Union Budget 2024-25 – Highlights of Tax Proposals – Watch Live
The Union Finance Minister MS Sitharaman shall be presenting Union Budget 2024-25 on 23rd July 2024 at 11AM. Watch live Highlights of Tax Proposals.
This is the first Budget that is to be presented by the BJP led NDA Government where BJP lacks the majority in the Lok Sabha and perhaps that this could be clearly visible in the budget proposals for various sectors, direct and indirect taxation.
Union Budget 2024-25 – Highlights of Tax Proposals – Watch Live
(A). GST to be simplified
(B) Income Tax
1. Comprehensive review of the Income Tax Act 1961 to be done in 6 months
2. Simplification of Charity and TDS
3. Rationalisation of Capital Gains – STCGÂ
4. Angel Tax abolished
5. Deepening of Tax BaseÂ
6. Personal Income Tax Rates
 For those who are opting for New New Tax Regime – Standard deduction increased from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 70,000. Deduction on Family Pension increased from Rs. 15000/- to Rs. 25000/-
Change in Tax structure for New Tax Regime
- Penalty for late supply of goods allowable deduction u/s 37 being not a crime or prohibited activity
- Interest received from Cooperative banks allowable deduction u/s 80P to a Cooperative Society
- SC to decide distinction in employees & employer contribution to PF, ESI for allowability u/s 43B
- No liability to collect TCS u/s 206C (1C) from person involved in illegal mining – SC
- Receipts mentioning that it was towards corpus, donation assumed to be for corpus of trust


