Section 27DC: Deduction for carer
This section is inserted by Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 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”;
(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 Subpart –
Sub-Part AE – Corporate Climate Responsibility
(CCR) levy
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Questions this section answers
- Can I deduct the wages I pay a carer from my taxable income, and up to what amount?