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Do you feel that you are paying excess tax? Do you think that you can save tax? Have you not done proper tax planning? Do you want to know the ways of saving tax? We will learn the most useful tax saving method in this post.
Indeed, you or anyone else has the scope of saving tax. There are many ways which can cut your tax outgo. Today I will tell you the 10 best tips of tax saving.

1. Save Tax Through Salary Restructuring

There may be many expenses which you are doing because of your job. If you leave your job today, many of your expenses will end. Such as you wear a uniform just for the sake of your job. You travel to the office daily only for the job. You may be entertaining clients and spending over them to fulfill your job. You must be reading certain newspapers, magazines or books for your job purpose.
If you leave the job such expenses would end. It means, these are forced expenses and your employer should pay for them. Such expenses should go to the account of  employer expense. Since you are only medium of such expense this should not be part of the income.
Talk to your employer and ask to restructure your pay. You should get perks and allowances for such expense. This should not be part of your salary.
These perks and allowances or non taxable if incurred actually. However, you need to give proof of these expenses to avail tax-free allowances.

Some Allowances Which Save Tax    

            ·     Conveyance      
                    ·     Driver   
                    · Newspaper, Books and Magazine
                   ·    Medical Treatment  
                   ·    Uniform Allowances 
                   ·   Telephone and Mobile   
                   ·   Personality Development   
                   ·   Office Entertainment
However, these allowances are given according to the grade. You can’t ask all of them. Your employer will decide the eligibility of allowances. You can only demand.

2. Save Tax On Rent Payment U/s 10(13A) Click to Download HRA Calculator U/s 10(13A)

We get a job in a different city or place. We go there to do our job. If the company does not give us accommodation we have to rent out. We live in rented house because of our job. Therefore, expense of rent should be deducted from the taxable income.
Employers do give some part of your remuneration as House Rent Allowance (HRA). You subtract this HRA from your gross income. However, you cannot take full benefit of HRA for tax saving. There is a formula for the HRA tax benefit.
You can deduct the lowest of these from gross income.   
       ·  Actual HRA given by the employer    
       ·   50% of the basic salary plus DA if the employee is situated in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Else, 40% of the basic salary plus DA. 
      ·   Actual house rent paid by you, minus 10% of basic salary+DA.
           HRA gives you big tax saving. Ask your employer to keep the provision of HRA in your salary structure.
Also, Don’t forget to take rent receipts from your house owner. If your total rent of a financial year exceeds 1 lakh then you need to give copies of registered lease agreement and copy of the homeowner’s PAN card.
You can also give the rent to your parents. But you have to complete all the formalities of lease as stated above.

3. Leave Travel Allowances and Medical Expense U/s 80D

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Some personal expenses are also eligible for exemptions. These Expenses are deducted from your gross salary. Your employer may give you part of your salary as medical allowance. Check with the HR department.
If you produce an actual bill of medical expenses, this allowance becomes tax-free. So, Start collecting medical bills. However, it is limited to Rs 15,000 in a financial year. You can give receipts of medical expense of your dependents as well.

Your employer can give you leave travel allowance as well. You are entitled to tax-free leave travel allowances,U/s 10              

                   ·  It is also limited to two times in a block of 4 years.       
                    · The travel should occur while you are on the leave.  
                    · It should be within India.  
                    · Travel should be from the shortest route.  
                    ·  You can claim the maximum for AC-I of the train journey and economy class of air travel.

4. Invest And Reduce Taxable Income,U/s 80C[ Click to view details of deduction U/s 80C]

Certain investments give your tax rebate. These investments come under section 80C of deductions. The amount invested is deducted from your taxable income. Many of such investments come under EEE category. It means you need not to give tax at the time of  investment, earning and redemption. However, There is a maximum limit for 80C deductions. It has become 1.5 lakhs after the budget  of 2014.

List of Investments Which Saves Tax    

             ·     Contribution to EPF account               ·   Deposit in PPF account              · Investments in tax saving mutual funds i. e. Equity Linked Saving Scheme (ELSS)                ·    Deposit in tax saving FD                ·   Investment in National Saving Certificate (NSC)               ·  Deposit into Senior Citizen Saving Scheme
There are some expenses which also give a deduction for tax saving.  I have listed here only investments.

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5. Expenses Eligible For Tax Saving

Under the limit of 1.5 lakh deduction there are some expenses as well.    
           ·   Tuition fees for self and children   
           ·   Insurance scheme premium     
           ·  Home loan principal payment- Home loan EMI has two-part, principal and interest. Principal part gives tax saving benefit under section 80C.
These expenses and above mentioned investment in aggregate should not exceed 1.5 lakh limit.
 6. Medical Insurance Deduction,U/s 80D
Medical Insurance expense gives you the deduction, over and above the 1.5 lakh limit. You can save tax for the health insurance premium of your family and dependent parents. Also, health checkup can also give you tax saving. You can deduce these expenses from your total taxable income.             
·  Up to Rs 15,000 for the health insurance of self and family. You can also include health checkups of up to Rs 5,000 within this limit.  
·    Up to Rs 15,000 for the health insurance of parents. If they are above 60 years, This limit goes up to 20,000.

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7. Enjoy Tax Benefit On  Home Loan Interest Payment U/s 24B


Home loan interest payment enjoys separate tax saving. The limit of deduction for home loan  interest payment is increased to 2.0 lakhs U/s 24B in the first Modified budget. This deduction can give you a very big tax saving. However, the loan amount should be big to get the full benefit.