Section 27DC: Deduction for carer
This section is inserted by Act No 11 of 2024, section 41.
consolidated text (as at 2017, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
27DC. Deduction for carer
Where, in an income year, an individual employs one or
more carers in respect of whom he has paid the contributions
payable under the Social Contribution and Benefits Act 2021
and the National Savings Fund Act, he shall be entitled to
deduct from his net income for that income year the wages
paid to the carers or 30,000 rupees, whichever is lower.
(e) in Part IV –
(i) in section 44D, by adding the following new subsection,
the existing provision being numbered as subsection (1) –
(2) The chargeable income referred to in
subsection (1) shall not include income derived from
intellectual property assets.
(ii) in section 50L –
(A) in subsection (7), by deleting the words
“The Authority” and replacing them by the words
“Subject to subsection (7A), the Authority”;
(B) in subsection (7), by deleting the words
“and the remaining amount to the National
Social Inclusion Foundation”;
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(C) by inserting, after subsection (7), the following
new subsections –
(7A) For the period starting on 1 July
2024 and ending on 30 June 2025, the Authority
shall, as soon as is practicable, pay an amount of
one billion rupees from the sum collected under
subsections (2)(a) and (6) to the Consolidated
Fund after deducting the amount referred in
subsection (7).
(7B) In case the amount referred to in
subsections (2)(a) and (6), after deducting the
amount referred to in subsection (7), is more
than one billion rupees, the remaining amount
shall be remitted to the National Social Inclusion
Foundation.
(7C) In case the amount referred to in
subsections (2)(a) and (6), after deducting the
amount referred to in subsection (7), is less than
one billion rupees, the difference shall be credited
in the Consolidated Fund for the period starting
on 1 July 2025 and ending on 30 June 2026.
(iii) by inserting, after Sub-part AD, the following new
Sub-part –
Sub-Part AE – Corporate Climate
Responsibility(CCR) levy
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Questions this section answers
- Can I deduct a carer's wages from my taxable income if I've paid their social contributions?