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The New Tax Regime is a scheme of Income tax in India first proposed in Union Budget 2020–21. [1] Subsequent Budget of FY2021-22 did not see any major announcements in this regime. [ 2 ] During the Budget 2022–23, reports emerged that New Tax Regime was getting poor response [ 3 ] and Government is considering to make it more attractive ...
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 ...
Income tax in India is governed by Entry 82 of the Union List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, empowering the central government to tax non-agricultural income; agricultural income is defined in Section 10(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. [2]
The Wealth Tax Act, 1957 was an Act of the Parliament of India that provides for the levying of wealth tax on an individual, Hindu Undivided Family or company. The wealth tax was levied on the net wealth owned by a person on a valuation date, i.e., 31 March of every year. The Act applies to the whole of India.
Schedule ‘C' – Declared Goods and other specified verry goods - 6% (Rates for items other than declared goods changed to 6%) [2] Schedule ‘D’ – Foreign Liquor, Country Liquor, Motor Spirits, etc. - 20% and above Schedule ‘E’ – All other goods (not covered by A to D) - 13.5% with EFF CT from 17.09.2016
The Schedule in any Finance Act is a systematic depiction of all the rules and regulations laid down by the Act for that Financial Year. [3] The Schedule gives details on Rates of Income Tax; Surcharge on Income Tax; Rates for Deduction of Tax at Source; Details of Advance Tax; Details for computation of Net Agricultural Income; among other ...
Direct tax in the form of an income tax was introduced by Sir James Wilson in India in 1860 to overcome the difficulties created by the Indian Rebellion of 1857. [12] The organisational history of the Income-tax Department, however, starts in the year 1922, when the Income-tax Act [4], 1922 gave, for the first time, a specific nomenclature to various Income-tax authorities.
The Union Budget is the annual financial report of India; an estimate of income and expenditure of the government on a periodical basis. As per Article 112 of the Indian Constitution, it is a compulsory task of the government. [3] The first budget of India was presented on 18 February 1860 by Scotsman James Wilson. [4]