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Source: Live Mint Though the announcement was widely welcomed, it failed to address a critical question – does income from capital gains affect a person’s eligibility for the rebate? In other words, if a person with a ₹12 lakh salary earns an additional ₹1 lakh from capital gains, will they lose the rebate or will…
Source: Live Mint In Budget 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that taxpayers with income upto ₹12 lakh do not need to pay any income tax. Aside from this, salaried taxpayers will be entitled to take an additional benefit of no tax by virtue of ₹75,000 standard deduction. Notably, these changes will come into effect from April 1…
Source: Live Mint On February 13, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Simplified Income Tax Bill 2025 in the Lok Sabha. Once passed, the Bill will replace the 64-year-old Income Tax Act. The new Bill spans 2.6 lakh words and consists of 536 sections, with the number of chapters reduced to 23. The government has…
Source: Live Mint India’s income tax law has recently undergone a major reform with a new Bill having been introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday and proposed to be reviewed by the select committee. The new Income Tax Bill aims to make the tax legislation simpler, concise and easy to read, so that there…
Source: Live Mint Income Tax Bill 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the new direct tax code or the Income Tax Bill 2025 in Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Income Tax Bill, 2025, will now be referred to Select Committee of Lok Sabha for further review. The Lok Sabha proceedings have been adjourned till March…
Source: Live Mint Amid the new Income Tax Bill 2025, we answer several FAQs on tax slabs, the old vs. new regime, the new income tax rules, exemption limits, and more. Also Read | New Income Tax Bill 2025 LIVE Updates: Amendments, updates — what to expect What is the new income tax rule? The…
Source: Live Mint The “crisper and simplified” new Income Tax Bill 2025 has replaced the term ‘previous year’ from the 60-year-old Income Tax Act, 1961, with ‘tax year’ and done away with the concept of ‘assessment year’, a PTI report noted. The new I-T Bill, with 536 sections, and 23 chapters running into 622 pages,…
Source: Live Mint The New Income Tax Bill, set to be presented in Parliament on Thursday, February 13, will span over 622 pages and aims to replace the six-decade-old Income Tax Act of 1961. Once passed, the proposed legislation will be called the Income Tax Act, 2025, and is expected to take effect in April…
Source: Live Mint New Income Tax Bill 2025 LIVE Updates: The new Income-Tax (I-T) Bill, announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during her Budget speech on February 1, is likely to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, as per reports. Approved by the Union Cabinet on February 7, the bill was expected in…
Source: Live Mint The Union government has disbursed ₹1.11 lakh crore approximately, as interest free loans to states between April and January. This money has been disbursed under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure scheme as detailed in a report by PTI. Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State for Finance shared this information, highlighting…
