Valuation of Free Transport: Section 17(2)(iii) & Rule 3(6) Defined under Income Tax Act, 1961

By | June 1, 2015

As Per Income Tax Act, 1961 “Valuation of perquisite in respect of free transport or private journey provided by an undertaking engaged in carrying of passengers or goods to any employee (or to any member of his household)” includes:

The value of any benefit or amenity resulting from the provision by an employer who is engaged in the carriage of passengers or goods.

Reference:

As Per Section 17(2)(iii) & Rule 3(6), Of the Income Tax Act, 1961-

17. For the purposes of sections 15 and 16 and of this section,—

(2) “perquisite” includes—

(iii) the value of any benefit or amenity granted or provided free of cost or at concessional rate in any of the following cases—

(a) by a company to an employee who is a director thereof;

(b) by a company to an employee being a person who has a substantial interest in the company;

(c) by any employer (including a company) to an employee to whom the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this sub-clause do not apply and whose income [under the head “Salaries” (whether due from, or paid or allowed by, one or more employers), exclusive of the value of all benefits or amenities not provided for by way of monetary payment, exceeds fifty thousand rupees.]

[Explanation—For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the use of any vehicle provided by a company or an employer for journey by the assessee from his residence to his office or other place of work, or from such office or place to his residence, shall not be regarded as a benefit or amenity granted or provided to him free of cost or at concessional rate for the purposes of this sub-clause]

Rule 3.

For the purpose of computing the income chargeable under the head “Salaries”, the value of perquisites provided by the employer directly or indirectly to the assessee (hereinafter referred to as employee) or to any member of his household by reason of his employment shall be determined in accordance with the following sub-rules,—

(6) The value of any benefit or amenity resulting from the provision by an employer who is engaged in the carriage of passengers or goods, to any employee or to any member of his household for personal or private journey free of cost or at concessional fare, in any conveyance owned, leased or made available by any other arrangement by such employer for the purpose of transport of passengers or goods shall be taken to be the value at which such benefit or amenity is offered by such employer to the public as reduced by the amount, if any, paid by or recovered from the employee for such benefit or amenity.

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-rule shall apply to the employees of an airline or the railways.

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