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Budget 2023: No income tax for income up to 7 lakh in new tax regime; Check detail here

Updated: 01 Feb 2023, 08:48 PM IST
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  • Under the revamped concessional tax regime, no tax would be levied for income up to 3 lakh. Income between 3-6 lakh would be taxed at 5 per cent; 6-9 lakh at 10 per cent, 9-12 lakh at 15 per cent, 12-15 lakh at 20 per cent and income of 15 lakh and above will be taxed at 30 per cent.

New Delhi, Feb 01 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carrying the tablet leaves from the Ministry of Finance to present and read out the Union Budget 2023 at the Parliament, at North Block, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh)

New Delhi, Feb 01 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carrying the tablet leaves from the Ministry of Finance to present and read out the Union Budget 2023 at the Parliament, at North Block, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh)

(PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday tweaked the slabs to provide some relief to the middle class by announcing that no tax would be levied on annual income of up to 7 lakh under the new tax regime.

She also allowed a 50,000 standard deduction to taxpayers under the new regime, where assessees cannot claim deductions or exemptions on their investments.

She also tweaked the concessional tax regime, which was originally introduced in 2020-21, by hiking the tax exemption limit by 50,000 to 3 lakh and reducing the number of slabs to five.

In the Budget for 2023-24, Sitharaman said currently individuals with total income of up to 5 lakh do not pay any tax due to rebate under both the old and new regimes.

"It is proposed to increase the rebate for the resident individual under the new regime so that they do not pay tax if their total income is up to 7 lakh," Sitharaman said.

She further said under the new personal income tax regime, the number of slabs would be reduced to five.

"I propose to change the tax structure in this regime by reducing the number of slabs to five and increasing the tax exemption limit to 3 lakh," Sitharaman said.

Under the revamped concessional tax regime, no tax would be levied for income up to 3 lakh. Income between 3-6 lakh would be taxed at 5 per cent; 6-9 lakh at 10 per cent, 9-12 lakh at 15 per cent, 12-15 lakh at 20 per cent and income of 15 lakh and above will be taxed at 30 per cent.

"I propose to extend the benefit of standard deduction to the new tax regime. Each salaried person with an income of 15.5 lakh or more will thus stand to benefit by 52,500," Sitharaman said

The government in Budget 2020-21 brought in an optional income tax regime, under which individuals and Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) were to be taxed at lower rates if they did not avail specified exemptions and deductions, like house rent allowance (HRA), interest on home loan, investments made under Section 80C, 80D and 80CCD. Under this, total income up to 2.5 lakh was tax exempt.

Currently, a 5 per cent tax is levied on total income between 2.5 lakh and 5 lakh, 10 per cent on 5 lakh to 7.5 lakh, 15 per cent on 7.5 lakh to 10 lakh, 20 per cent on 10 lakh to 12.5 lakh, 25 per cent on 12.5 lakh to 15 lakh, and 30 per cent on above 15 lakh.

The scheme, however, has not gained traction as in several cases it resulted in higher tax burden.

With effect from April 1, these slabs will be modified as per the Budget announcement.

First Published: 01 Feb 2023, 12:22 PM IST