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Income upto Rs 5 Lakh to get full tax rebate; higher standard deduction proposed

   01 February 2019 at 13:53

Relief of over Rs 23,000 crore to estimated 3 Crore small and middle class tax-payersTDS threshhold on interests on small savings raisedBoost to housing and real estate sectorFM announces a slew of tax reliefs for middle class and small tax payersInd

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Download complete finance bill presented in Budget 2019

   01 February 2019 at 13:50

1 AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA ON 1ST FEBRUARY, 2019 Bill No. 5 of 2019 THE FINANCE BILL, 2019ABILLto continue the existing rates of income-tax for the financial year 2019-2020 and to pr

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Budget summary with Major Highlights of Interim Budget 2019-20

   01 February 2019 at 13:35

BUDGET SUMMARY WITH MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INTERIM BUDGET 2019-20

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Increase in tax base and higher collections : GST

   01 February 2019 at 13:34

Rates continuously reduced providing relief of about r. 80,000 crore annually to consumers Most items of daily use of poor and middle class now in the 0% or 5% tax slab Average GST collection in the current financial year stands at Rs. 97,100 crore p

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Tax collections increased from Rs 6.38 Lakh Crore to almost Rs 12 Lakh Crore this year

   01 February 2019 at 13:34

80% growth in tax base; number of returns filed increased from 3.79 crore to 6.85 Crore Within the next 2 years, almost all verification and assessment of returns selected for scrutiny to be done electronicallyThe Government has reduced tax rates, mo

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Anti-black money measures brought undisclosed income of about Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore to tax

   01 February 2019 at 13:34

Rs 6,900 Crore worth Benami assets and Rs 1600 Crore worth foreign assets attached 18% growth in direct tax collection in Fy 2017-18 Tax base increased by 1.06 Crore people filing ITR for 1st time mainly on account of demonetization The anti-black mo

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Major Direct Tax updates from Budget 2019-20

   01 February 2019 at 13:07

Latest News: Major Direct Tax updates from Budget 2019-20 Taxable slab rate revised- Minimum exemption limit raised to Rs. 500,000 from Rs. 250,000 TDS deduction on fixed deposit raised from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 40,000 Standard deduction for salaried c

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Highlights of Tax Proposals - Union Budget 2018-19

   03 February 2018 at 14:10

UNION BUDGET 2018 HIGHLIGHTS - DIRECT TAXESTAX RATESNo change in tax rates and basic exemption limitTax rates continue to be same for A.Y. 2019-20 as applicable for A.Y. 2018-19. Further, there is no change in the basic exemption limits.Health

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Detailed provisions related to Direct taxes in Budget 2018

   01 February 2018 at 15:18

The provisions of Finance Bill, 2018 relating to direct taxes seek to amend the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereafter referred to as 'the Act') to continue to provide momentum to the buoyancy in direct taxes through deepening and widening of the ta

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Budget 2018 Speech by FM : Arun Jaitley

   01 February 2018 at 14:31

Section IGovernance, Economy and DevelopmentMadam Speaker,1. I rise to present the Budget for 2018-19.2. Madam, four years ago, we pledged to the people of India togive this nation an honest, clean and transparent Government. Wepromised a leadership

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