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Circulars and notifications on section 16

35 circulars and 18 notifications on what is now Income from salary. Every one of them was issued under the Income-tax Act, 1961. They appear here because the department’s own concordance carries the provision each one names to section 16 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 — which is an inference about where the ground is now covered, not a holding that the instrument still bites.

Circulars

All 35 of them, newest first.
NumberDateWhat it deals with
Circular No. 3/202520 February 2025Income tax deduction from salaries during the financial year 2024 25 under section 192 of the income tax act 1961
Circular No. 24/20227 December 2022Government of INDIA
Circular No. 4/202215 March 2022Government of INDiA
Circular No. 20/20203 December 2020Income tax deduction from salaries during the financial year 2020 21 under section 192 of the income tax act 1961
Circular No. 4/202016 January 2020Government of INDIA
Circular No. 4/201928 January 2019Clarification regarding liability and status of Official Assignees under the Income tax Act
Circular No.1/20191 January 2019Government of INDIA
Circular No. 1/20172 January 2017Government of INDIA
Circular No. 2/201029 January 2010Section 115WM of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Fringe Benefit Tax - Chapter XII-H not to apply after a certain date - Adjustment of ‘advance tax in respect of fringe benefit
Circular No. 8/200529 August 2005CIRCULAR FINANCE ACT, 2005 - FBT Finance Act, 2005 - Explanatory Notes on the Provisions relating to Fringe Benefit Tax
Circular No. 76113 January 19981184. Clarifications regarding use of Form No. 16 for pensioners where pensioners are drawing their pensions through banks
Circular No. 71024 July 1995202. Taxability of the perquisite on shares issued to employees at less than market price
Circular No. 70123 March 199518. Taxability of allowances received by persons having income under the head ‘Salaries’
Circular No. 6901 September 1994Financial Year 1994-95
Circular No. 65422 July 1993Financial Year 1993-94
Circular No. 64415 March 1993371. Whether provision of food or beverages in places other than place of work in respect of low-paid employees can be treated as expenditure on provision of hospitality
Circular No. 62931 July 1992Financial Year 1992-93
Circular No. 61213 November 1991Financial Year 1991-92
Circular No. 57631 August 1990Section 80 l Loss - Submission of Return for
Circular No. 5235 October 1988Section 80 l Loss - Submission of Return for
Circular No. 4806 February 1987Estate Duty Act, 1953
Circular No. 45117 February 1986Clarifications on issues relating to effect of filing higher estimates of income for advance tax purposes on assess­ments for earlier years/filing of returns of income by
Circular No. 445, dated 31-12-198531 December 1985[Omitted by Circular No. 603, Dated 6-6-1991]
Circular No. 44210 December 19851512. Appointment of estate duty valuers for different categories of assets and scale of charges for their remuneration - Notification issued under sub-section (3)
Circular No. 43112 September 1985624. Relief in case of encashment of leave salary by an employee while in service - Whether admissible
Circular No. 42410 July 1985Estate Duty Act, 1953
Circular No. 38816 July 1984Financial Year 1984-85
Circular No. 33122 March 1982Section 89 l Relief When Salary ETC., Is Paid in Arrears or in Advance
Circular No. 29310 February 1981181. Pension received by erstwhile officials of United Nations - Whether exempt from tax in view of section 2 of UN (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947
Circular No. 19631 March 1976946. Whether tax is not to be deducted at source from conveyance allowance where disbursing authority is satisfied that conveyance allowance is exempt under section 10(14
Circular No. 18930 January 1976276. Development rebate reserve in the case of industrial undertakings in which there is Government participation and where there are certain obligations for maintenance
Circular No. 15330 November 1974Section 2(38) l Recognized Provident Fund
Circular No. 13016 March 1974Section 17(2)/RULE 3 l Perquisite and ITS Valuation
Circular No. 12219 October 1973Rule 3(g) of Income-tax Rules - Valuation of perquisibte on account of services of household servants
Circular No. 3229 October 1969Limit on allowance in respect of benefit, amenity or perquisite under clause (c)(iii)/clause (a)(v) - Reimbursement of certain expenses/pay-ments whether form part of per

Notifications

All 18 of them, newest first.
NumberDateWhat it deals with
Notification No. 133/2025 [F. No. 370142/27/2025-TPL] / G.S.R 555(E)18 August 2025Ministry of Finance
Notification No. 90/2022 [F. No. 370142/31/2022-TPL (Part-2)] / SO 3703(E)5 August 2022Ministry of Finance
Notification No. 11/2021 [F. No. 370142/52/2020-TPL] / GSR 155(E)5 March 2021Ministry of Finance
Notification No. 94 /2016 [F. No. 370133/30/2016-TPL / GSR 982(E)17 October 2016Ministry of Finance
Notification No. 9418 December 2009Income-tax (Thirteenth Amendment) Rules, 2009 - Substitution of rule 3 and Insertion of rule 40F
Notification No. 7022 September 2009Amendment in Electronic Furnishing of Return of Income Scheme, 2007
Notification No. 2717 November 2007Income-tax (Fourteenth Amendment) Rules, 2007 - Amendments in rule 3 - Valuation of perquisites
Notification No. 00315 January 2007S.O. (E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with rule 3 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Board
Notification No. 6828 February 2005Amendment of the Income-tax Rules under section 17 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 2917 December 2004Amendment of the Income-tax Rules under section 3 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 2773 November 2004Income Tax Notification No: 277 (03-Nov-04) Income-tax (Thirteenth Amendment) Rules, 2004
Notification No. 1212 January 2004Amendment of the Income-tax Rules under section 16 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 0812 January 2004Amendment of the Income-tax Rules under section 17 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 4911 March 2003Amendment of the Income-tax Rules under section 17 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification: 22 Date of Issue : 4/2/20024 February 2002Amendment of the Income-tax Rules under section 17 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 1021E-11 October 2001The Notification printed at [2001] 251 ITR (St.) 230 was published in the Gazette of India, Extry
Notification No. 758E7 October 1992A notification under section 17 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Notification No. 92E4 February 1985Rate of interest specified under section 17
What this page does not tell you. It does not tell you which of these is still operative. A circular can be withdrawn by a later one without either saying so on its face, and a notification can be superseded by the amendment of the provision it was made under. Read the latest one first, then work backwards.

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