The Direct Tax Code Bill, 2009 will easily be one of the biggest tax reform measures in modern India. Yet, some hangovers from the past remain, and the provisions related to wealth tax stand out as one. The new code unfortunately, seems to persist with this now redundant concept.
Will Wealth Tax be a penalty for those who invest?
18 Aug 2009, 0001 hrs IST,
The Direct Tax Code Bill, 2009 will easily be one of the biggest tax reform measures in modern India. Yet, some hangovers from the past remain, and the provisions related to wealth tax stand out as one. The new code unfortunately, seems to persist with this now redundant concept.
Wealth Tax will help bring about social equity
Direct Tax Code: Save at work pay at retirement
Taxcode proposes raising threshold for wealth tax to Rs 50 cr
It will be a test of perseverance and political will to ensure the early enactment of the new tax code and prevent any serious dilution.
Will Wealth Tax be a penalty for those who invest?
18 Aug 2009, 0001 hrs IST,
The Direct Tax Code Bill, 2009 will easily be one of the biggest tax reform measures in modern India. Yet, some hangovers from the past remain, and the provisions related to wealth tax stand out as one. The new code unfortunately, seems to persist with this now redundant concept.
Wealth Tax will help bring about social equity
Direct Tax Code: Save at work pay at retirement
Taxcode proposes raising threshold for wealth tax to Rs 50 cr
New Tax Code: Early enactment a challenge
17 Aug 2009, 0341 hrs IST,N K SINGH,
It will be a test of perseverance and political will to ensure the early enactment of the new tax code and prevent any serious dilution.
Direct tax code: Tax liability and you
Fact sheet on proposed tax code
Fact sheet on the proposed new direct tax code
Direct Tax Code: Save at work pay at retirement
Though the tax rates largely remain the same, the income slabs have been significantly increased to take into account realistic income levels.
Govt unveiled draft of a brand new direct tax law, which will replace the four-decade Income-Tax Act, "... to improve the efficiency and equity of our tax system by eliminating distortions in the tax structure, introducing moderate levels of taxation and expanding the tax base", said FM.