CBDT issued circular providing guidelines regarding taxability of amount received on maturity from life insurance policies which are not exempt u/s 10(10D) of the Act. CBDT also notified Rule 11UACA for computation of income chargeable to tax under clause (xiii) of sub-section (2) of section 56 in respect of receipt from such taxable life insurance policies.

“The Finance Act, 2023 (Finance Act), inter-alia,-

l. amended clause (10D) of section 10 of the Act by substituting the existing sixth proviso with the new sixth, seventh and eighth provisos to, inter-alia, provide that:

(i)             with effect from assessment year 2024-25, the sum received under a life insurance policy, other than a unit linked insurance policy, issued on or after the 151 day of April, 2023, shall not be exempt under the said clause if the amount of premium payable for any of the previous years during the term of such policy exceeds Rs 5,00,000 [sixth proviso];

(ii)            if premium is payable for more than one life insurance policy, other than a unit linked insurance policy, issued on or after 01.04.2023, the exemption under the said clause shall be available only with respect to such policies where the aggregate premium does not exceed Rs 5,00,000 for any of the previous years during the term of any of those policies [seventh proviso];

(iii)          the sixth and seventh provisos shall not apply in case of any sum received on the death ofa person [eighth proviso]

II. inserted a new clause (xiii) in sub-section (2) of section 56 to provide that where any sum is received, including the amount allocated by way of bonus, at any time during a previous year, under a life insurance policy, other than the sum,-

a. received under a unit linked insurance policy, or

b. being the income referred to in clause (iv) of sub-section 2,

which is not to be excluded from the total income of the previous year in accordance with the provisions of clause (10D) of section 10, the sum so received as exceeds the aggregate of the premium paid, during the term of such life insurance policy, and not claimed as deduction in any other provision of the Act, computed in the manner as may be prescribed shall be chargeable to income-tax under the head "Income from other sources";

III. inserted a sub-clause (xviid) in clause (24) of section 2 to provide that income shall include any sum referred to in clause (xiii) of sub-section (2) of section 56.”

Circular No. 15 of 2023 dated 16.08.2023 

Notification No. 61/2023 dated 16.08.2023



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