Govt to come out with revised DTC bill: Shome

01 Feb 2013 Evaluate

The government will come up with a modified Direct Taxes Code (DTC) bill after incorporating the suggestions of the Standing Committee on Finance, which has suggested many things regarding direct tax bill including raising annual income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh.

While addressing an event organized by the FICCI, Parthasarathi Shome, adviser to the finance ministry, said that the ministry is looking at the Bill and working on tax structures suggested by the committee. He said that we are trying to see what could be the best in terms of transparency so that issues that are hurting industry could be covered adequately.

Regarding the issue of expenditure control, Shome said that expenditure control is a major challenge and is being addressed by the finance minister. He added that we should do more in terms of expenditure efficiency.

Earlier, the parliamentary panel, in its report of March 2012, had suggested raising the tax exemption tax limit to Rs 3 lakh as against Rs 2 lakh proposed in the original DTC Bill. The current tax exemption limit is Rs 1.8 lakh. It also suggested that subsequent tax slabs be adjusted accordingly to provide relief to people reeling under the impact of inflation. Moreover, the DTC will eventually replace the over-five-decades-old Income Tax Act.

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