CBDT Press Release on exemption from filing I-T return for persons with income up to Rs 5 lakh


CBDT Press Release on exemption from filing I-T return for persons with income up to Rs 5 lakh

No.402/92/2006-MC(14 of 2011) 
Government of
India / Ministry of Finance 
Department of Revenue 
Central Board of Direct Taxes

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New Delhi, dated the 23rd June, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has notified the scheme exempting salaried taxpayers with total income up to Rs.5 lakh from filing income tax return for assessment year 2011-12, which will he due on July 31,2011.
Individuals having total income up to Rs.5,00,000 for FY 2010-11, after allowable deductions, consisting of salary from a single employer and interest income from deposits in a saving bank account up to Rs.10,000 are not required to file their income tax return. Such individuals must report their Permanent Account Number (PAN) and the entire income from bank interest to their employer, pay the entire tax by way of deduction of tax at source, and obtain a certificate of tax deduction in Form No.16.
Persons receiving salary from more than one employer, having income from sources other than salary and interest income from a savings bank account, or having refund claims shall not be covered under the scheme.
The scheme shall also not be applicable in cases wherein notices are issued for filing the income tax return under section 142(1) or section 148 or section 153A or section 153C of the Income Tax Act 1961.

Comments

A. MANI VANNAN said…
Still some pensioners are in the opinion that this exemption from filing income tax return for those with income up to 5 lakhs is applicable only for employees as the employer is taking care of calculating the income tax and remitting it to the Income Tax Department (CBDT. This means the employer is the validation authority. As far as pensioners are concerned, there is no such validation authority, hence they have to file the returns. Will any one please clarify that such difference exists between employees and pensioners?

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