Monday, February 29, 2016

#Budget2016 MOVING TOWARDS A PENSIONED SOCIETY

MOVING TOWARDS A PENSIONED SOCIETY

 Withdrawal up to 40% of the corpus at the time of retirement to be tax
exempt in the case of National Pension Scheme (NPS).

 Annuity fund which goes to legal heir will not be taxable.

 In case of superannuation funds and recognized provident funds,including EPF, the same norm of 40% of corpus to be tax free will apply in respect of corpus created out of contributions made on or from 1.4.2016.

  Limit for contribution of employer in recognized Provident and Superannuation Fund of ` 1.5 lakh per annum for taking tax benefit. Exemption from service tax for Annuity services provided by NPS and Services provided by EPFO to employees.

 Reduce service tax on Single premium Annuity (Insurance) Policies from 3.5% to 1.4% of the premium paid in certain cases.