Uncommuted pension is fully taxable as salary.
Uncommuted pension is fully taxable as salary. Government commuted pension is fully exempt; for non-government employees, one-third of full commuted value is exempt when gratuity is received and one-half when gratuity is not received.
The exemption is based on the full commuted value, not automatically the cash received. Family pension and NPS annuity use different rules.
Identify employer category; determine commutation percentage and full value; confirm gratuity receipt; compute exempt fraction; tax the balance and regular pension.
A private retiree receiving gratuity commutes 40% and receives ₹8 lakh. If full commuted value is ₹20 lakh, exemption is one-third of ₹20 lakh = ₹6.67 lakh, not one-third of ₹8 lakh.
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| Decision point | Required treatment |
|---|---|
| Legal year | Use the Act, rules and notification effective for the income or transaction period |
| Taxpayer category | Confirm residence, age, entity, employee/business status and regime |
| Calculation base | Use the statutory definition rather than CTC, net bank receipt or accounting label |
| Ceiling or rate | Apply actual-amount, percentage, shared, lifetime and gross-income limits in sequence |
| Documentation | Link every input to an invoice, statement, contract, certificate or official record |
| Final output | Show tax, surcharge, cess, interest and TDS/TCS credits separately |
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Uncommuted pension is fully taxable as salary. Government commuted pension is fully exempt; for non-government employees, one-third of full commuted value is exempt when gratuity is received and one-half when gratuity is not received.
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