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Calcuation of HRA and Leave Encashment
Calcuation of HRA and Leave Encashment
Calcuation of HRA and Leave Encashment
1. House Rent Allowance: You may claim the least of the following as HRA exemption.
c. 40% of salary (Basic+DA) for non-metros and 50% of salary (Basic+DA) for metros
Read more about how to claim HRA exemption.
Illustration: Mr. Hrehaan is Sports Broadcaster and lives in Mumbai working for
ESPN. His annual salary is 40 Lakh rupees. His Basic Salary is 16 lakh rupees while He
gets 8 Lakh as Dearness Allowance. He gets 80,000 as per month HRA from his
employer. Kindly Calculate the HRA Exemption which could be claimed by Mr. Hrehaan.
Illustration: For instance, Gopal resigns from company XYZ. His monthly salary is Rs. 1.5 lakh.
He was entitled to 30 days leave per year. His leave balance at the time of retirement is 20 leaves.
His leave encashment of Rs. 1 lakh.
4. Salary per day x unutilised leave (considering maximum 30 days leave per year)
for every year of completed service – Rs. 1.5 lakh / 30 days = Rs. 5,000 per day x
20 days = Rs. 1 lakh
Illustration 2: Mr. Karan retired as Advertisement Officer from PVA Private Limited at
the age of 60 years on 10th December 2021. He worked for the company for 30 years and
9 months. As per services rules he received 25 EL every year. In overall service he
availed 240 Days of Leave. His basic pay was 16,000, D.A 8,000 He received 3,55,000 as
Leave Encashment. Kindly calculate the exemption he can claim.
Solution
25x30= 750
1X25=25
Exempted = 2,40,000
Taxable : 1,15,000