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Burden of taxation on households has worsened lately: Ind-Ra

09 Jun 2021 Evaluate

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) in its latest report has warned that the burden of taxation, particularly indirect taxes, on households has worsened lately and the excise hike has led to retail prices of petrol and diesel hitting record levels and impacting household budgets both directly and indirectly. It noted that unlike the corporates who are enjoying a rationalisation in income tax, no such move has been introduced for the households who continue paying elevated taxes.

According to the report, the share of total tax burden on households has risen to 75 percent from 60 percent in FY10, and this was largely due to the combination of a higher excise duty on fuel and a reduction in corporate tax. It said corporation tax has been rationalised to augment job creation and attracting direct foreign investments, and also backed the move calling it a legitimate change because it made exports uncompetitive.

The report further said indirect taxes are not progressive by nature and lead to a disproportionately higher welfare loss to households that are at the lower end of the pyramid. It also stressed that unlike the corporates who benefitted through tax rationalization, no such measure has been given to the end-consumers. It said consumption had been going down before the COVID hit us as well, adding that the job or salary losses, coupled with increased expenditure for COVID illness came as a double whammy for households during the pandemic.

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