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As we know that W.e.f FY 2020-21 i.e. budget 2020, two options of slab rate are available for Individual & HUF<\/strong> as per option given u\/s 115BAC. Every taxpayer who is Individual or HUF, have to choose between (i)New tax regime (ii)Old tax regime<\/strong>. Salaried employee have to submit their option to their employer at the start of financial year to enable the employer to deduct the TDS as per choosen tax regime. The option is also required to selected while filing Income tax Return. Some notable points about NEW TAX REGIME as given u\/s 115BAC<\/strong> are given below:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence assessee is required to choose between old & new slab rates. Different decision may be useful for different assessees. Before taking any decision assessee should calculate his tax liability under both the options predicting his approximate income and then he has to choose the option in which his tax liability is less. A basic comparison of OLD & NEW tax regime is .given here <\/a><\/strong>. If any confusion in deciding between OLD and NEW Tax regime, Please refer solution provided by CACUBE.IN..Click here <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SLAB RATE UNDER NEW TAX Regime u\/s 115BAC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Following tax rates will be applicable for Individual & HUF who opted for NEW TAX REGIME for financial year 2023-24 (assessment year 2024-25):-<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) Surcharge: – <\/em><\/strong>Surcharges is applicable at following rates:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) Health and Education cess: <\/em><\/strong>– 4% of income tax and surcharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3)Rebate under section 87A<\/strong>, Under New tax regime, A resident individual whose total income<\/strong> does not exceed Rs. 700000\/-<\/strong> can avail rebate u\/s 87A which is an amount equal to 100% of income tax <\/strong>. Rebate u\/s 87A is deductible from income tax before calculating education cess. Under Old tax regime, this rebate is available only to individual with total income upto Rs. 500000\/-.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) If Net income exceeds Rs. 50 lakhs<\/strong> but does not exceeds Rs. 1 crore then surcharge @ 10%<\/strong> is applicable but if net income exceeds Rs. 1 crore<\/strong> then surcharge is applicable at the rate of 15% of income tax<\/strong>. Further surcharge is subject to marginal relief<\/strong> i.e amount payable as income tax & surcharge shall not exceed the total amount payable as income tax on total income of Rs. 50 Lakhs (or 1 Crore as the case may be) by more than the amount of income that exceeds Rs. 50 Lakhs ( or 1 crore as the case may be).<\/p>\n\n\n\n (5) Health and Education Cess\u201d is 4% and it is to be levied on income tax & Surcharge. Surcharge is calculated on income tax before adding HEC. But HEC are calculated on income tax including surcharge if any.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (6) Alternate minimum tax:<\/strong> Tax payable cannot be less than 18.5% (+SC+EC+SHEC) of adjusted total income u\/s 115JC. (Not applicable to those individual, HUF, AOP, BOI & AJP whose adjusted total income does not exceed Rs. 20 Lakhs AND<\/strong> who are not claiming any deduction u\/s 10AA\/ 35AD\/ Chapter VI heading C-“deduction for certain incomes”.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (7) Standard deduction of Rs. 50,000 to salaried individual, and deduction from family pension up to Rs. 15,000, is allowed allowed in new tax regime as provided by Finance Act 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IF an individual or HUF opt for OLD slab rate (not opting New Tax Regime u\/s 115BAC), then all exemption & deduction as per provisions of income tax are allowed and following slab rates are applicable for FY 2023-24( AY 2024-25):-<\/p>\n\n\n\n (1) Surcharge: – <\/em><\/strong>Surcharges is applicable at following rates:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n (2) Health and Education cess: <\/em><\/strong>– 4% of income tax and surcharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (3)Rebate under section 87A<\/strong>, A resident individual whose net income<\/strong> does not exceed Rs. 500000\/-<\/strong> can avail rebate u\/s 87A which is an amount equal to 100% of income tax or Rs. 12500\/- whichever is less<\/strong>. Rebate u\/s 87A is deductible from income tax before calculating education cess. In New tax regime this rebate of 100% tax is available for those having total income upto Rs. 700000\/-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (4) If Net income exceeds Rs. 50 lakhs<\/strong> but does not exceeds Rs. 1 crore then surcharge @ 10%<\/strong> is applicable but if net income exceeds Rs. 1 crore<\/strong> then surcharge is applicable at the rate of 15% of income tax<\/strong>. Further surcharge is subject to marginal relief<\/strong> i.e amount payable as income tax & surcharge shall not exceed the total amount payable as income tax on total income of Rs. 50 Lakhs (or 1 Crore as the case may be) by more than the amount of income that exceeds Rs. 50 Lakhs ( or 1 crore as the case may be).