Salient Features of the Finance Act, 2023 A. Providing Tax Relief Under New Personal Tax Regime • New Tax Regime is Default Regime. • New Tax Rates under New Regime. • Section 87A Rebate till ` 7 lakh under New Regime. • Standard Deduction of ` 50,000 available under New Regime. • Surcharge for HNIs reduced to 25% from 37%. • Leave Encashment increased to ` 25 lakh. B. Socio-Economic Welfare Measures • Promoting timely payments to Micro and Small Enterprises. • Increasing threshold limit for Co-operatives to withdraw cash without TDS. • Penalty for cash loan/transactions against primary co-operatives. • Relief to start-ups in carrying forward and setting off of losses. • Extension of date of incorporation for eligible start up for exemption. • Conversion of Gold to Electronic Gold Receipt and vice versa. • 15 per cent concessional tax to promote new manufacturing co-operative society. C. Ease of Compliance • Increasing threshold limits for presumpting taxation schemes. D. Widening and Deepening of Tax Base and Anti Avoidance • TDS and Taxability on Net Winnings from Online Games. • Increasing rate of TCS of certain remittances. • Limiting the roll over benefit claimed under section 54 and section 54F. • Preventing permanent deferral of taxes through undervaluation of inventory. • Rationalisation of exempt income under life insurance policies. • Alignment of provisions of section 45(5A) with the TDS provisions of section 194-IC. • Prevention of double deduction claimed on interest on borrowed capital for acquiring, renewing or reconstructing a property. • Defining the cost of acquisition in case of certain assets for computing capital gains. E. Improving Compliance and Tax Administration • Introduction of the authority of Joint Commissioner (Appeals). • Rationalisation of Appeals to the Appellate Tribunal. • Assistance to authorised officer during search and seizure. • Rationalisation of the provisions of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transaction Act, 1988 (the PBPT Act). • Alignment of timeline provisions under section 153 of the Act. • Provisions relating to re-assessment proceedings. F. Rationalisation • Facilitating TDS credit for income already disclosed in the return of income of past year. • Clarification regarding advance tax while filing Updated Return. • Bringing the non-resident investors within the ambit of section 56(2)(viib) to eliminate the possibility of tax avoidance. • Providing clarity on benefits and perquisites in cash. • Rationalisation of the provisions of Charitable Trust and Institutions. • Set-off and withholding of refunds in certain cases.

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1.Income Tax : An Introduction, 2. Important Definitions, 3. Assessment on Agricultural Income, 4. Exempted Incomes, 5. Residence and Tax Liability, 6. Income from Salaries, 7. Income from Salaries (Retirement and Retrenchment), 8. Income from House Property, 9. Depreciation, 10. Profits and Gains of Business or Profession, 11. Capital Gains, 12. Income from Other Sources, 13. Income Tax Authorities, 14. Clubbing of Income and Aggregation of Income, 15. Set-off and Carry Forward of Losses, 16. Deductions from Gross Total Income, 17. Assessment of Individuals (Computation of Total Income), 18. Computation of Tax Liability of Individuals, 19. Deduction of Tax at Source, 20. Procedure of Assessment. Rebate and Reief in Tax Provisions and Procedure of Filing the Return of Income and e-Filing of Income Tax and TDS Returns GSt- Concept, Registration and taxation Mechanism.

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