HOW TO CLAIM RELIEF WHEN SALARY IS PAID IN ARREARS OR IN ADVANCE Whereby any portion of assessee’s salary is received in arrears or in advance or by reason of his having received in any one financial year salary for more than 12 months or payment which under the provisions of section 17(3) is a profit in lieu of salary, he is hence taxed at a higher slab than that at which it would otherwise have been assessed. The Assessing Officer shall, on an Application made to him, grant such…