I work in a Navaratna PSU. Here we are provided accommodation on sharing basis for which a minimal rent is deducted. Also, ours is a project site so this accommodation is not as per our eligibility. So, do we need to bear perquisite tax???
1st proviso to Rule 3(1) of Income Tax Rule 1961, provides that any accommodation provided to an employee working at a mining site or an on-shore oil exploration site or a project execution site, or a dam site or a power generation site or an off-shore site—

(i) which, being of a temporary nature and having plinth area not exceeding 800 square feet, is located not less than eight kilometers away from the local limits of any municipality or a cantonment board; or
(ii) which is located in a remote area:

Then there should be any perquisite for rent free accommodation provided.

If your project site satisfies this requirement, then there will be no tax.
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