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Source: Live Mint The government’s latest tax overhaul of income tax slabs in Budget 2025 is aimed at introducing a more streamlined tax system, providing relief to the harried middle-class salaried taxpayer. But does this necessarily mean better savings for taxpayers? Or does it merely mark a shift away from traditional deductions, which the old…
Source: Live Mint Budget 2025, Income Tax Slab Update: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2025 speech announced new income tax slabs for salaried individuals. As per Sitharaman, under the New Tax Regime, taxpayers with income up to ₹12 lakhs are now exempted. We take a look at what the new income tax…
Source: Live Mint Budget 2025 brought unexpected cheer to a large section of middle-class taxpayers who opt to file their returns under the new tax regime. Thanks to generous rebates announced, individuals earning up to ₹12 lakh an annum will not be required to pay any tax on incomes from sources such as salary. They…
Source: Live Mint Budget 2025: The Indian stock market experienced high volatility on Saturday, February 1, following the FY26 Union Budget announcement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While the budget introduced major changes in income tax slabs, shifting more money into the hands of middle-class consumers, market sentiment remained mixed due to concerns over government…
Source: Live Mint Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major overhaul of the income tax system while outlining the Budget on Saturday. Individuals earning up to ₹12 lakh annually will no longer have to pay any tax under the new income tax regime — with benefit of ₹80,000. Sitharaman also proposed a change to the…
Source: Live Mint Budget 2025: In India, the maximum income tax rate is 30 percent for those in the highest income bracket before a surcharge of up to 25 or 37 percent depending on which regime (new or old) and a 4 percent cess on the combined figure. In Budget 2023, the government had cut down…
Source: Live Mint Income tax calculator: As we are aware that the new tax regime will become a default regime in FY2023-24, taxpayers are meant to calculate their income tax as per the lower slab rates sans major deductions and exemptions that are no longer allowed in this regime. Although the new tax regime does not offer…
Source: Live Mint The Union Budget 2025 is just around the corner, and taxpayers are keeping a close watch. Over the years, the middle class has shouldered a big part of the tax burden, with individual tax collections doubling from ₹4.8 lakh crore in FY21 to ₹10.4 lakh crore in FY24. This year, many are…
Source: Live Mint Agricultural income is exempt from taxation, but what if you don’t own a farmland in a rural area? If you manage a home garden in a city and sell some of your produce, can this income still qualify as agricultural income? Here’s what tax experts say. Cultivation on land not mandatory The…
Source: Live Mint As you must be aware that Income Tax (I-T) law is currently being reviewed. During the Budget speech last year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the tax law is being reexamined. The goal, she emphasised, is to make the legislation easy to read and understand. “The purpose is to make the…
