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Income tax is a key source of government funding. The Income Tax Department is the central government's largest revenue generator; total tax revenue increased from ₹ 1,392.26 billion (US$16 billion) in 1997–98 to ₹ 5,889.09 billion (US$69 billion) in 2007–08.
The Income Tax Service was established in 1944, and was subsequently reconstituted as the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) in 1953. In 1963, given the increasingly complex roles and responsibilities of administering direct tax in India, the Central Board of Direct Taxes was constituted as a statutory body under the Central Board of Revenue ...
In the Finance Act, 2020 the Government introduced a new tax regime for individuals giving them the option to opt for the new regime or continue with the old regime. [11] The tax is collected by the Income Tax Department for the central government. Farmers - who constitute 70% of the Indian workforce - are generally excluded from paying income ...
Union Government sets up Arbind Modi-led panel to overhaul, simplify income tax laws. On 22 November 2017, the government formed a task force to draft a new direct tax law to replace the existing Income Tax Act, which has been in force since 1961. Arbind Modi, Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), will lead a six-member panel.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a statutory body under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It oversees the administration of direct taxes, including income tax and corporate tax, through the Income Tax Department. The CBDT was constituted in 1964 under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963.
[b] In India on the other hand there is a slab rate system, where for income below INR 2.5 lakhs per annum the tax is zero percent, for those with their income in the slab rate of INR 2,50,001 to INR 5,00,000 the tax rate is 5%. In this way the rate goes up with each slab, reaching to 30% tax rate for those with income above INR 15,00,000.
(The Secretariat later came to be known as ‘Government Secretariat’, from 25 August 1949, by virtue of Circular no. M3-5412/49/CS). Unlike other Indian states, Revenue functions of Finance department is separated from the department and maintained as an independent department with another senior cabinet ranking minister, heading the portfolio.
The Income Tax Act, 1961, and the Income Tax Rules, 1962, require citizens to file their tax returns with the Income Tax Department at the end of every financial year and this form is a part of the filing process as specified by the Government of India. The due date for filing return with the Income Tax Department of India is 31 July every year ...