Add Salary Income without Form 16
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Steps to add salary income using pay slips:
Navigate to File > Incomes > Salary
- Choose the Add Manually option and proceed
- Add your employer’s name, category, and address
- Enter your salary breakdown, including gross salary, allowances, etc
- Let's understand this with an example. Refer to this sample pay slip as a guide for adding the required details.
- Based on this you can add the salary breakdown as follows
| Component of Pay Slip | Monthly Salary (in ₹) | Annual Salary (in ₹) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Salary | 25,000 | 3,00,000 |
| House Rent Allowance | 12,500 | 1,50,000 |
| Leave Travel Allowance | 5,000 | 60,000 |
| Other Allowance | 5,700 | 68,400 |
| Other Salary Component | 1,800 | 21,600 |
| Gross Salary | 50,000 | 6,00,000 |
- You can use this information to report in your Income tax return.
- You can calculate and claim exempt allowances such as HRA, LTA, etc.
- Make sure to claim deductions such as professional tax and entertainment allowance
- Add TDS details i.e. employer’s TAN and TDS amount. Use Form 26AS to verify TDS credits.
Note: Standard Deduction is auto-calculated based on your taxable salary.
That’s how you can report your salary income and file your ITR without a Form 16!
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Steps to add salary income using pay slips:
- Navigate to File > Incomes > Salary
- Choose Add Manually and click on Proceed
- Add the employer's name, address, and category
- Enter the salary breakdown and TDS details (if TDS is deducted)
- Let's understand this with an example. Refer to this sample pay slip as a guide for adding the required details.
- Based on this you can add the salary breakdown as follows
| Component of Pay Slip | Monthly Salary (in ₹) | Annual Salary (in ₹) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Salary | 25,000 | 3,00,000 |
| House Rent Allowance | 12,500 | 1,50,000 |
| Leave Travel Allowance | 5,000 | 60,000 |
| Other Allowance | 5,700 | 68,400 |
| Other Salary Component | 1,800 | 21,600 |
| Gross Salary | 50,000 | 6,00,000 |
- You can use this information to report in your Income tax return.
- You can calculate and claim exempt allowances such as HRA, LTA, etc.
- Make sure to claim deductions such as professional tax and entertainment allowance
- Add TDS details i.e. employer’s TAN and TDS amount. Use Form 26AS to verify TDS credits.
Note: Standard Deduction is auto-calculated based on your taxable salary.
That’s how you can report your salary income and file your ITR without a Form 16!
- Salary income is below the taxable limit and no TDS has been deducted
- Your employer is yet to file the TDS Return and generate Form 16s
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