Amendment of section 80CCD.
33. In section 80CCD of the Income-tax Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), for the words “ten per cent.”, the words “twenty per cent.” shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2018.
Notes on Clauses:
Clause 33 of the Bill seeks to amend section 80CCD of the Income-tax Act relating to deduction in respect of contribution to pension scheme of the Central Government. Sub-section (1) of the said section inter alia, provides that in the case of an individual employed by the Central Government on or after the 1st day of January, 2004 or, being an individual employed by any other employer, or any other assessee, being an individual who has in the previous year paid or deposited any amount in his account under a pension scheme notified or as may be notified by the Central Government, he shall be allowed a deduction of an amount not exceeding ten per cent. of his salary in the previous year.
In case of any other assessee, the deduction is limited to ten per cent. of gross total income in the previous year.
It is proposed to amend sub-section (1) so as to increase the upper limit of gross total income from ten per cent. to twenty per cent. in case of an individual other than employee.
This amendment will take effect, from 1st April, 2018 and will, accordingly, apply in relation to the assessment year 2018-2019 and subsequent years.