Regular employer pension receives the salary standard deduction once on aggregate eligible salary/pension, not once per bank, pension order or former employer.
Regular employer pension receives the salary standard deduction once on aggregate eligible salary/pension, not once per bank, pension order or former employer. The amount is regime-specific.
Family pension is not salary and uses a separate other-source deduction. Annuity from NPS and private products requires classification before applying salary deduction.
Aggregate eligible regular pension; separate family/NPS annuity; apply one standard deduction limited to salary income; reconcile TDS.
₹4 lakh pension from one former employer and ₹3 lakh from another receive one annual standard deduction, not two.
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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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Regular employer pension receives the salary standard deduction once on aggregate eligible salary/pension, not once per bank, pension order or former employer. The amount is regime-specific.
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