If you are an employee of a company, at the beginning of every financial year (or) while joining the company you have to submit ‘Income Tax Declaration’ to your employer. This is a provisional statement that has details about your proposed investments and expenses that are Income Tax deductible.
At the financial year end, you need to provide supporting Investment Proofs for these investments that you have specified in IT declaration.
Based on your proposed investments and expenses, your employer deducts TDS (Tax Deduction at Source, if any) from your monthly salary and deposits it to the government account. To calculate TDS, your employer considers the declared investments and expenses that are either Tax Exempted (or) eligible for tax deductions under Income Tax Act.
Till date there has been no standard reporting format or template available for furnishing the details of investment or expenditure proofs.
As of now, to claim tax benefits or rebate, an employee has to just mention the sum claimed under exempt allowances. But with effective from 1st June, 2016 to claim income tax deductions you need to submit new Form 12BB to your employer. It is also been made mandatory to submit documentary evidence of your investments / expenditures.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently released New Form No. 12BB. This is going to be the new standard form for salaried tax payers to claim tax deduction on;
- LTA (Leave Travel Allowance) / LTC (Leave Travel Concession)
- HRA (House Rent Allowance)
- Interest payable on Home Loan (Section 24) and
- All Tax Deductions under Chapter VI-A which relates to allowable deductions under various sections including Section 80C, Section 80CCC Section 80CCD, Section 80D etc.,
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Submit new Form 12BB to claim Income Tax Deductions w.e.f 1st June, 2016
Below is the latest and standard Form 12BB. Click on the image to download Form 12BB.
The below details are part of the new Income Tax Rule 26C. Form 12BB has to be submitted by employees to their employers in relation to;
House Rent Allowance : House Rent Allowance is exempt under section 10 (13A) of the Income Tax Act. To claim HRA, you have to provide documentary evidence i.e., Rent receipts. You also have to provide details of landlord (name & address) and the amount paid as rent. Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the landlord shall be furnished if the aggregate rent paid during the year exceeds one lakh rupees.
Leave Travel Allowance : With effective from 1st June, 2016, the CBDT has made it mandatory for all the salaried employees to submit travel related expenditure proofs to their employers.
Interest Payments on Home Loans: To claim income tax deduction under section 24 on home loan interest payments, you have to furnish details of interest amount payable/paid, lender’s name & address & PAN number of the lender in Form 12BB. (Read: ‘Income from House Property & Income Tax Benefits‘)
Income Tax Deductions under Chapter VI -A: You have to provide the details & evidences of your investments or expenditures related to various sections like 80C, 80CCC, 80CCD, 80D (medical insurance premium), 80E (deduction of interest on education loan), 80G (donations), Section 80EE etc., in Form 12BB.
The CBDT has advised the employers to assess the evidence submitted by their employees and then accordingly decide the extent of tax that should be deducted at source from their salaries.
I believe that the tax authorities are aiming to bring in consistency in respect of the income tax benefits being claimed and also to ensure that necessary documentary evidence, as prescribed, is maintained while making the claims.
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Hi Reddy gaaru,
My father is a pensioner and he is getting Rs.32,163 as pension through SBH bank account. He has submitted 12BB in 1st week of April 2017 in the bank. In that form, he submitted rent receipts for 96,000 and LIC policies for 26,000.But one person from bank called and said, system is not accepting rent receipts money so only LIC policies are valid for this year. Please tell us what to do as my father does not have own house and he is genuinely staying in rented house. What else investments we can do for tax exemption.
Dear Prasanna,
Your father can claim rent amount under section 80GG when filing Income Tax Return.
The Tax Deduction amount under 80GG is Rs 60,000 per annum. Section 80GG is applicable for all those individuals who do not own a residential house & do not receive HRA (House Rent Allowance).
The extent of tax deduction will be limited to the least amount of the following;
Rent paid minus 10 percent the adjusted total income.
Rs 5,000 per month.
25 % of the total income.
Kindly read : List of IT exemptions for FY 2017-18.
namaste
I have taken departmental home loan from govt of India as I am a central govt employee. While filling from 12BB for income tax, the PAN of the lender is to filled for claiming tax exemption on interest on Housing Loan. What should I write in the column as PAN of the lender (govt of india). Sanctioning Authority of Housing loan is President of India.
thanking you
Dear Sree ..You may check with your employer. I do not have answer to this question.
Whether “FORM-12BB” is to be submitted at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year?
Dear Naman ..It may depend on employer’s internal HR policies..I have noticed that some employers are accepting forms at the beginning of a FY and some mid-year, and some even in the final Quarter..
Hi Sir,
I have one SBI account which earlier i was using it as salary account for previous company,
Now i am using ICIC bank account with current organization.
Usually i am getting Message from SBi banck saying “TDS of INR 648 deducted for interest paid on Ac No xxxxx”
This message showing for different account number may be different sweep accounts inside same bank account.
Also some time i get message saying that “Your TDR/STDR no XXXX dated 12/11/2015 maturing on 12/11/2016.Please give instruction or else the deposit will be rolled over for the original term.”
Why TDS deducted for each quarter ?Can we handle this to not deduct TDS?
Could you explain in detail …
Regards
Sumesh
Dear Sumesh,
Have you submitted PAN to your bank?
If the interest paid on your deposit account is more than Rs 10,000 then Banks deduct TDS.
Kindly read: FDs & RDs – Tax implications.
Sir,
Why you asked PAN number submitted to Bank? TDS related to this or its mandatory?
Thanks for sharing the links and valuable inputs.
Dear Sumesh,
If the bank does not have your PAN details in its records, they will deduct TDS at 20%.
Pan is updated in both the banks.
Hi,
I had submitted my investment proof and details of investment done till Jan’17 with my previous organization. Now, in my new organization, which I have joined in Feb’17, I have to share FORM 12B ans Form 12BB both. Pl confirm if I need to mention entire year savings in Form 12BB or just those which were not mentioned in Form 12B.
PL REPLY URGENTLY
Regards,
Nitu
Dear Nitu,
You can provide your previous salary details and investment details done previously in Form 12B, and the proposed investment details in Form 12bb (for feb/march).