Section 87A Rebate Limit Increased to Rs. 5000,
Changes in Section 87A by Finance bill 2016,Hi Friends in union budget
2016 Section 87A Rebate Limit Raised to Rs. 5000. Rebate under Sec
87A: With the objective of providing relief to resident individuals in the
lower income slab i.e. total income not exceeding Rs. 5,00,000, section 87A is
proposed to be amended so as to increase the maximum amount of rebate available
from existing limit of Rs.2,000 to Rs.5,000. Earlier this limit is only
available for Rs 2000 now this limit is increased by Rs 3000 and now Total
limit for Section 87A for AY 2017-18 is Rs 5000. Check more details
regarding “Section 87A Rebate Limit Increased to Rs. 5000 – Budget 2016” from
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Section 87A
Rebate Limit Increased to Rs. 5000
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The existing provisions
of section 87A of Income-tax Act, provide for a rebate of an amount equal to
hundred per cent of such income-tax or an amount of two thousand rupees,
whichever is less, from the amount of income-tax to an individual resident in India
whose total income does not exceed five hundred thousand rupees.
With the objective to
provide relief to resident individuals in the lower income slab, it is proposed
to amend section 87A so as to increase the maximum amount of rebate available
under this provision from existing Rs.2,000 to Rs.5,000.
This amendment will take effect from 1st April, 2017 and will accordingly apply in relation to assessment
year 2017-18 and subsequent assessment years.
Clause 45 To Finance Bill 2016
Clause 45 of the Bill seeks to
amend section 87A of the Income-tax Act relating to rebate of income-tax in
case of certain individuals.
The aforesaid section
provides that an individual resident, whose total income does not exceed five
hundred thousand rupees, is eligible for rebate in income-tax equal to hundred
per cent. of such income-tax or two thousand rupees, whichever is less.
It is proposed to
increase the amount of rebate allowable under the said section from the
existing two thousand rupees to five thousand rupees.
This amendment will take effect from 1st April, 2017 and will, accordingly, apply in
relation to assessment year 2017-2018 and subsequent years.
Amendment of section 87A.
In section 87A of the
Income-tax Act, for the words “two thousand rupees”, the words “five thousand
rupees” shall be substituted with effect
from the 1st day of April, 2017.
