3727086 - Indian Income Tax Declaration Legal Update 2026

Symptom

Income Tax Declaration in Employee Central now complies with India's Income-tax Bill 2025, which restructures provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. The pre-delivered declaration types and investment types names needs to be updated to align with the new tax law.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central: Income Tax

Cause

The Government of India introduces the Income-tax Bill 2025. It restructures and renumbers provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. In Employee Central, the Income Tax Declaration will reflect new declaration and investment type names that align with the Income-tax Bill 2025, once configured in the system.

The following declaration type names and investment type names are updated in the India Income Tax Declaration:

Declaration Types:

Old Declaration Type Name	New Declaration Type Name
Sec 80 Deductions	Deductions from Total Income
Sec 80 C Deductions	Deductions for Savings/Investments

Investment Types:

EC Inv Type Code	Declaration Type.Code	Investment Type Old Name in EC	Investment Types New Text - confirmed by IN PY - Effective from 1 April 2026
23	S80	Interest from savings bank account (Sec 80TTA)	Interest from savings bank account
25	S80	House Loan Interest Deduction U/S 80EE	House Loan Interest Deduction
48	S80C	Term Deposits under Section 80C	Term Deposits
49	S80C	Section 80C - 5 year time deposit under the Post Office Time Deposit Rules 1981	5 year time deposit under the Post Office Time Deposit Rules 1981
50	S80C	Section 80C - Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Rules 2004	Senior Citizens Savings Scheme Rules 2004
71	PETD	Salary as per provisions u/s 17(1)	Income from salary
72	PETD	Value of perquisites u/s 17(2)	Perquisite
73	PETD	Profits in lieu of salary u/s 17(3)	Profits in lieu of salary
74	PETD	Exemptions u/s 10	Exemptions
101	IFHP	Self-occupied/Deemed self-occupied House Property-Ded.-Interest u/s 24	Self-occupied/Deemed self-occupied House Property-Ded.-Interest
103	IFHP	PLHP-Ded.-Interest u/s 24	PLHP - Deduction on interest
105	IFHP	PLHP-Deduc-Repairs u/s 24	PLHP - Deduction on repairs
106	IFHP	PLHP-Deduc-Others u/s 24	PLHP - Other deductions
108	IFHP	WLHP-Ded.-Interest u/s 24	WLHP - Deduction on interest
110	IFHP	WLHP-Repairs u/s 24	WLHP - Deduction on repairs
111	IFHP	WLHP-Others u/s 24	WLHP - Other deductions
113	S80	Deduction under sec 80G – 100%	Charitable Donation Deduction – 100%
114	S80	Deduction under sec 80g – 50%	Charitable Donation Deduction – 50%

Resolution

Kindly import the updated files(available in the attachment section) for “Declaration Type.csv” and “Investment Types For Tax Declaration.csv” to view the updated names from the applicable dates.

This will also be available in Software Download Center with 1H 2026 release.

Keywords

Income Tax 2026, Income Tax, Indian Income Tax, Tax , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-TAX , Income Tax Declaration , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central 2605

Attachments

Declaration Type.csv
Investment Types For Tax Declaration.csv