section 18
Profits in lieu of salary
Income Tax Act 2025Tax2025570 sections23 chapters
Chapter IV COMPUTATION OF TOTAL INCOME
Statutory text
- (1) For the purposes of this Part, "profits in lieu of salary" includes,—
- (a) the amount of any compensation due to, or received by, an assessee from his employer or former employer at or in connection with the—
- (i) termination of his employment; or
- (ii) modification of the terms and conditions relating thereto;
- (b) any amount due to, or received, whether in lump sum or otherwise, by any assessee from any person—
- (i) before his joining any employment with that person; or
- (ii) after cessation of his employment with that person;
- (c) any payment due to or received by an assessee—
- (i) from an employer or a former employer; or
- (ii) from a provident or other fund, to the extent to which it does not consist of contributions by the assessee or interest on such contributions; or
- (iii) any sum received under a Keyman insurance policy as defined in Schedule II (Note 1), including the sum allocated by way of bonus on such policy.
- (2) The payment referred in sub-section (1)(c) shall not include any payment referred to in—
- (a) Schedule II (Table: Sl. No. 3);
- (b) Schedule II (Table: Sl. No. 4);
- (c) Schedule II (Table: Sl. No. 8); and
- (d) Schedule III (Table: Sl. No. 11).
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