No Change in the Rate of Personal Income-Tax and The Rate of Tax for Companies on Income in Financial Year 2015-16

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..... No Change in the Rate of Personal Income-Tax and The Rate of Tax for Companies on Income in Financial Year 2015-16
Budget
Dated:- 28-2-2015

Surcharge @12% Levied on Individuals, HUFs, AOPs, BOIs, Artificial Juridical Persons, Firms, Cooperative Societies and Local Authorities Having Income Exceeding ₹ 1 Crore The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in his Budget Speech i .....

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..... n Lok Sabha today proposed no change in the rate of personal Income-tax. He announced the tax proposals with no change in the rate of tax for companies in respect of the income earned in the financial year 2015-16, assessable in the assessment year 2016-17. However, Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley proposed to levy a surcharge at the rate of 12% on individuals, HUFs, AOPs, BOIs, artificial jur .....

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..... idical persons, firms, cooperative societies and local authorities having income exceeding ₹ 1 crore. Surcharge in the case of domestic companies having income exceeding ₹ 1 crore and upto ₹ 10 crore is proposed to be levied @ 7% and surcharge @ 12% is proposed to be levied on domestic companies having income exceeding ₹ 10 crore. Shri Jaitley further proposed that in the .....

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..... case of foreign companies the surcharge will continue to be levied @ 2% if the income exceeds ₹ 1 crore and is upto ₹ 10 crore, and @ 5% if the income exceeds ₹ 10 crore. It is also proposed to levy a surcharge @ 12% as against current rate of 10% on additional income-tax payable by companies on distribution of dividends and buyback of shares, or by mutual funds and securitiza .....

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..... tion trusts on distribution of income. The education cess on income-tax @ 2% for fulfillment of the commitment of the Government to provide and finance universalized quality based education and 1% of additional surcharge called 'Secondary and Higher Education Cess' on tax and surcharge is proposed to be continued for the financial year 2015-16 for all taxpayers.
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