CHAPTER VIA — DEDUCTIONS TO BE MADE IN COMPUTING TOTAL INCOME
Case Laws & Commentary
SECTION 80FF — DEDUCTION IN RESPECT OF EXPENDITURE ON HIGHER EDUCATION (OMITTED)
Omitted-Section Note (Income-tax Act, 1961 as amended by Finance Act, 2026)
STATUS — OMITTED PROVISION
Section 80FF of the Income-tax Act, 1961 stands OMITTED and is not in force for any current assessment year. This note records the omission for completeness of the Chapter VIA series.
BARE-ACT ENTRY (verbatim, Income-tax Act, 1961 as amended by Finance Act, 2025)
80FF. [Omitted by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1980, w.e.f. 1-4-1981. Original section was inserted by the Finance Act, 1975, we.f. 1-4-1976.]
A. HISTORICAL NOTE
Section 80FF provided a deduction in respect of expenditure incurred on the higher education of certain dependants. Inserted by the Finance Act, 1975 with effect from 1 April 1976, it was a short-lived incentive and was omitted by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1980 with effect from 1 April 1981.
B. CASE LAW
The provision stands omitted and confers no deduction for any current assessment year. No case law is digested. Decisions rendered under it survive only as historical authority and for reassessment of years in which it was in force.
Editorial note on sourcing
Bare-Act omission entry reproduced verbatim from the Income-tax Act, 1961 as amended by the Finance Act, 2025 (no Finance Act, 2026 change affects an already-omitted provision). Insertion/omission history stated from the bare-Act footnote. No case law is digested for an omitted provision; any historical authority is noted only for context.
Case Laws & Commentary
SECTION 80FF — DEDUCTION IN RESPECT OF EXPENDITURE ON HIGHER EDUCATION (OMITTED)
Omitted-Section Note (Income-tax Act, 1961 as amended by Finance Act, 2026)
STATUS — OMITTED PROVISION
Section 80FF of the Income-tax Act, 1961 stands OMITTED and is not in force for any current assessment year. This note records the omission for completeness of the Chapter VIA series.
BARE-ACT ENTRY (verbatim, Income-tax Act, 1961 as amended by Finance Act, 2025)
80FF. [Omitted by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1980, w.e.f. 1-4-1981. Original section was inserted by the Finance Act, 1975, we.f. 1-4-1976.]
A. HISTORICAL NOTE
Section 80FF provided a deduction in respect of expenditure incurred on the higher education of certain dependants. Inserted by the Finance Act, 1975 with effect from 1 April 1976, it was a short-lived incentive and was omitted by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1980 with effect from 1 April 1981.
B. CASE LAW
The provision stands omitted and confers no deduction for any current assessment year. No case law is digested. Decisions rendered under it survive only as historical authority and for reassessment of years in which it was in force.
Editorial note on sourcing
Bare-Act omission entry reproduced verbatim from the Income-tax Act, 1961 as amended by the Finance Act, 2025 (no Finance Act, 2026 change affects an already-omitted provision). Insertion/omission history stated from the bare-Act footnote. No case law is digested for an omitted provision; any historical authority is noted only for context.