In the first major test of reform credentials, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present his maiden budget. The budget which promises of bold budget decisions, would be presented in the backdrop of high expectation for containing tax sops for the salaried, dumping the controversial retrospective tax and spelling out of steps to revive investment and manufacturing for growth.
For boosting investment, Jaitley is expected to announce tax incentives for industry. As a prelude to the Budget, the government has already extended the excise duty concessions for automobile and consumer durable sectors till December. Meanwhile, for restoring investor confidence, both domestic and foreign, Jaitley may announce scrapping of the provision of retrospective taxing of corporate mergers and acquisitions, a legacy of the UPA that was blamed on putting off foreign investors.
Further, New Finance Minister is also expected to outline the road map for roll out of the Good and Services Tax (GST), though the approach on the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) remains to be watched.
Additionally, the pre-Budget document presented in Parliament has called for revamp of complex taxation system and has underscored that 'bad taxes' like surcharges, cess and dividend distribution levy need to be eventually eliminated so as to boost investments as well as GDP growth, which has slipped to sub-5%.
Jaitley, who is not a hard-core economist, is expected to pursue the path of fiscal prudence and not sacrifice it at the altar of populism. Much as economic survey suggests, the government is expected to adopt a three-pronged strategy of containing inflation, pushing tax and expenditure reforms and legal and regulatory frameworks for market economy for achieving 7-8% in coming years.
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