Any contribution by the employer towards NPS will fall under the Tier I account of the scheme. Such employer's contribution towards NPS will be allowed to the employee under Section 80CCD (2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, to the extent of 10% of Basic Pay and Dearness Allowance (DA).
To create Employer’s NPS Contribution Pay Head,
Go to Gateway of Tally > Payroll Info. > Pay Heads > Create
Enter the name of the Pay Head in the Name field
Select Employer’s Statutory Contributions as the Pay Head Type from the list of Pay Head Types
Select National Pension Scheme (Tier - I) in the Statutory Pay Type field
Select Indirect Expenses from the List of Groups in the Under field
By default, Affect Net Salary is set to No. Type Yes, if you want this component to be included in the Pay Slip
In the Calculation Type field, select the required type of calculation, User Defined Value, Flat Rate or As Computed Value. On selection of Calculation Type, the Calculation Period is pre-filled with Months by default
Select Normal Rounding from the list of Rounding Methods and type 1 as the rounding Limit
If the Calculation Type is set to As Computed Value, then
In the Compute field, select On Specified Formula from the Computation On list.
The Compute sub-screen appears.
In the Pay Head column, select Basic Pay from the List of Pay Heads and select Add Pay Head to add other Pay Heads that will be considered for NPS calculation and select End of List to return to Pay Head Creation
In the Effective Date field, enter the desired date from which the NPS deduction will come into effect
Select Percentage from the List of Slabs in the Slab Type field
Enter the required percentage for NPS in the Value Basis field
Note: The Calculation Type can be set to As Computed Value/Flat Rate/User Defined. If User Defined is selected as the Calculation Type, then while recording a Payroll Voucher, NPS Process has to be selected in the Process For field of the Payroll Auto Fill sub-screen.
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