With a view to boost its business and taxpayer friendly image, the Finance Ministry has said that the revenue department has taken a number of initiatives for job creation and boosting growth and employment by giving relief to small tax payers, businesses and professionals.
These include reducing the corporate tax rate to 25 per cent for new manufacturing companies, extending tax benefits for housing sector to promote construction industry, reducing the tax rate on royalty and fees for technical services to 10 per cent from 25 per cent and tax incentives for start-ups. The department has also announced various tax incentives for Start-up India, including 100 per cent tax exemption for three years.
The Finance Ministry has said that the limit of deduction under Section 80C of Income Tax Act 1961 has been enhanced from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh per annum, subject to the additional Rs 50,000 being contributed to National Pension Scheme (NPS). Moreover, the scope of presumptive taxation regime for small businesses has been extended by increasing the turnover up to Rs.2 crore, while this benefit is now available for professionals with turnover up to Rs.50, 00,000.
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