In all most all the partnership agreements ,provision for salary is included and amount of Partner remuneration is decided with mutual con...
In all most all the partnership agreements ,provision for salary is included and amount of Partner remuneration is decided with mutual consent .However Income Tax act does not allow full amount of partner's salary as expense. A formula /% of book profit is allowed as partner's remuneration .There are some conditions also which are to be complied to claim deduction of salary as expense in P & L account of partnership firm.Partner's Salary is dealt under Section 40(b) of the Income Tax Act 1961.

Conditions are defined in section 40(b) of the income tax act.
- Salary must be paid to working partner only.
- Salary must be written/authorised by the Partnership deed and must be quantified.
- Salary must be related to the period after the partnership deed date.
- Salary allowed under income tax act will be limited to of % of Book profit as given below .
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Salary here means: salary ,commission ,remuneration (or any name whatever name called)

Now detail of each condition.
1. Working partner: salary to sleeping partner is not allowed .and working partner definition has been given in explanation 4 of the section 40(b)
- working partner means an individual who is actively engaged in conducting the affairs of the business or profession of the firm of which he is a partner
Working partner in general terms means the partner who is actively engaged in the business of the partnership firm and is not a partner for merely enjoying the profits/benefits of the partnership business. If a partner is not a working partner then remuneration to such partner will not be eligible for deduction as per section 40(b) of Income Tax Act 1961.
2.Salary must be written/authorised by the Partnership deed:To claim the expense of salary of partner in p& L salary should be authorised by the partnership deed and it should also be according to the conditions/terms defined in the partnership deed.
- Clause in partnership should be clear and
- amount should be defined.
Board has issued a Circular : No. 739, dated 25-3-1996. also related to clause in partnership deed for salary to partners
Whether for assessment years subsequent to assessment year 1996-97, no deduction under section 40(b)(v) will be admissible unless partnership deed either specifies amount of remuneration payable to each individual working partner or lays down manner of quantifying such remuneration
1. The Board have received representations seeking clarification regarding dis allowance of remuneration paid to the working partners as provided under section 40(b)(v) of the Income-tax Act. In particular, the representations have referred to two types of clauses which are generally incorporated in the partnership deeds. These are :
(i) The partners have agreed that the remuneration to a working partner will be the amount of remuneration allowable under the provisions of section 40(b)(v) of the Income-tax Act; and
(ii) The amount of remuneration to working partner will be as may be mutually agreed upon between partners at the end of the year.
It has been represented that the Assessing Officers are not allowing deduction on the basis of these and similar clauses in the course of scrutiny assessments for the reason that they neither specify the amount of remuneration to each individual nor lay down the manner of quantifying such remuneration.
2. The Board have considered the representations. Since the amended provisions of section 40(b) have been introduced only with effect from the assessment year 1993-94 and these may not have been understood correctly the Board are of the view that liberal approach may be taken for the initial years. It has been decided that for the assessment years 1993-94 to 1996-97 deduction for remuneration to a working partner may be allowed on the basis of the clauses of the type mentioned at 1(i) above.
3. In cases where neither the amount has been quantified nor even the limit of total remuneration has been specified but the same has been left to be determined by the partners at the end of the accounting period, in such cases payment of remuneration to partners cannot be allowed as deduction in the computation of the firms income.
4. It is clarified that for the assessment years subsequent to the assessment year 1996-97, no deduction under section 40(b)(v) will be admissible unless the partnership deed either specifies the amount of remuneration payable to each individual working partner or lays down the manner of quantifying such remuneration.
The above circular is very clear so ,from ay 1996-97 onwards amount should be defined in the partnership deed.
3.Salary should be related to the period after the partnership deed date: The salary as per partnership deed should be after the partnership deed.If payment is related to period earlier than the date of partnership deed ,then it will be disallowed as expense.
4.Salary must be with in limit of % of Book profit.: As per section following % has been defined with in which salary can be claimed for partners.% chart is given below
Latest rates applicable for calculation of Partner's salary .(applicable to FY 2012-13 ,13-14)
- Common rate for both type of Firm whether covered under 44AA or not
- On the First three lakh of the Profit or In case of Loss: 150000 or 90 % of profit which ever is more
- On balance profit:60% of the profit
Profession notified under section 44AA
- legal, medical, engineering or architectural profession or the profession of accountancy or technical consultancy or interior decoration ,profession of authorised representative, the profession of film artist (actor, cameraman, director, music director, art director, dance director, editor, singer, lyricist, story writer, screen play writer, dialogue writer and dress designer),Profession of Company Secretary,Profession of Information Technology.
Calculation Of book Profit.
- Take profit as per P& L account.
- Add back salary given to partners if debited in p& L earlier.
- Make adjustment for expenses allowed/disallowed as per section 28- 44D.
- If expenses /Income of other head like house property or income from other source,capital gain has been debited /credit then reverse back the such amount from profit & loss account.
- As the depreciation b/f is covered under section 32(2) ,so adjustment should be made for b/f depreciation to calculate the book profit but adjustment can be done only up to maximum of profit of current year before depreciation minus b/f loss of the previous years .
I am not satisfied by this artical because as per decision given in M/s Durga Dass Devki Nandan vs. ITO (HP High Court) deduction will be allowed in situation first which is highlighted in RED colour.
ReplyDeleteyes, we have already mentioned above that it is held ultra virus to act in
Deletethe case of
Commissioner of Income Tax Versus M/s. Anil Hardware Store [2010] 323 ITR 368 (HP). -
read more here
http://www.simpletaxindia.net/2011/04/remuneration-to-partner-allowed-even.html
But those who are drafting new deeds ,should take in to account these points also.
hum paterner salary allowed karne ku liye konse itr fill karte hai
ReplyDeleteIF PROFIT IS COMING AROUND 5,45,600 THAN HOW TO CALCULATED REMUNERATION ON IT
ReplyDeleteThe Profit would be divided into two parts,
Delete1. The first 3,00,000- Maximum allowable remuneration would be higher of 1,50,000 and 90% of 3,00,000, which is 2,70,000
2. On the balance 2,45,600, maximum remuneration allowed is 60% of the profit, which is 1,47,360.
So the maximum remuneration than can be allowed as a deduction for salary u/s 40(b) is Rs. 4,17,360
but adjustment can be done only up to maximum of profit of current year before depreciation minus b/f loss of the previous years .
ReplyDeleteWhich section is this mentioned in ?
what will be reimuneration to partners u s 40 (b) if book profit is Rs 2.70 lacs and unabsorbed depreciation and brought forward bs loss are Rs 1.2 lakh and Rs 2 lakh respectively?
ReplyDeleteRent ka calculation kisme kartey hai
ReplyDeleteIF PROFIT IS COMING AROUND 2,95,600 THAN HOW TO CALCULATED REMUNERATION ON IT
ReplyDeleteIF PROFIT IS COMING AROUND 2,95,,600 THAN HOW TO CALCULATED REMUNERATION ON IT
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