Tax free gifts to employees
As per Indian tax laws gifts or gift coupons (non cash) for upto INR 5,000 can
be given to employees during a financial year without attracting any tax liability.
If the value of gift exceeds INR 5,000 then the value exceeding 5000 will be
taxed as a perquisite.To use this feature follow these steps -
1. Setup this head in setup with the help of Application Administrator, refer
to article "Setting up salary heads" for more details. This can be setup as a custom or as an adhoc payment head
2. If gift is to be included in the salary structure then it should be setup
as a custom head, if it is to be paid on an adhoc basis without changing the
salary structure then setup it up as an adhoc payment head
3. While running payroll update the value of gift paid to the employee as shown
below

Gifts given through this process will be treated as non cash benefits and will
be visible in
a) Tax free benefit tab on Review Output page, it will not come in Salary Register
b) Payroll Reports > Salary Reports > Benefit Payments option
c) Salary slips - but it will show on both Earning and Deduction side
Please note that if this head is used then there will be a gap in the figures
reported in Form 16 Part A and Form 16 Part B. The figures of "Amount paid /
credited" in Form 16 Part A will not match the total Gross Salary reported in
point 1d in Form 16 Part B.
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