Only 6.68 pc of population filed income tax return in 2023-24 fiscal | DEATILS
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Only 6.68 pc of population filed income tax return in 2023-24 fiscal | DEATILS

India TV News  

Income tax returns: The country's population may be the largest in the world, but Indians are still lagging behind in filing income tax returns. The latest data shows that only 6.68 per cent of India's population filed income tax returns for the financial year 2023-24, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. Over 8.09 crore income tax returns filed The minister said that more than 8.09 crore income tax returns were filed in the financial year 2023-24, although it was more than 7.40 crore in the financial year 2022-23. "In FY 2023-24, the percentage of the population that files Income Tax Return is 6.68 per cent.," Chaudhary said.

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State of income tax in India: Rich pay more, middle class less
1 month, 1 week ago

State of income tax in India: Rich pay more, middle class less

Firstpost  

Income tax liability on salaried individuals earning less than Rs 20 lakh a year, broadly described as middle class, has fell sharply during the 10 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. Also, the income tax liability of those earning more than Rs 50 lakh has increased 3.2 times or 282 per cent, from Rs 2.52 lakh crore in 2014, …

Income Tax Returns data shows that 5 times more people are earning over 50 lakhs per year since PM Modi came to power, pay over 75% of taxes
1 month, 1 week ago

Income Tax Returns data shows that 5 times more people are earning over 50 lakhs per year since PM Modi came to power, pay over 75% of taxes

Op India  

Over the course of last ten years, the number of income tax filers has increased by an astounding 120%, as per media reports. The data from income tax return filings shows that the number of people with yearly incomes over Rs 50 lakh surged five-fold from 1.85 lakh in 2013–14, to over 9.39 lakh in 2023–24. Furthermore, from Rs 2.52 …

Income tax share from below ₹10 lakh group shrinks over 10 years, high earners dominate
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1 month, 1 week ago

Income tax share from below ₹10 lakh group shrinks over 10 years, high earners dominate

Live Mint  

Data from the Income Tax Department reveals a shift in India’s tax landscape over the past decade, with the share of tax collected from individuals earning less than ₹10 lakh dropping from over 10% to 6.22%. Tax collection from this group has tripled, rising from ₹2.52 lakh crore in 2014 to ₹9.62 lakh crore in 2024, data showed. “Tax liability …

Income Tax Deadline: Last one week left to file tax return for THESE taxpayers. Check details
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Income Tax Deadline: Last one week left to file tax return for THESE taxpayers. Check details

Live Mint  

Taxpayers who are meant to get their accounts audited have only one week left to file their income tax return for AY 2024-25. The last date to file income tax return for these taxpayers is November 15. The income tax department recently issued a statement that says that it's the last week left for taxpayers whose accounts are audited or …

Income Tax Filers Exceed 2.3 Lakh, with High Majority Being Businesspersons and Professionals
2 months ago

Income Tax Filers Exceed 2.3 Lakh, with High Majority Being Businesspersons and Professionals

Hindustan Times  

Number of taxpayers with over ₹1 crore of taxable income rose significantly in the assessment year 2023-24. The number of taxpayers with more than ₹1 crore of taxable income increased by more than five times, reaching nearly 2.3 lakh. This surge in income earners is attributed to the rise in the number of salaried individuals earning over ₹1 crore, with …

India's Tax Filers Surge Fivefold, With 52% of Salaried Individuals Reporting Income Over Rs 1 Crore
2 months ago

India's Tax Filers Surge Fivefold, With 52% of Salaried Individuals Reporting Income Over Rs 1 Crore

ABP News  

India's tax filers have seen a significant surge in recent years, with the number of individuals reporting taxable incomes exceeding Rs 1 crore surging fivefold in the assessment year 2023-24. This growth has been driven by both an increase in the total number of taxpayers and an increase in the number of individuals with taxable incomes exceeding Rs 1 crore.

