As per section 10(10AA) of income tax in india, leave encashment amount received by employee by a previous employer in full and final statement, is non-taxable. So If you have changed a job in financial year and received leave encashment for the remaining earned leaves (ELs) Just deduct the amount from total income and compute the income tax on top of that.
Payment by way of leave encashment received by Central & State Govt. employees at the time of retirement in respect of the period of earned leave at credit is fully exempt.
In case of other employees, the exemption is to be limited to minimum of all below:
1. The actual amount received
2. The cash equivalent of leave balance (max 30 days per year of service)
3. Maximum of 10 months of leave encashment, based on last 10 months average salary
4. Rs. 3 Lakhs
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I am a PSU employee,retirring in July'18 .is the amount received by me on a/c of leave encashment is taxable or exempted what ever I get ??
@Vinod
Amount upto Rs 3 lakhs would be non-taxable. Amount above this would be added to taxable income.
If a working government employee get leave encashment ( which includes basic pay,DA and HRA), then the HRA is tax exempted or not?
@Girish
HRA should be taxable.