[ad_1] Budget 2025 has moved in a path that at once caters to the immediate requirements of the economy, while continuing on the path to investing for future growth, even while ensuring a tight leash on the fiscal deficit. Tax slab rationalisation to boost consumption, ease of taxation via higher thresholds for tax deductions (TDS…
[ad_1] In these years, the number of tax filers has gone up from 65 million to 80 million, which is still less than 6% of the population. Of all those filers, barely 25 million pay more than zero tax. Thanks to the recent hike in the exemption ceiling, it is possible that another 8 to…
[ad_1] Budget 2025: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the revision of tax slabs for taxpayers under the new tax regime. This has, undoubtedly, made the new tax regime even more attractive for the taxpayers. Does this mean that today’s Budget rang a death knell for the old tax regime? Let us understand whether the…
[ad_1] For the upcoming budget year, nominal gross domestic product (GDP) has been projected to grow at 10.1% over the half year-based First Advance Estimate (FAE) for the current year, yielding a budgeted GDP denominator of â‚ą356.97 trillion for 2025-26. The Second Advance Estimate (SAE) for 2024-25 will soon follow at February-end, and at May-end…
[ad_1] There is a spring in the step of Indian consumer-related companies after the budget 2025’s proposal to make income up to â‚ą12 lakh tax-free under the new tax regime. With more disposable income in the hands of millions of taxpayers, the expectation is that consumers would be encouraged to spend more on items like…
[ad_1] In case you forgot to report some income while filing tax returns anytime in the past four fiscal years, Budget 2025 has good news. The timeline to file an updated income tax return has been increased to four years from two years starting April 2025. Of course, an updated ITR can only be filed…
[ad_1] In addition to lowering income tax payable by individuals, Budget 2025 gave citizens relief by raising the threshold for tax deducted at source (TDS) and removing conditions on declaring a second house as self-occupied for tax purposes. The changes on TDS will benefit senior citizens as the paperwork they need to complete to avoid…
[ad_1] The Indian banking and financial sector though robust and well capitalized, still faces serious challenges linked to unsecured loans and global market volatility. This fact has already been highlighted in the Economic Survey 2025. To combat this issue, the FM has introduced several measures for the sector, for example, to bring credit guarantee cover…
[ad_1] India’s middle class has reason to rejoice. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has eased income tax burdens under the new regime across the board. The threshold level for zero income tax, for instance, has been bumped up to â‚ą12 lakh annually from â‚ą7 lakh. That’s quite a leap. Also Read: Union Budget 2025 strengthens the…
[ad_1] The government in its Union Budget for 2025-26 proposed raising the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit for India’s insurance sector to 100% from 74%—meeting a long-awaited industry demand. So why did the stocks of most Indian insurance companies end the day flat to negative? The simple reason for that being that well-established life insurance…
