Income tax payments from senior citizens surpasses Rs. 1 lakh crore



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Income tax payments from individuals aged 60 and above have seen a remarkable increase, surpassing ₹1 lakh crore in the past year. This represents a significant 61.5% rise from pre-COVID levels and a 35.5% jump from the previous year alone. While personal income tax collections grew faster than corporate taxes, the surge from senior citizens was exceptionally high, prompting speculation among tax experts about the contributing factors.

There has been a surprising surge in income tax payments from senior citizens during the past year, lifting the overall tax collections from the 60+ population by as much as 61.5% from pre-COVID levels to surpass ₹1 lakh crore. While personal income tax flows have grown at a faster pace of around 24% vis-a-vis corporate taxes (up 16.9%) through 2022-23, the growth in revenues from senior citizens is far higher. In the first 11 months of 2022-23, taxes paid by senior citizens jumped 35.5% from
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Senior citizens have paid over ₹1 lakh crore in income tax during the past year, with collections reaching well over ₹1.13 lakh crore in the first 11 months of 2022-23.

Tax payments from senior citizens have increased by 61.5% from pre-COVID levels and saw a 35.5% jump in the first 11 months of 2022-23 compared to the entire previous year.

Personal income tax flows, including those from senior citizens, have grown at a faster pace (around 24%) compared to corporate taxes (up 16.9%) through 2022-23.

Potential factors include arrears paid to defence pensioners, higher capital gains and dividend tax collections due to recent Budget changes, and the boom in stock markets during 2021-22.

The number of senior citizen taxpayers increased by 18.6% during the period from 2019-20 to 2022-23, rising from 73.1 lakh to 86.71 lakh.




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