Budget 2025: Earning above ₹12 lakh? Here’s how your tax could spike—or stay in check
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Budget 2025: Earning above ₹12 lakh? Here’s how your tax could spike—or stay in check

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Imagine getting a salary bump, only to find that your tax bill eats up most—if not all—of your raise. Thankfully, marginal relief has your back, ensuring that small increases in income don’t result in a huge spike in tax outgo. View Full Image Marginal relief ensures that the maximum tax outgo on income that marginally exceeds ₹ 12 lakh is capped at the increase in income. Marginal relief ensures that the maximum tax outgo on income that marginally exceeds ₹12 lakh is capped at the increase in income. While marginal relief helps contain excessive tax outgo for those marginally above the rebate limit, a sudden increase in income could still result in higher taxes, nullifying the benefit of the raise.

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