{"id":6188,"date":"2019-05-08T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T03:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalante.com\/?p=6188"},"modified":"2019-11-14T20:29:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T14:59:25","slug":"clubbing-of-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalante.com\/clubbing-of-income\/","title":{"rendered":"Clubbing of Income Under the Income Tax Act, 1961 [With Infographics]"},"content":{"rendered":"

After availing deductions under chapter VI-A of the income tax act, when any person finds that he\/she still needs to pay taxes then many people tend to divert their own income in their spouse or dependent minor children. However, this is the biggest mistake an individual makes being unaware of the provisions of the income tax act, 1961. An individual should know that as per the income tax act, 1961 an individual is taxed in two ways i.e. for his own income and for income received by someone else i.e. clubbing income. In this column, we will discuss what is clubbing of income, various types of clubbing of income, cases where clubbing of income is not applicable, h<\/span>ow to avoid clubbing of income.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

What is Clubbing of Income?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The most common principle of taxation is that one individual needs to pay tax for one\u2019s own income. But it is seen that people tend to buy or acquire an asset or property or create sources of income in the name of the other person to divert the income to someone\u2019s head. To tackle this malpractice clubbing of income came into effect in order to make sure that no tax should be escaped if the individual moves assets or income sources within the family.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Income<\/a><\/p>\n

Clubbing of income means adding the income of another family member with someone. The added total income is counted together and treated a single income. Then the whole income becomes taxable under income tax act, 1961. People have a tendency to avoid or reduce tax liability. So, they divert their income to other family member\u2019s head. That is why income tax act clubs the income that is shown as divided.<\/span><\/p>\n

Various Types of Clubbing of Income under the Income Tax Act, 1961<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

There are many ways of clubbing income namely,<\/span><\/p>\n