 1) 25,000 Gross Salary 5,76,940 Less: Standard Deduction under section 16(ia) (50,000) Taxable Income from Salary 5,26,940 Working Note 1: The motor car is chargeable as under: If the Car is owned / hired by the employee; expenses met by the employer & is used by the employee partly for official and partly for Personal purposes, the taxable value of the perquisite would be the actual expenditure incurred by the employer as reduced by the taxable value of the perquisite determined basis the engine capacity, i.e., ₹ 46,600 - INR (1800*12) = ₹ 25,000. Note: While calculating advanced salary received in March 2025 for the month of April, 2025 only basic pay (excluding employer's contribution to PF) is considered.
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