Just finished the Budget speech. Income tax slabs have been changed.
- Upto Rs. 1.5 lakhs: No tax. Yay.
- 1.5 to 3 lakhs: 10%.
- 3 to 5 lakhs: 20%.
- Above 5 lakhs: 30%.
Surcharge of 10% for earnings above Rs. 10 lakhs stays.
No change in the 3% cess either.
Savings:
1. Earn a net income (after all deductions, 80Cs etc.) of Rs. 2 lakhs and you'd save Rs. 4,000 in taxes. (4K vs. 9K)
2. For Rs. 4 lakhs, you save about Rs. 34,000 as compared to last year. (35K vs 69K)
3. For Rs. 8 lakhs, your saving is Rs. 44,000. (1.45L vs. 1.89L)
4. For Rs. 12 lakhs you save about 49K. (2.91L vs. 340L) [This has a 10% surcharge so savings are higher]
Higher incomes would save about the same - about 4K a month, approximately. Net effect of this is positive for people, and hugely positive for people earning below 5 lakhs (effectively half their taxes are saved).
[Will cover rest of the budget items separately]
5 comments:
tax slab structure has been corrected (an not marginally like last year), but I am more worried about this farmer loan write off. I would have him rather talk about infrastructure.
Come elections and FM can't think anything but populist.
himanav, you looks like salaried (i am too).
a farmar would have spoken like this - i am writing on behalf of him as no farmer worth his salt would have been on internet reading Deepak's blog ;)
farmers are subsidized in some way (and not marginally like last year), but i am more worried about this tax slab structure change. I would have him rather talk about health care in villages.
Good, Prompt analysis Deepak. All the media outlets (online) I have been surveying have been just parroting the line about Rs/- 4000 tax savings. None of them have yet put of the slab -wise savings as done by you. Goes again to show the relevance/efficiency of the non-traditional media in an internet age. keep up the good [voluntary :-)] work!
I am quite happy with the TAX slabs for the salaried people but for senior citizen it is 225000 where as there are not much user to have the benifit
Hi All, I am quite happy with the new budget as I come under the range of people earning less than 5LPA. So, really happy as I will be saving almost all the tax I paid last year.
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