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Salary: What Is Salary Structure?
Salary: What Is Salary Structure?
Salary Components
The usual components of salary structure include:
1. Basic Salary: It is the taxable base income and generally not more than
40% of CTC. Basic salary forms the basis of salary structure many a times.
Most of the components may be defined as percentage of basic salary.
3. Special Allowances: Makes up for the remainder part of the salary, mostly
smaller than the basic salary and completely taxable.
7. Medical Allowance: The employer pays the employee for the medical
expenditures incurred. It is tax free up to Rs.15,000.
8. Bonus: Taxable part of the CTC,usually a once a year lump sum amount,
given to the employee based on the individual’s as well as the organizational
performance for the year.
These are just few of the components which can be included in a typical salary
structure but it may vary from company to company.
There are certain rules that it is mandatory to give PF if the company is greater
than n number of employees in size. A smaller company may give some other
components and a bigger company may give a different set of components in
their salary.
Salary Structure Format: Sample