<\/p>\n\n\n\n (5) Health and Education Cess\u201d is 4% and it is to be levied on income tax & Surcharge. Surcharge is calculated on income tax before adding HEC. But HEC are calculated on income tax including surcharge if any.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (6) Alternate minimum tax:<\/strong> Tax payable cannot be less than 18.5% (+SC+EC+SHEC) of adjusted total income u\/s 115JC. (Not applicable to those individual, HUF, AOP, BOI & AJP whose adjusted total income does not exceed Rs. 20 Lakhs AND<\/strong> who are not claiming any deduction u\/s 10AA\/ 35AD\/ Chapter VI heading C-“deduction for certain incomes”.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (7) A standard deduction of `50,000\/-<\/strong> is allowed from salary income but this is in lieu of the earlier exemption in respect of transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses.(Reimbursement by the employer for amount spent by employee for medical treatment of self or his family was exempt upto Rs. 15000\/- in a year upto FY 2017-18 but this exemption is withdrawn from FY 2018-19 after introduction of standard deduction) However, the transport allowance at enhanced rate shall continue to be available to differently abled persons.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (8) W.e.f 1-4-2020 (FY 20-21), dividend distribution tax is abolished and dividend is made taxable in the hands of taxpayers at normal applicable rates. Dividend above Rs. 5000 is made subject to TDS @ 10% (TDS rate is 7.5% upto 31-3-2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n (9) W.e.f. 1-4-2021 (FY 21-22), In order to rationalise tax exemption for the income earned by high income employees, tax exemption for the interest income earned on the employees\u2019 contribution to various provident funds is restricted to the annual contribution of ` 2.5 lakh. This restriction shall be applicable only for the contribution made on or after 01.04.2021. Hence w.e.f 1-4-2021, Interest on that part of employee’s contribution to PF which exceeds 2.5 lakh in the year is taxable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (10) A trust is chargeable to tax as per the slab rates which are applicable to an individual (not being a senior citizen or super senior citizen).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
But If option given under 115BAC is exercised to choose New Slab rate (Option A ) then following deduction & exemption shall not be available to the taxpayers (as updated by Finance ACT 2023):-<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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BUT following allowances notified under section 10(14) of the Act to remain allowed to the Individual or HUF exercising option of NEW SLAB RATE (option A) under the proposed section (as updated by Finance Act 2023):-<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Income Tax Rates for FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25) for different catergories of assessees are given below:-<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
(A) Income tax Rates for Individual & HUF (who opted for new tax regime u\/s 115BAC)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Total Income<\/strong><\/td> Rate of tax<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Up to Rs. 3,00,000<\/td> Nil<\/td><\/tr> From Rs. 3,00,001 to Rs. 6,00,000<\/td> 5%<\/td><\/tr> From Rs. 6,00,001 to Rs. 9,00,000<\/td> 10%<\/td><\/tr> From Rs. 9,00,001 to Rs. 12,00,000<\/td> 15%<\/td><\/tr> From Rs. 12,00,001 to Rs. 15,00,000<\/td> 20%<\/td><\/tr> Above Rs. 15,00,000<\/td> 30%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Notes for Tax rates in New Tax Regime<\/span><\/strong>:-<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Total Income<\/td> Rate of surcharge<\/td><\/tr> Exceeds Rs. 50,00,000 but upto 1,00,00,000.<\/td> 10% of income tax<\/td><\/tr> Exceeds Rs. 1,00,00,000 but upto 2,00,00,000.