Atmanirbhar Bharat: Taxation Relief – Is it a Real Relief?

Starting off with a genuine question, does mere deferment of taxes mounts to reliefs? The taxation reliefs provided in the "Aatmanirbhar India Economic Relief Package" may be more of the nature of deferment of incidence, rather than providing actual monetary relief. The Taxation Reliefs announced by Hon’ble Finance Minister are as follows :TDS/TCS Rate reduction …

New tax rates- are they actually lower?

During the presentation of the Fiscal Budget, the Finance Minister announced revised slab rates of taxation for individuals, which are lower than the prevailing rates. However, there is a certain catch to it. Under the new rates, the assessee has to forego certain exemptions and deductions while computing the taxable income. Hence they might actually …