ITR filing: 'Over 5 crore returns filed so far this fiscal year', says Income Tax Department
4 months, 3 weeks ago

ITR filing: 'Over 5 crore returns filed so far this fiscal year', says Income Tax Department

India TV News  

The Income Tax Department on Saturday revealed that more than 5 crore Income Tax Returns have been filed on the e-filing portal so far this fiscal year. In a post on social media platform X, the IT Department said, "More than 5 crore ITRs for AY 2024-25 have already been received on the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department …

Budget 2024: Income tax slabs changed, standard deduction increased. Read details
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Income tax slabs changed, standard deduction increased. Read details

Op India  

On Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Annual Financial Statement before the Lok Sabha. The Finance Minister has given relief to taxpayers who choose to opt for the New Tax regime as the tax slabs have been revised and the Standard deduction limit has been increased from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. Personal Income Tax: The Union Finance Minister …

India's 2024 Budget: A push for tax reform
5 months ago

India's 2024 Budget: A push for tax reform

India Today  

The 2024 Budget, scheduled for July 23, may see tweaks to key tax policies to boost government revenue — bold steps to tackle tax evasion and improve tax compliance. 1980: For every Rs 100 collected, Rs 11 came from income tax, Rs 12 from corporate tax, Rs 1 from other direct taxes, and Rs 76 from other indirect taxes. 2000: …

Decoding India’s economic realities: Comparing the state of the economy under the NDA and UPA governments
10 months, 1 week ago

Decoding India’s economic realities: Comparing the state of the economy under the NDA and UPA governments

The Hindu  

February 12, 2024 11:06 pm | Updated February 13, 2024 09:54 pm IST With the BJP-led government exuding over-confidence on the state of the economy, the interim Budget presented earlier this month has shifted focus to fiscal consolidation. Even then, the simple truth which is evident from the official data is that on average, real GDP growth was at least …

Tax revenues of FY24 to be 17.2 pc more than last year
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tax revenues of FY24 to be 17.2 pc more than last year

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Tax revenues of FY24 is expected to be 5 per cent higher than the budget estimate and 17.2 per cent higher than last year’s revenues. India Ratings expects it to reach Rs 24.5 trillion in FY24, five per cent higher than the budgeted Rs 23.3 trillion. However, capital receipts are lagging and were Rs 229.9 billion during April-October 2023 …

Tax Revenues of FY24 to Be 17.2 pc More Than Last Year
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Tax Revenues of FY24 to Be 17.2 pc More Than Last Year

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Tax revenues of FY24 is expected to be 5 per cent higher than the budget estimate and 17.2 per cent higher than last year’s revenues. India Ratings expects it to reach Rs 24.5 trillion in FY24, five per cent higher than the budgeted Rs 23.3 trillion. However, capital receipts are lagging and were Rs 229.9 billion during April-October 2023 …

Naysayers Have It Wrong, Incomes in India Are Rising
1 year ago

Naysayers Have It Wrong, Incomes in India Are Rising

News 18  

The state of income in India has suddenly become a topic of raging discussion after former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and economist Rohit Lamba suggested that the country cannot escape the lower-middle income trap by 2047. India’s gross direct tax collections in the ongoing financial year, until November 9, have increased almost 18 per cent to Rs 12.37 lakh crore. …

‘Super rich’ incomes’ share ebbing amid middle-class mobility: CBDT
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Super rich’ incomes’ share ebbing amid middle-class mobility: CBDT

The Hindu  

India’s tax base has widened sharply since 2013-14, with individuals moving up the income ladder and the proportion of super-rich taxpayers’ incomes declining, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said on Thursday, days after the Congress cited income tax data to show widening income inequality in the country. The overall number of income tax returns filed by individuals has risen …

Congress attacks government on issue of income inequality
1 year, 2 months ago

Congress attacks government on issue of income inequality

The Hindu  

The Congress on October 23 charged that the gap between the ultra-rich and the middle class in the country is widening under the Modi government. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said an analysis of the publicly available data on income tax returns for the period 2013-14 to 2021-22 confirms one of the essential themes of the Bharat Jodo Yatra — …

The rise and rise of white-collar salaried aristocracy in India
1 year, 4 months ago

The rise and rise of white-collar salaried aristocracy in India

Hindustan Times  

There were around 76,000 more so-called crorepatis by income tax returns in 2022-23 when compared to 2021-22. But even more illuminating is the publication of Income Tax Return data – this includes both income tax and corporation tax filings – for assessment year 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 recently. The Indian economy has seen multiple disruptions such as the Global Financial …

PM Modi says 13.5 crore Indians rose above poverty line in last 5 years
1 year, 4 months ago

PM Modi says 13.5 crore Indians rose above poverty line in last 5 years

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A staggering 13.50 crore Indians have risen above the poverty line in the past five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday quoting a recent NITI Aayog report. Speaking at the Madhya Pradesh Rozgar Mela, the prime minister said, “When decisions are made with positive thinking, right intention, and full integrity, the whole environment gets filled with …

