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LTC cash voucher scheme: If you spend less, tax benefit will be lower

Under cash scheme, now extended to private-sector employees, 3x the LTC fare has to be spent

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3 min read Last Updated : Oct 30 2020 | 9:49 PM IST

Private-sector employees will not be deprived of the benefit of the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) tax voucher scheme. The income-tax (I-T) department has now extended the tax exemption available under this scheme to non-central government employees too. Earlier this month, the department had announced that central government employees would be given cash vouchers this year in lieu of LTC fare.

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LTC benefit has to be availed of by employees within a block of four years. Balwant Jain, investment and tax expert working with ApnaPaisa, says, “Due to the pandemic and the lockdown, people have been reluctant to

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