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Income Tax makes them 'disabled person'
PATNA, Aug. 22: Want to protect your money from the prying eyes of income tax sleuths? Just go "disabled". This is what over 50 teachers, principals and senior staff of an "academically–disabled" university in Bihar have done to prevent the IT department from deducting taxes from their hard–earned salary!

According to reports, over 50 teachers working with several colleges under Veer Kuer Singh University (VKSU) at Ara in Bhojpur district have overnight turned "physically disability" as the deadline for filing of IT returns comes closer. Reports said suggest that those teachers have submitted fake "disability certificates" to the IT department in a bid to check the deduction of tax from their salary, although they are physically fit and attending the offices without using any crutches or cycle rickshaws. Intriguingly, most of the "disability" certificates have been issued by a single doctor, it is said. The IT department has extended the deadline for filing the tax returns till 15 September.

University sources said all the teachers had been using this "trick" for long to avail of IT relief under Sections 80U (person with disabilities) and 80DD (medical treatment of disabled dependent) of the Income Tax Act that provides for hefty relief in IT deducted at source in the case of persons having physical disability and bearing cost of treatment of dependents who also suffer from disability, in the family.

Source: www.thestatesman.net



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Income Tax makes them 'disabled person'
PATNA, Aug. 22: Want to protect your money from the prying eyes of income tax sleuths? Just go "disabled". This is what over 50 teachers, principals and senior staff of an "academically–disabled" university in Bihar have done to prevent the IT department from deducting taxes from their hard–earned salary!

According to reports, over 50 teachers working with several colleges under Veer Kuer Singh University (VKSU) at Ara in Bhojpur district have overnight turned "physically disability" as the deadline for filing of IT returns comes closer. Reports said suggest that those teachers have submitted fake "disability certificates" to the IT department in a bid to check the deduction of tax from their salary, although they are physically fit and attending the offices without using any crutches or cycle rickshaws. Intriguingly, most of the "disability" certificates have been issued by a single doctor, it is said. The IT department has extended the deadline for filing the tax returns till 15 September.

University sources said all the teachers had been using this "trick" for long to avail of IT relief under Sections 80U (person with disabilities) and 80DD (medical treatment of disabled dependent) of the Income Tax Act that provides for hefty relief in IT deducted at source in the case of persons having physical disability and bearing cost of treatment of dependents who also suffer from disability, in the family.

Source: www.thestatesman.net



"Many people say teaching is a noble profession but just see what these noble professionals are upto"

_________________
Warm Regards
Thomas Jacob

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[Kr_iyer]

hi,

This is a common practice done by many in IT 80U to get rs.50000/= benefit . Most of the certificates are fraudulantly done by many tax payers. not only teachers. Since there is no standard in certificates, it is issued by anybody. Also the Workman Compensation, Motor vehicles act do not insist on medical board so many people get a permanent disable certificate from any doctor which is accepted by court. The Government Should make the PWD act as standard for all the certificate and alkie PAN card a Disablity card should be issued

hi,

This is a common practice done by many in IT 80U to get rs.50000/= benefit . Most of the certificates are fraudulantly done by many tax payers. not only teachers. Since there is no standard in certificates, it is issued by anybody. Also the Workman Compensation, Motor vehicles act do not insist on medical board so many people get a permanent disable certificate from any doctor which is accepted by court. The Government Should make the PWD act as standard for all the certificate and alkie PAN card a Disablity card should be issued

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