Amendment of section 87
19. In section 87 of the Income-tax Act, with effect from the 1st day of April, 2014,—
(i) in sub-section (1), for the word and figures “sections 88”, the word, figures and letter “sections 87A, 88” shall be substituted;
(ii) in sub-section (2), for the word and figures “section 88”, the words, figures and letter “section 87A or section 88” shall be substituted.
Notes on Clauses:
Clauses 19 and 20 of the Bill seek to amend section 87 and insert a new section 87A in the Income-tax Act relating to rebate of income-tax in case of certain individuals.
The proposed new section 87A seeks to provide that an assessee, being an individual resident in India, whose total income does not exceed five hundred thousand rupees, shall be entitled to a deduction, from the amount of income-tax (as computed before allowing the deductions under Chapter VIII of the Incometax Act) on his total income with which he is chargeable for any assessment year, of an amount equal to hundred per cent. of such income-tax or an amount of two thousand rupees, whichever is less.
Consequential amendments have been proposed in section 87, so as to provide reference to proposed new section 87A.
These amendments will take effect from 1st April, 2014 and will, accordingly, apply in relation to the assessment year 2014-15 and subsequent assessment years.
