STANDARD DEDUCTION 2023

File ITR-1 online: Here is a step by step guide on how salaried individuals can file their income tax return using ITR-1 form easily on the income tax department's e-filing website. ITR-1 form is also known as Sahaj. Individuals having income from s...

Will Budget 2024 increase standard deduction: The Finance Minister in the 2023 Budget included a standard deduction of Rs 50,000 for salaried taxpayers and individuals getting pensions in the new tax regime. This standard deduction was made the auto...

ITR forms: The important part of ITR filing process is to identify the correct the income tax return form applicable to their incomes. Filing income tax return using wrong ITR form will make the filed ITR as defective ITR. Read on to know the correc...

Jewellers calculate gold jewellery price: While buying gold, many people do not check or know how the final bill amount is calculated by the jeweller for the gold jewellery. Further, some of them are unaware if they are buying 22 Karat gold jeweller...

New vs old tax regime: Many taxpayers find it difficult to ascertain which tax regime makes them pay lower tax in a financial year. The simple answer to that is the amount of deductions claimed by you in the old tax regime. However, the amount of de...

Ministry of Finance posted, "Ministry of Finance posted on X, "It has come to notice that misleading information related to new tax regime is being spread on some social media platforms. It is therefore clarified that: There is no new change which i...

NPS deduction of Rs 50000: Under the old tax regime, an individual can claim additional deduction of Rs 50,000 for NPS investment made. This deduction is available over and above Rs 1.5 lakh available under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. With fu...

11 tax deductions for salaried individuals: If you want to save tax for FY 2023-24 then there is still time. Given below is a list of 11 tax deductions which you can claim upon fulfilling certain investment or other criterias. These tax deductions c...

Standard deduction limit in interim budget 2024: The standard deduction limit was last hiked in interim budget 2019. Since then maximum deduction amount has been kept unchanged. Last year, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman brought the benefit of s...

Deductions under new tax regime: The interim budget by the Modi government is around the corner. Many salaried individuals are hoping for some tax relief in the Budget 2024. The government is trying to make taxpayers choose new tax regime instead of...

An investment in National Pension System (NPS) allows three separate deductions under the Income-tax Act, 1961. These are under Section 80CCD (1), 80CCD (1b) and 80CCD (2). However, deduction under Section 80CCD(2) is available in old as well as new...

Standard deduction hike in Budget 2024: It has been almost 5 years since standard deduction was revised; the previous instance was in 2019. There are many compelling reasons to raise the limit of the standard deduction from Rs 50,000. Standard deduc...

Many changes were announced in the Budget 2023 as well as during the year in 2023 by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). These changes not only impacted your 2023 but will also impact your 2024 especially at the time of filing income tax retur...

To make the new income tax regime more attractive, the Budget 2023 has announced certain deductions that will be available from FY 2023-24. The deductions mentioned here include all the ones that are recently introduced as well as those that were pr...

Standard deduction 2023: Standard deduction was introduced in the Union Budget 2018. This deduction was announced in lieu of transport allowance and medical reimbursement. However this deduction was not available under new tax regime so far. Budget ...

The biggest question in the minds of salaried individuals is if they will have income tax savings under the revised new tax regime.

Nirmala Sitharaman today presented in the parliament India's Budget for the next fiscal year starting April 1. The Budget today proposed to extend the benefit of standard deduction to the new tax regime. Each salaried person with an income of Rs 15....

The Budget seems to attract and enhance the common taxpayers' sentiments by providing numerous tax benefits. However, one needs to be mindful that these benefits are only available to taxpayers who do not choose to file the tax return under the old ...