When Is LIC Payments Taxable?

How are the following items treated in income tax?
1. Amount received after 5 years from a LIC Money back policy
2. Amount received from PF Withdrawl
3. Gratuity Amount received from an employer
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LIC Payments
The amount received from Insurance companies are Generally non taxable . However there are three types of payments under life insurance policy that are not tax free . These are :

  1. (a) any sum received under sub-section (3) of section 80DD or sub-section (3) of section 80DDA; or
  2. (b) any sum received under a Keyman insurance policy; or
  3. (c) any sum received under an insurance policy issued on or after the 1st day of April, 2003 in respect of which the premium payable for any of the years during the term of the policy exceeds twenty per cent of the actual capital sum assured

PF withdrawl

It is totally tax free.

Gratuity
Gratuity received may or may not be tax free . The details of tax scheme of gratuity is given below :

1.Govt. /Local Authority Employees Fully Exempt.


2.Employees Covered Under Gratuity Act
Least of following
i. Actual Gratuity received.
ii.Rs 3,50,000;
iii.15 days salary for each
completed year or part thereof
exceeding six months
3.Any other Employees i. Actual Gratuity received.
ii.Rs 3,50,000;
iii.Half months average salary of
each completed year or part thereof

For point( 2 ) above , salary means (Basic+D.A) of last drawn salary and months consists of 26 days. For point (3) , Average Salary means (basic+D.A+Commission if fixed % of turnover) of last 10 months . Please also for point 3 , only completed year of service is to be counted.

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  1. Mani says:

    Hi, I had an LIC endowment policy. I had been paying the premium for the past 8 years. This year, I have surrenderred the policy, and LIC has paid me the surrender value.
    What are the tax implications of this? Should it be add to my income as ‘Income from other sources’? Please advise.

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