Asked about the experience of the new tax regime, sources said, there are clear signs that people who have finished their home and education loans are willing to shift to the new tax regime as they have no exemptions to claim.
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New Delhi: The finance ministry is planning to soon review the exemption-free new tax regime with a view to making it more attractive for individual income taxpayers, reported news agency PTI quoting sources. Eventually, the government aims to establish a system where there are no exemptions and the complex old tax regime with exemptions and deductions is terminated, sources said.
The Union Budget 2020-21 introduced a new tax regime. Taxpayers were given the option to choose between the old regime with various deductions and exemptions and the new tax regime that offered lower tax rates without exemptions and deductions. The intention behind the move was to provide significant relief to the individual taxpayers and to simplify the income-tax law.
Asked about the experience of the new tax regime, sources said, there are clear signs that people who have finished their home and education loans are willing to shift to the new tax regime as they have no exemptions to claim. Sources further said that lowering of taxes in the new tax regime would make it more attractive
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Here are 5 more points to know for this big story on tax regime:
- A similar tax regime for corporate taxpayers was introduced in September 2019 by significantly lowering rates and removing exemptions.
- The government had announced a cut in base corporate tax for then existing companies to 22 per cent from 30 per cent; and for new manufacturing firms, incorporated after October 1, 2019, and starting operations before March 31, 2024, to 15 per cent from 25 per cent.
- Companies opting for these new tax rates will have to forego all exemptions and incentives.
- Under the new tax regime for individual taxpayers announced on February 1, 2020, people with an annual income of up to ₹ 2.5 lakh do not pay any tax. For income between ₹ 2.5 lakh to 5 lakh, the tax rate is 5 per cent.
- Further, those with an income of ₹ 5 lakh to ₹ 7.5 lakh have to pay a reduced tax rate of 10 per cent; between ₹ 7.5 lakh and ₹ 10 lakh 15 per cent; between ₹ 10 lakh and 12.5 lakh 20 per cent; between ₹ 12.5 lakh and 15 lakh 25 per cent; and above ₹ 15 lakh 30 per cent.
