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Section 87A: Income Tax Rebate allowed to Individuals (Updated)

Income Tax Rebate under Section 87A is allowed as per the following schedule for different Financial
Years

Financial Year Amount of Rebate Applicable only if Income is less than

2016-17 Rs. 5000 Rs. 5 Lakhs

2017-18 Rs. 2500 Rs. 3.5 Lakhs

Section 87A provides for Income Tax Rebate to Individuals earning Income below the specified limit. This
Rebate would be given from the Total Tax payable by an Individual. It is pertinent to note here that this
rebate is to be subtracted from the Total Tax Payable and not from the Total Income of an Individual.
(Recommended Read: Difference between Income Tax Deduction vs Rebate vs Relief)

Section 87A: Income Tax Rebate – For Financial Year 2016-17

As Section 87A provides for Income Tax Rebate, the taxpayer will first compute the Total Tax Payable and
then reduce Rs. 5,000 from this Tax payable provided his Total Income is less than Rs. 5 Lakh. If his Total
Income is more than Rs. 5 Lakh, the taxpayer won’t be able to claim income tax rebate under Section
87A.

The Net Taxable Income of Rs. 5 Lakh is the sum total of incomes under all heads i.e. Salary, House
Property, Business or Profession, Capital Gains and Other Sources.

In case there is any loss under any head due to payment of housing loan or for any other reason, such
loss would also be reduced from the total income.

Deductions from Section 80C to Section 80U under Chapter VI-A would also be allowed and the resultant
figure i.e. Total Income should be less than Rs. 5 Lakh for an individual to claim income tax rebate of Rs.
2,000 under Section 87A.

The above points have been represented below showing the manner of computation:-
Income-Tax-Rebate-Section-87a

Salient Features of Income Tax Rebate under Section 87A

The following are the salient features of Income Tax Rebate under Section 87A:-

Rebate under Section 87A is only available to Individuals. All categories of Individuals whether Male or
Female or Senior Citizens are eligible to claim Income Tax Rebate under Section 87A. Other types of
assesses like HUF, Companies, Partnership Firms, LLP etc are not eligible to claim Income Tax Rebate
under Section 87A.

Income Tax Rebate under Section 87A is only available to Resident Individuals and not to Non-Resident
Individuals. (Recommended Read: How to compute Residential Status)

The total rebate allowed under section 87A would be Rs. 5,000 or the total tax payable (whichever is
less)

Income Tax Rebate of Rs. 5000 is allowed before the levy of Education Cess and SHEC. In other words,
Education Cess and SHEC would be levied on the tax payable after allowing for Income Tax Rebate of Rs.
5000

There is no benefit of this Rebate to Super-Senior Citizens i.e. Individuals above 80 years of age as their
Income up to Rs 5 Lakh is already exempted from the levy of Income Tax.

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