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🚨 Big Update for Salaried Professionals! 🚨 If you use meal cards or food vouc

June 23, 2026

🚨 Big Update for Salaried Professionals! 🚨 If you use meal cards or food vouchers (like Sodexo/Pluxee) as part of your CTC, there’s some great news for you Under the new Income Tax Rules (2026), the tax-exempt limit for food allowances has been significantly increased. 🔹 What’s changed? Old limit: ₹50 per meal New limit: ₹200 per meal 💡 What does this mean for you? Assuming 2 meals per day over 22 working days: ₹200 × 2 meals = ₹400/day ₹400 × 22 days = ₹8,800/month ₹8,800 × 12 months = ₹1,05,600/year Previously, the annual exemption was capped at ₹26,400. With this update, you can now save taxes on an additional ₹79,200 every year. 👉 If you fall in the 30% tax bracket, this could translate to ₹24,000+ in annual tax savings — a meaningful boost to your take-home income! ✅ A small policy change, but a big win for salaried employees. 😄 But the real question is… what will you do with so much balance in your food coupons? Time to upgrade from chai to full-course meals every day? #IncomeTax #SalaryBenefit #CTC #TAX #FinancialPlanning