Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
15. Set on and set off of allocable surplus
(1) Where for any accounting year, the allocable surplus exceeds
the amount of maximum bonus payable to the employees in the establishment under
section 11, then, the excess shall, subject to a limit of twenty per cent of
the total salary or wages of the employees employed in the establishment in
that accounting year, be carried forward for being set on in the succeeding
accounting year and so on up to and inclusive of the fourth accounting year to
be utilized for the purpose of payment of bonus in the manner illustrated in
the Fourth Schedule.
(2) Where for any accounting year, there is no available surplus
or the allocable surplus in respect of that year falls short of the amount of
minimum bonus payable to the employees in the establishment under section 10,
and there is no amount or sufficient amount carried forward and set on under
sub-section (1) which could be utilized for the purpose of payment of the minimum
bonus, then such minimum amount or the deficiency, as the case may be, shall be
carried forward for being set off in the succeeding accounting year and so on
up to and inclusive of the fourth accounting year in the manner illustrated in
the Fourth Schedule.
(3) The principle of set on and set off as illustrated in the
Fourth Schedule shall apply to all other cases not covered by sub-section (1)
or sub-section (2) for the purpose of payment of bonus under this Act.
(4) Where in any accounting year any amount has been carried
forward and set on or set off under this section, then, in calculating bonus
for the succeeding accounting year, the amount of set on or set off carried
forward from the earliest accounting year shall first be taken into account.]