FBR proposes incentives for educational expenses

Islamabad

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) proposed incentives for educational expenses in the Finance Bill 2016-17.

Under Section 64 AB, deductible allowance for education expenses (1) 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 one million rupees.

(2) The amount of an individual‘s deductible allowance allowed under sub-section (1) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

(5) Allowance under this section shall not be taken into account for computation of tax deduction under section 149.