Taxpayers  

In India, there were reports that a few Tablighi attendees threw urine bottles and defecated openly in front of their rooms at quarantine centres. The income tax department has decided to release refunds up to Rs 5 lakh in view of the lockdown. This is expected to benefit 14 lakh taxpayers.

A number of people have tried criticising the PM over the number of Rs 1 crore plus taxpayers. While the PM used the word ‘professionals’ the critics have assumed it as people.  

Tough times call for tough measures. We run through the intent of decisions and the impact the Union Budget 2020 will have on taxpayers and the economy

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman provided relief for taxpayers by announcing a cut-down in tax rates in the government’s new Income Tax regime

Is it the Tukde Tukde Gang who induce violence, or is it the foreign power who are directing them into coordinating these grotesque protests over CAA while helpless taxpayers see their country burn?
 

Assuring that there will be no harassment of taxpayers, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the intent of the government is to further simplify taxation systems including removal of exemption

Days After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major cut in corporation tax in order to attract investment in the manufacturing sector which will provide a boost to make in India. According to reports now the BJP government is planning to rationalize personal income tax rates to boost the economy. Watch the video for full story.

CBDT recently said that data shows that a substantially larger number of taxpayers are filing their ITRs electronically in the financial year 2018-19 as compared to 2017-18

Till now, the income tax department used to issue refunds to taxpayers either in their bank accounts or through account payee cheques, on a case-to-case basis, depending on the category of taxpayers
 

The central government had earlier this month appointed Mody as the CBDT boss and he took charge of the policy-making body of the Income Tax Department on February 15. He succeeded Sushil Chandra who was appointed as an election commissioner.

Finance minister Piyush Goyal, in his budget, has covered about 70% of the rural households through the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, all taxpayers through the doubling of tax exemption and 90% of households through the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan, across rural and urban areas.

Rajya Sabha MP and member of standing committee on finance, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, believes the coming budget will be a positive move towards taking the Indian economy towards expansion which then would fuel welfare schemes and not burden the taxpayers

PILs were filed in the Madras high court against using public money to construct a memorial for former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa at the Marina Beach in Chennai

More taxpayers, a steadily growing GDP, a larger digital economy and better tracking of economic offenders and cash frauds are some of the positive results from the demonetisation of November 8, 2016. Details follow

'Tipu was anti-Hindu and the government should not celebrate Tipu Jayanti by using taxpayers' money,' said activist Patapat Srinivas.