<\/td> 15% of income tax<\/td><\/tr> Exceeds Rs. 2,00,00,000<\/td> 25% of income tax<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> (B)-Income tax Rates for Individual & HUF (Not opting for New tax regime u\/s115BAC), AOP(Association of person), BOI (body of individual) and AJP (artificial Judicial person<\/span> and TRUST.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Net income range<\/strong><\/td> Income-Tax rate<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Up to Rs. 2,50,000<\/td> Nil<\/td><\/tr> Rs. 2,50,001- Rs. 5,00,000<\/td> 5%<\/td><\/tr> Rs. 5,00,001- Rs. 10,00,000<\/td> 20%<\/td><\/tr> Above Rs. 10,00,000<\/td> 30% <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> \n
Net income range<\/strong><\/td> Income-Tax rate<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Up to Rs. 3,00,000<\/td> Nil<\/td><\/tr> Rs. 3,00,001 \u2013 Rs. 5,00,000<\/td> 5%<\/td><\/tr> Rs. 5,00,001- Rs. 10,00,000<\/td> 20%<\/td><\/tr> Above Rs. 10,00,000<\/td> 30%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> \n
Net income range<\/strong><\/td> Income-Tax rate<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Up to Rs. 5,00,000<\/td> Nil<\/td><\/tr> Rs. 5,00,001- Rs. 10,00,000<\/td> 20%<\/td><\/tr> Above Rs. 10,00,000<\/td> 30%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> \n
Net income range<\/strong><\/td> Income-Tax rate<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Up to Rs. 2,50,000<\/td> Nil<\/td><\/tr> Rs. 2,50,001- Rs. 5,00,000<\/td> 5%<\/td><\/tr> Rs. 5,00,001- Rs. 10,00,000<\/td> 20%<\/td><\/tr> Above Rs. 10,00,000<\/td> 30% <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Notes for Tax rates in Old Tax Regime<\/span><\/strong>:-<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Total Income<\/td> Rate of surcharge<\/td><\/tr> Exceeds Rs. 50,00,000 but upto 1,00,00,000.<\/td> 10% of income tax<\/td><\/tr> Exceeds Rs. 1,00,00,000 but upto 2,00,00,000.<\/td> 15% of income tax<\/td><\/tr> Exceeds Rs. 2,00,00,000 but upto 5,00,00,000.<\/td> 25% of income tax<\/td><\/tr> Exceeds Rs. 5,00,00,000.<\/td> 37% of income tax<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> (C) Income tax Rates for Firms<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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(D) Income tax Rates for Companies<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Company<\/th> Category<\/th> Tax Rate<\/th><\/tr> Domestic Company<\/td> (1) Domestic Company:-where total turnover or gross receipts during financial year 2018-19 does not exceed Rs. 400 crore.<\/td> 25%<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> (2) Where it opted for Section 115BA<\/td> 25%<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> (3) Where it opted for Section 115BAA<\/td> 22%<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> (4) Where it opted for Section 115BAB (In an effort to establish a globally competitive business environment for certain domestic companies, a concessional tax regime of 15 per cent tax was introduced by government for newly incorporated domestic manufacturing companies. It is proposed to extend the last date for commencement of manufacturing or production under section 115BAB<\/em><\/strong> by one year i.e. from 31st March, 2023 to 31st March, 2024.<\/strong> -Added by Finance Act 2022)<\/td> 15%<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> (5) any other domestic Company<\/td> 30%<\/td><\/tr> Foreign Company<\/td> (1) Royalty received form Government or Indian concern in pursuance of an agreement made by it after 31st march 1961 but before 1st April 1976 or <\/strong>fee for rendering technical services in pursuance of an agreement made by it after 29th February 1964 but before 1st April 1976 And <\/strong>where such agreement has been approved by Central Government.<\/td> 50%<\/td><\/tr> <\/td> (2) Other Income<\/td> 40%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> \n
Company<\/th> If net income is more than Rs. 1 crore but not more than Rs. 10 crore.<\/th> If net income is more than Rs. 10 crore.<\/th><\/tr> Domestic Company<\/td> 7%<\/td> 12%<\/td><\/tr> Foreign Company<\/td> 2%<\/td> 5%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n \n
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(E) Income tax Rates for Co-operative Societies<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Net Income Range<\/th> Rate of Tax<\/th><\/tr> Upto Rs. 10000\/-<\/td> 10%<\/td><\/tr> Rs. 10000 to Rs. 20000<\/td> 20%<\/td><\/tr> Above Rs. 20000\/-<\/td> 30%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>