ICAI Submits Suggestions on Comprehensive Review of the IT Act 1961 and Pre-Budget Memorandum 2025

Last updated: 04 January 2025


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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has presented its recommendations for a comprehensive review of the Income-tax Act, 1961, aiming to simplify tax laws, reduce disputes, and ease compliance. Their suggestions include simplifying tax regimes for firms and trusts, clarifying residential status rules, and streamlining TDS/TCS procedures. Additionally, ICAI's Pre-Budget Memorandum 2025 proposes tax reforms to foster economic growth and environmental sustainability, such as tax benefits for climate change mitigation and removing restrictive ownership provisions.

For a comprehensive review of the Income-tax Act, 1961, as proposed by the Hon'ble Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech 2024-25 to simplify the language of the Act and reduce disputes and litigation, a CBDT-level committee was formed. A stakeholder consultation, chaired by t
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The main goal is to simplify the language of the Act, reduce disputes and litigation, and make the income-tax law simple, fair, and equitable.

ICAI suggests introducing special tax regimes for firms/LLPs, simplifying the taxation of charitable trusts, clarifying residential status rules for individuals, and removing the need for separate forms to opt for special tax regimes.

ICAI suggests aligning TDS/TCS rates with audit trail objectives, limiting adjustments under section 143(1)(a) to arithmetical errors, mandating time limits for appeal disposal, and establishing effective grievance redressal mechanisms.

The memorandum suggests tax benefits for climate change mitigation, removal of restrictive deemed ownership provisions, and inserting a new head of income for shares and securities.

ICAI proposes introducing a year-wise E-Ledger system for tax payments, extending the deadline for filing belated returns to 31st March of the assessment year, and simplifying income-tax return forms.




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