Income of Middle-Class Indians Jumps 3 Times In 10 Years; 13.6% Leave Lower-Income Strata: SBI Report
1 year, 4 months ago

Income of Middle-Class Indians Jumps 3 Times In 10 Years; 13.6% Leave Lower-Income Strata: SBI Report

News 18  

Showing a significant increase in middle-class income, India’s weighted mean income has jumped about three times from Rs 4.4 lakh to Rs 13 lakh between FY2012-13 and FY2021-22, according to an SBI Research report. In the assessment year 2011-12, 16 million people had filed ITR with the maximum concentration of 84 per cent population belonging to income group of up …

Maharashtra tops list with most ITRs filed at 1.98 crore. Delhi, UP ranked at…
1 year, 4 months ago

Maharashtra tops list with most ITRs filed at 1.98 crore. Delhi, UP ranked at…

Hindustan Times  

The tax return data filed in financial year 2022-23 showed that Maharashtra yet again topped the list of states to have filed the highest income tax returns at 1.98 crore. The total number of ITRs filed this time stood at over 7.78 crore, a significant increase compared to previous FY when 7.14 crore ITRs were filed. Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka, …

1.69 lakh individuals reported annual income of over ₹1 crore in ITR
1 year, 4 months ago

1.69 lakh individuals reported annual income of over ₹1 crore in ITR

Hindustan Times  

Individuals reporting annual total income of over ₹one crore have doubled to 1.69 lakh in the two-year period ending March 2022, the income tax department data showed. During AY 2022-23, over 2.69 lakh entities, including individuals, companies, firms and trusts, have shown total income of above ₹ 1 crore. As per the tax return data filed in assessment year 2022-23, …

Income Tax Department claims record 6.77 crore ITRs filed till July 31 for Assessment Year 2023-24
1 year, 4 months ago

Income Tax Department claims record 6.77 crore ITRs filed till July 31 for Assessment Year 2023-24

India TV News  

The income tax department on Monday stated that a record 6.77 crore income tax returns for the Assessment Year 2023-24 were filed till July 31 this year, including 53.67 lakh first-time payers. It further stated that July's income tax returns are 16.1 per cent more than the total ITRs for Assessment Year 2022-23. "The total number of ITRs for AY …

Over 6 crore Income Tax Returns filed for 2022-23 fiscal: Government data
1 year, 4 months ago

Over 6 crore Income Tax Returns filed for 2022-23 fiscal: Government data

India TV News  

Income Tax Return: The Income Tax Department on Sunday shared that more than 6 crore tax returns have been filed for income earned in the 2022-23 fiscal. The last date for filing income tax returns for the previous year by salaried class and those who do not have to get their accounts audited is July 31. Giving statistics on the …

Unless we get into technology, system cannot be taxpayer friendly: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
1 year, 4 months ago

Unless we get into technology, system cannot be taxpayer friendly: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

India TV News  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday addressed the 164th Income Tax Day event in Delhi. Over 5.16 cr declared zero tax liability: Sitharaman in Lok Sabha Earlier while speaking in the Lok Sabha today, the finance minister said number of entities, including individuals, who filed income tax returns increased by 6.18 per cent in 2022-23 to over 7.40 crore, of …

File ITR at earliest as govt not contemplating extension of July 31 deadline: Revenue secretary
1 year, 5 months ago

File ITR at earliest as govt not contemplating extension of July 31 deadline: Revenue secretary

India TV News  

As the finance ministry is not contemplating an extension of the July 31 deadline, Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra has urged the income taxpayers to file their returns at the earliest. About 5.83 crore income tax returns were filed as on July 31 last year, the last day for filing returns for assessment year 2022-23. As per the Budget 2023-24, the …

5.83 Crore Income Tax Returns Filed Till July 31, Record 72.42 Lakh On Last Day
2 years, 4 months ago

5.83 Crore Income Tax Returns Filed Till July 31, Record 72.42 Lakh On Last Day

ABP News  

New Delhi: A record 72.42 lakh income tax returns were filed on the last day of such filing on July 31, taking the cumulative returns to 5.83 crore, near to the same levels of last year. "The surge of filing ITRs peaked on July 31, 2022 with over 72.42 lakh ITRs being filed on a single day," an official statement …

ITR 2021-22: 41% income taxpayers yet to file returns, 10% facing tech glitches
2 years, 4 months ago

