Hi,
Gratuity can be received by the employee at the time of his retirement or by his legal heir in the event of death of the employee. Gratuity received by an employee on his retirement is taxable under the head "Salary" and gratuity received by the legal heir is taxable under the head" Income from Other Sources".
For more details please refer to the links:
http://www.myicwai.c om/StudyMaterial/AppDirTax6.pd f
http://www.gti.org/Servic es/Tax-services/Expatriate-tax /Expatriate-tax-ebook/India/ba sis-of-taxation.asp
http:// finance.indiamart.com/taxation /income_tax/tax_gratuity.html
Answered by
Vashu Saxena
at
3:00 PM on March 26, 2012