NEW DELHI : The revenue department has appealed to all the officials to contribute one day’s salary every month till March 2021 to Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund, an official communication showed on Friday.
The communication said that those who do not wish to contribute could intimate the official in charge of disbursing salaries.
Contributions to PM CARES fund are eligible for full deduction while calculating the taxable income. The government recently clarified that donations to the fund made through employers are also eligible for the tax benefit.
The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020, made donations to the PM-CARES Fund fully eligible for