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How can I calculate my Salary Income?

These calculations are best left to your internal human resource or accounts department. Nevertheless, here is a quick table that can guide you to getting an understanding of how to calculate your salary income. But some of you might find the terms and words used a little technical, so don’t say we didn’t warn you….for simplification purposes, we have used round numbers for the table.

  Item Example Amount (in Rs.)
  Basic Salary, Pension, Annuity, Bonus, Dearness Allowance, Commission, Advance Salary, Arrears of Salary 100,000
Add Gratuity Leave Encashment, Commuted Pension, 10,000
Add Perquisites and Profits in addition to or in lieu of Salary 5,000
Add Employer’s contribution to recognized Provident Fund in excess of 12% of salary 300
  Gross Salary 115,800
Less Deduction for Entertainment Allowance -5,000
Less Deduction for Employment Tax -1,000
  Salary Income 109,800

Please recognize that not all these line items might be applicable to you, the above is just an illustrative example to demonstrate how one can calculate one’s Salary Income.




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Suhas said :
25/01/2012
Sir, which deduction will be allow on Salary income u/s 16??
Yadav said :
26/01/2010
What about govt's contribution in New Pension Scheme ? Will it be added to employer's salary?
Kumar said :
07/01/2010
Dear sir, My wife