The Indian budget was positively received by most people today, and it has got a bit of good news for people who pay income tax.
The tax slabs have changed, and it translates into a Rs.50,000 savings for incomes up to Rs. 8 lakhs. Any amount over that will continue to be taxed at the earlier rate.
The new slab is as follows:
Income up to 1.6 lakhs: 0
From 1.6 to 5 lakhs: 10%
5 to 8 lakhs: 20%
Above 8 lakhs: 30%
This is a welcome change and if you compare it with the earlier slab – someone earning 8 lakhs will save Rs.50,000. This is of course a simplification, as it does not take into account the deductions you get from investments, EMI payments or other things like the LTA tax or HRA tax for example.
I feel happy to be able to write about this good news especially because I recently had a post an another bit of good news for Indian savers.
The bad news is that fuel prices will go up a bit, but in the larger scheme of things deregulation of fuel prices is a good thing for the Indian economy.
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I also feel fuel deregulation was essential even if it means little budget modifications to start with.
Yeah, deregulation along with implementation of the new tax code will be two major things as far as I am concerned.
Hi Manshu,
thanks for the heads up on the taxes. Can you do me a favor and explain to me how many rupees one lakh is? And the one crore?
Thanks
10 lakhs is a million, and 1 crore is 10 million, and a billion is 100 crores.
You really are quite interested in this stuff aren’t you
The only time I saw people remotely interested in what a lakh was when Tata Nano was launched and promoted as the 1 lakh car.