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INCOME TAX PLANNING

CA SHREEKANT
7th Jan, 2021
What is your
expectation from
this session?
Content flow
• Understanding few common tax terms
• Know about deductions, exemptions & tax saving
investments / contributions
• Plan in advance on salary components
• How to calculate HRA exemption ?
• 80D deductions-Medical Insurance/expenses ?
• How to compute Income From House property ?
• How to calculate Capital Gain Tax –LTCG & STCG?
• How to decide between New vs Old tax regime ?
• How to do Computation of Taxable Income ?
• Q& A
Understanding Common Terms
• Assessee
• Financial Year & Assessment Year ( e.g. FY 2019-20 : 1 st

April 2019 to 31st March, 2020 the AY will be 2020-21 )

• PAN & TAN, TDS


• Form 16 –TDS certificate
• Form 26AS : Income tax deposit n credit records maintained by
Income tax department
• Total Income: from all sources of earning/income heads
• Deductions & Exemptions e.g. HRA , 80C …
• Taxable Income : Total income less deductions and exemptions
• Old vs New -It’s Choice given to Tax payer.
Deductions available under IT Act
Salary Structure -planning

You should judiciously


design your flexi part of
the fixed pay, so as to
maximum benefit of
deductions n
exemptions and save
on taxes
Higher / Senior level
will have higher % of
performance
pay/bonus /variable
pay
HRA exemptions
3 Conditions :
HRA Exemptions ….

Variable components : HRA received and rent payment will impact the HRA Exemption
quantum
Medical Expenses /Insurance premium
Sec 80D
Capital Gain
• Short Term Capital Gain ( STCG )
• Long Term Capital Gain ( LTCG )
• For Equity Shares – STCG if holding period is less than 12 months
--LTCG if holding period is greater than 12 months
• For Land & Building – STCG if holding period is less than 24 months
--LTCG if holding period is greater than 24 months
• Capital Gain Tax
• Short Term Capital Gain Tax ( STCG Tax )
• Long Term Capital Gain Tax ( LTCG Tax )
• For Equity Shares – STCG if holding period is less than 12 months @15%+4% Cess
--LTCG if holding period is greater than 12 months @10%+4% Cess
• For Land & Building – STCG if holding period is less than 24 months normal Tax slab
--LTCG if holding period is greater than 24 months @20%+4% cess
• In case of unlisted shares the holding period should be greater than 24 month for LTCG
• In case of Equity Shares LTCG upto Rs. One lakh is exempted
• Components needed for Indexed Cost of the
assets working :
A- Purchase/ Acquisition cost
Add -Expenses at the time of purchase
e.g. Stamp duty, brokerage /commission etc-
B-Cost Inflation Index at the FY of
purchase/acquisition –
C-Cost of addition/Improvement n it’s Year
D--Index at that time
E-Sales consideration
less Sales Expenses e.g. brokerage /
commission etc-
F-Cost Inflation Index at the Year of sales
LTCG Working
Capital Gain on Equity Shares
New regime vs old regime
Computation of Taxable Income
QUESTION
S?
THANKS

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