KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has enhanced limit for individual’s taxable income for allowing deduction allowance on education expenses.
According to Finance Bill 2017, every individual shall be entitled to a deductible allowance in respect of tuition fee paid by the individual in a tax year provided that the taxable income of the individual is less than Rs1.5 million.
The amount of an individual’s deductible allowance allowed for a tax year shall not exceed the lesser of—
(a) five per cent of the total tuition fee paid by the individual referred to in sub-section (1) in the year;
(b) twenty-five per cent of the person‘s taxable income for the year; and
(c) an amount computed by multiplying sixty thousand with number of children of the individual
Any allowance or part of an allowance under this section for a tax year that is not able to be deducted for the year shall not be carried forward to a subsequent tax year.
Allowance under this section shall be allowed against the tax liability of either of the parents making payment of the fee on furnishing national tax number (NTN) or name of the educational institution.
Allowance under this section shall not be taken into account for computation of tax deduction under section 149.
