Thursday, 7 April 2011

Income Tax Slab Rate

PERSONAL TAX RATES

For individuals, HUF, Association of Persons (AOP) and Body of individuals (BOI):


Income Tax Rates/Slabs for Assessment Year 2012-13 (FY 2011-12)


Income Tax Rates/Slabs Rate (%)
Upto 1,80,000
Upto 1,90,000 (for women)
Upto 2,50,000 (senior citizens)
NIL
1,80,001 – 5,00,000 10
5,00,001 – 8,00,000 20
8,00,001 and above 30
Tax amendments for the FY 2011-12 are mentioned below :

  • Increase in base income tax slab of men and senior citizens.

  • Tax exemption limit remains the same i.e Rs. 20,000 on investment in tax saving Infrastructure bonds.

  • A set of New Direct Tax Codes have been proposed, which will be active from Financial Year 2011.

  • Senior citizen age reduced from 64 years to 60 years.

  • People above 80 years of age to be included in the newly introduced 'Very Senior citizen' category.





Income Tax Rates/Slabs for Assesment Year 2011-12 (F Y 2010-11)

Income Tax Rates/Slabs Rate (%)
Up to 1,60,000
Up to 1,90,000 (for women)
Up to 2,40,000 (for resident individual of 65 years or above)
NIL
1,60,001 – 5,00,000 10
5,00,001 – 8,00,000 20
8,00,001 upwards 30
Few amendments made to the taxation system for the FY 2010-11:
  • From now onwards there will be only 2 pages in the IT filing form for individuals.

  • More cases can now be appealed against.

  • Rs. 20,000 tax exemption will be provided for investments in certain investment bonds. This is in addition to the already allowed exemption (Rs. 1,00,000) in certain savings instruments.

  • Tax Exemption will be given for contribution to the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).

  • New fields have been added to the e-TDS/TCS form. These new fields are Ministry name; PAO / DDO code; PAO / DDO registration no.; State name; and Name of the utility used for return preparation.