ITR 2021-22: 41% income taxpayers yet to file returns, 10% facing tech glitches

India TV News  

ITR 2021-22: As the deadline to file Income tax returns inches closer, 41 per cent of Indians who qualify to file the return are yet to file their papers for FY 2021-22, 22 per cent say it is difficult to file it by the July 31 deadline, and about 10 per cent were facing technical glitches, a new report showed …

Income tax alert: Taxpayers must complete this process now
2 years, 9 months ago

Income tax alert: Taxpayers must complete this process now

India Today  

The income tax department has issued a reminder to taxpayers. Failure to comply with the notice may result in Best Judgment assessment based on material on record," the tax department tweeted. — Income Tax India March 9, 2022 Central Board of Direct Taxes issued refunds of more than Rs. 1,83,579 crore to more than 2.09 crore taxpayers, Income Tax India …

Over three crore income tax returns for FY21-22 filed: Ministry of Finance
3 years ago

Over three crore income tax returns for FY21-22 filed: Ministry of Finance

Firstpost  

An official document said, all taxpayers who are yet to file their income tax returns for the assessment year 2021-22 are requested to file their returns at the earliest to avoid the last-minute rush New Delhi: The finance ministry on Sunday said over three crore income tax returns have been filed for the financial year 2020-21 so far and advised …

More than two crore ITRs filed on new income tax portal; CBDT urges taxpayers to file returns at earliest
3 years, 2 months ago

More than two crore ITRs filed on new income tax portal; CBDT urges taxpayers to file returns at earliest

Firstpost  

Asking taxpayers to file their income tax returns for fiscal 2020-21 at the earliest, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said all ITRs have been made available for e-filing. New Delhi: The income tax department on Thursday said more than two crore ITRs for the financial year 2020-21 have been filed so far and the performance of the new I-T …

More Than 5.95 Crore Income Tax Returns Filed This Year
3 years, 11 months ago

More Than 5.95 Crore Income Tax Returns Filed This Year

News 18  

Income tax returns filed this year have risen by about 5 per cent to nearly 6 crore as more businesses and entities filed annual income statements. Over 5.95 crore income tax returns for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 were filed by January 10, the Income Tax Department said. The tax department in a tweet said 5.95 crore ITRs …

Income Tax Returns: Over 5.27 crore ITRs filed for fiscal 2019-20 till Jan 7
3 years, 11 months ago

Income Tax Returns: Over 5.27 crore ITRs filed for fiscal 2019-20 till Jan 7

India TV News  

More than 5.27 crore income tax returns for fiscal year 2019-20 have been filed till January 7, the Income Tax Department said on Friday. "More than 5.27 crore Income Tax Returns for AY 2020-21 have already been filed till 07th of January, 2021," the Income Tax Department said in a tweet. About 2.8 crore ITR-1 returns have been filed till …

Over 4.84 crore Income Tax Returns for 2019-20 Filed Till Dec 31, Says IT Dept
3 years, 11 months ago

Over 4.84 crore Income Tax Returns for 2019-20 Filed Till Dec 31, Says IT Dept

News 18  

Over 4.84 crore income tax returns for fiscal year 2019-20 have been filed till December 31, 2020, the Income Tax Department said on Friday. ”Over 4.84 crore Income Tax Returns for AY 2020-21 have already been filed till 31st of December, 2020,” the Income Tax Department tweeted. Over 2.65 crore ITR-1 have been filed till December 31, 2020, lower than …

Income Tax Returns: Over 4.54 crore ITRs filed for fiscal 2019-20 till Dec 29
3 years, 11 months ago

Income Tax Returns: Over 4.54 crore ITRs filed for fiscal 2019-20 till Dec 29

India TV News  

With just two days left for the deadline for individuals to file income tax returns to end, the IT department on Wednesday said more than 4.54 crore tax returns for 2019-20 fiscal have been filed till December 29. "More than 4.54 crore Income Tax Returns for AY 2020-21 have already been filed till 29th of December, 2020," the I-T department …

Income Tax Returns: Over 4.15 crore ITRs for fiscal 2019-20 filed till Dec 26
3 years, 11 months ago

Income Tax Returns: Over 4.15 crore ITRs for fiscal 2019-20 filed till Dec 26

India TV News  

Over 4.15 crore taxpayers have already filed their income tax returns for assessment year 2020-21 till December 26, the Income Tax Department said on Sunday. As the deadline to file ITR by individuals nears, the tax department also urged people to file their ITR for assessment year 2020-21 early to avoid last minute rush. "More than 4.15 crore Income Tax …

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