The central authorities is prone to current the brand new Revenue Tax Invoice in Parliament on August 11, sources advised Zee Enterprise.
On Friday, the Union Cupboard might meet at round 1 pm to debate and probably clear the invoice, they stated.
The brand new Revenue Tax Invoice — slated to take impact from April 1, 2026 — is aimed toward simplifying the prevailing regulation by introducing clearer tax legal guidelines, decreasing litigation, eradicating redundant provisions, rationalising exemptions, and streamlining digital revenue norms.
The invoice displays the Narendra Modi authorities’s dedication to enhancing ease of doing enterprise within the nation by a less complicated and clearer tax framework.
Key info in regards to the Revenue Tax Invoice
In February, the invoice was forwarded to a parliamentary panel after being offered in Parliament.
In July, the committee got here up with its suggestions in Parliament.
The simplified Revenue Tax Invoice is ready to be half the dimensions of the present regulation, with a phrase depend of round 2.6 lakh. It’ll have 536 sections in stark distinction to the 819 sections within the present regulation, with 23 chapters as an alternative of 47.
There are 57 tables within the new invoice as an alternative of 18 within the regulation.
Merchandise | Current Revenue-tax Act, 1961 | Proposed in the Revenue-tax Invoice, 2025 | Change (Discount or Addition) |
Phrases | 5,12,535 | 2,59,676 | Discount: 252,859 phrases |
Chapters | 47 | 23 | Discount: 24 chapters |
Sections | 819 | 536 | Discount: 283 sections |
Tables | 18 | 57 | Addition: 39 tables |
Formulae | 6 | 46 | Addition: 40 formulae |
The invoice additionally accommodates various qualitative enhancements, together with higher regulation accessibility, modification consolidation, structural rationalisation, and preservation of present taxation rules.
Monsoon Session of Parliament
The present session, which started on July 21, is ready to conclude on August 21 with an adjournment from August 12 to August 18.