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Income tax (IT) declaration estimates an employee's tax for the year and ensures correct Tax Deduction at Source (TDS). Declare investments at the start, during salary changes, or when modifying details. Review and update investment plans anytime, with tax calculated based on declarations and regime selection.
IT Declaration page in the greytHR Admin portal helps you assign regimes to employees and declare employees' investment details. As an admin, you can view the plans declared by the employees and create, edit, and delete a plan on their behalf. You can also download an Approved plan.
To view the IT Declaration page, navigate to Payroll > Published Info > IT Declaration.
The page displays the plans under two sections:
Plans created by the employee displays under the Declared by employee section.
Plans created by you display under the Declared by admin section. These plans are automatically approved.
You, as an admin or your employees, can create a maximum of four plans at a time. Each plan displays a regime comparison and the status of the plan, such as Approved, Considered, In Process, and Overridden.
You can perform the following actions on the ITÂ Declaration page:
Declare investments on behalf of an employee.
View a comparison between the old and new regimes.
To declare investments on behalf of an employee, from the greytHR Admin portal, hover over the 9 dots and go to Payroll > Published Info > IT Declaration.
On the IT Declaration page, from the select an employee search box, search for the employee on behalf of whom you want to declare investments.
On a blank card, click +Create Blank Plan. The IT Savings <Plan name> form appears.
Note: If the employee has not created any plans previously, you can only view a single blank card. If the employee has created less than four plans earlier, you can still view a single blank card along with the other created plans.
Fill in all the investment details in the following tabs: Deduction - Chapter VI A, Exemptions - Section 10, and Other Income / Section 24.
Click Save & Next at the end of each tab. The declarations are saved, and you move to the following sections. On the IT Statement tab, you can view a comparison of your IT statement as per the old and new regimes.Â
Click Save & Next at the end of the IT Statement tab. The Select Regime tab opens. Select the regime which provides you with maximum benefit.
Under the Select Regime tab, you can see a provision to select business income labeled as Do you have business income? Click the Yes option button if the selected employee has a business income. Click the No option button if the selected employee does not have a business income.
Note: If you choose the business income and regime here, employees will not be able to select the business income and regime for their future declarations.
Select the required regime from the Select an income tax regime to submit and declare IT dropdown list. This is a mandatory field.
Click Consider to consider IT for the selected employee. A confirmation pop-up appears.
Note: Click Delete if you would like to delete a plan. To view any other plans at any time, click Back To Plans.
Click Confirm to consider the IT declaration for payroll.Â
The plan is created and now appears under the Declared by admin section. The plan also appears as Approved for the employee.
To view a comparison between the old and new regimes, from the greytHR Admin portal, hover over the 9 dots and go to Payroll > Published Info > IT Declaration.
On the IT Declaration page, from the select an employee search box, search for the employee for whom you want to make the regime comparison.
Each plan displays a comparison of regimes between the Old Regime and New Regime. Each regime displays the Taxable Income and Net Tax amount based on the plan you create. Also, a Maximum Benefit tag appears to help you in decision-making.
IT Declaration is a process that helps estimate an employee’s annual income tax and ensures accurate Tax Deduction at Source (TDS). It is based on the employee’s declared investments, exemptions, other income, and selected tax regime.
An admin may declare income tax on behalf of an employee in cases such as:
The employee is unavailable or unable to submit declarations.
Corrections are required due to salary revisions or data changes.
The organization follows a centralized tax declaration process.
To access the IT Declaration page, from the greytHR Admin portal, hover over the 9 dots and go to Payroll > Published Info > IT Declaration.
Declared by employee: Plans created by the employee. These may be Approved, Considered, In Process, or Overridden.
Declared by admin: Plans created by the admin on behalf of the employee. These plans are automatically approved.
A maximum of four plans can be created for an employee at any given time. This applies collectively to plans created by both the employee and the admin.
Yes. As an admin, you can create, edit, or delete plans that you have created under the Declared by admin section.
When you click Consider, the selected plan is:
Marked for payroll processing.
Considered for TDS calculation.
Displayed as Approved for the employee.
No. Plans declared by the admin are automatically approved, and employees cannot modify these plans.
The Maximum Benefit tag highlights the tax regime (Old or New) that results in lower tax liability based on the declared investment details, helping admins make informed decisions.
Yes. You can download an Approved IT declaration plan directly from the IT Declaration page for records or audit purposes.
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