Budget 2024-25: The Finance (No. 2) Bill 2024



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The Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2024 has been introduced in Lok Sabha, outlining the Central Government's financial proposals for the fiscal year 2024-2025. This Act, which may be cited as the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024, specifies income tax rates for the assessment year beginning 1st April 2024. Certain sections are effective from 1st April 2024, while others will be notified by the Central Government.

THE FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL, 2024
A
BILL
to give effect to the financial proposals of the Central
Government for the financial year 2024-2025.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fifth Year of the
Republic of India as follows:––
CHAPTER I
AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA
ON 23RD JULY, 2024
Bill No. 55 of 2024

Finance Bill 2024: Key Changes and Tax Rates Explained

PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act,– -

(a) sections 2 to 87 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2024;
(b) sections 110 to 153 shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 

CHAPTER II
RATES OF INCOME-TAX

Income-tax. 2. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2024, income-tax shall be charged at the rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule and such tax shall be increased by a surcharge, for the purposes of the Union, calculated in each case in the manner provided therein. 

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FAQ :

The Finance (No. 2) Bill, 2024 is an Act introduced in Lok Sabha to give effect to the Central Government's financial proposals for the financial year 2024-2025.

Sections 2 to 87 of the Act are deemed to have come into force on 1st April 2024. Other sections, from 110 to 153, will come into force on a date appointed by the Central Government.

For the assessment year commencing on 1st April 2024, income tax will be charged at the rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule, with a surcharge for the Union calculated as provided therein.

The Bill is No. 55 of 2024 and was introduced in Lok Sabha on 23rd July 2024.




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