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India Inc to ask for simplified I-T laws with Finance Minister

06 Jan 2016 Evaluate

Industry chamber in their pre-budget consultation with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on January 06 will push for simplification of Income Tax laws and calibrated phasing out of exemptions after lowering of corporate tax rate. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is likely to demand lowering of corporate tax rate to near 20 per cent, as against the intention of the government to bring it down to 25 per cent from the present 30 per cent in the next four years.

In the 2015-16 budget, Jaitley had announced that corporate tax rate would be brought down gradually to 25 per cent from the present 30 per cent over the next four years and exemptions would be phased out. Accordingly, in November, the revenue department unveiled the draft roadmap for phasing out of exemption and invited public comments on the same. Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia had earlier said that major cause of large-scale litigations is various exemptions and deductions given under the existing income tax law.

Further, Assocham is likely to ask for addressing policy gaps in existing provisions and enacting specific provisions to deal with key issues. According to the industry chamber several existing provisions of the Act leave significant questions of policy (both substantive as well as procedural) which remain unaddressed lead to extensive litigation. Assocham has said that addressing such gaps through suitable legislative amendments in the Act will go a long way in minimising litigation and provide certainty to taxpayers

The government has already set up a high-level committee under a former Delhi High Court judge to suggest simplification of Income Tax laws. The committee would submit its preliminary report by January 31, just in time for incorporating suggestions that need legislative approval in the Budget for 2016-17.


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