Tax Relief on Salary Arrears - sec89 of IT Act

The Income Tax Act u/s 89 provides relief to an assesse for any salary or profit in lieu of salary or family pension received by an assesse in advance or arrears in a Financial Year. This relief is granted as the total income assessed is at a rate higher than that at which it would otherwise have been assessed. Such relief can be claimed by furnishing particulars of your income in Form 10E.