Initial Brief On Budget Proposals- 2011

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Initial Brief On Budget Proposals- 2011

Direct Taxes

• Exemption limit for the general category of individual taxpayers enhanced from `1,60,000 to `1,80,000 giving uniform tax relief of `2,000.

• There is no upliftment of Slab for women. It is `1,90,000/- only.

• Exemption limit enhanced to `2.50 lacs and qualifying age reduced for senior citizens to 60 yrs.

• Higher exemption limit for Very Senior Citizens, who are 80 years or above, is of `5.00 lacs.

• Section 80 CCF– Additional deduction of `20,000 for investment in long-term infrastructure bond proposed to be extended for one more year.

• Cess will be 3%. There is no change on that.

• Current surcharge of 7.5% on domestic companies proposed to be reduced to 5%.

• Rate of Minimum Alternative Tax proposed to be increased from 18% to 18.5% of book profits.

• Additional deduction of `20,000 for investment in long-term infrastructure bonds proposed to be extended for one more year.

• Investment linked deduction to businesses developing affordable housing.

Misc.

• In section 115-0, the benefit of DDT exemption to SEZ developer & SEZ units has been omitted. Now they have to pay DDT on their declared dividends.

• Special Provisions relating to certain limited Liability Partnership were added in Chapter XII – BA, the details of the same will be provided in due course.

The main impact is that it is being subject to MAT. Now there is no benefit in creating LLP.

• In section 115 – JB, Now SEZ developer & Units are no more exempted. They have to pay MAT now.

• The benefit of Section 80- IA has been extended for one more year. Please note that same will not be applicable once DTC is going to be effective.

Indirect Taxes

• To stay on course for transition to GST.

• Central Excise Duty to be maintained at standard rate of 10%.

• Reduction in number of exemptions in Central Excise rate structure.

• Nominal Central Excise Duty of 1% imposed on 130 items entering in the tax net.

• Lower rate of Central Excise Duty enhanced from 4% to 5%.

• Peak rate of Custom Duty held at its current level.

Service Tax

• Standard rate of Service Tax retained at 10%, while seeking a closer fit between present regime and its GST successor.

• Hotel accommodation in excess of `1,000 per day and service provided by air conditioned restaurants that have license to serve liquor added as new services for levying Service Tax.

• Tax on all services provided by hospitals with 25 or more beds with facility of central air conditioning.

• Service Tax on air travel both domestic and international raised.

• Services provided by life insurance companies in the area of investment and some more legal services proposed to be brought into tax net.

• All individual and sole proprietor tax payers with a turn over upto `60 lakh freed from the formalities of audit.

• To encourage voluntary compliance the penal provision for Service Tax are being rationalized. Similar changes being carried out in Central Excise and Custom laws.

Rates of Income Tax:

In the case of every–

- Individual or Hindu undivided family or every association of persons or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, or every artificial juridical person referred to in sub-clause (vii) of clause (31) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act--

Upto `1,80,000-- Nil.

`1,80,001 to `5,00,000—10%.

`5,00,001 to `8,00,000—20%.

Above `8,00,000—30%.

- Individual, being a woman resident in India, and below the age of sixty years

Upto `1,90,000-- Nil.

`1,90,001 to `5,00,000—10%.

`5,00,001 to `8,00,000—20%.

Above `8,00,000—30%

- Senior citizen individual above 60 years of age but below than 80 years

Upto `2,50,000-- Nil.

`2,50,001 to `5,00,000—10%.

`5,00,001 to `8,00,000—20%.

Above `8,00,000—30%.

- Senior citizen individual above 80 years of age

Upto `5,00,000-- Nil.

`50,00,001 to `8,00,000—20%.

Above `8,00,000—30%.

No surcharge will be levied in the above cases

Tax Reforms

• Direct Taxes Code (DTC) to be finalized for enactment during 2011-12. DTC proposed to be effective from April 1, 2012.

• Areas of divergence with States on proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) have been narrowed. As a step towards roll out of GST, Constitution Amendment Bill proposed to be introduced in this session of Parliament.

Exports

• Self assessment to be introduced in Customs to modernize the Customs administration.

• Proposal to introduce scheme for refund of taxes paid on services used for export of goods.

IT Initiatives

• Bill to amend the Indian Stamp Act proposed to be introduced shortly.

• A new scheme with an outlay of Rs. 300 crore to be launched to provide assistance to States to modernise their stamp and registration administration and roll out e-stamping in all the districts in the next three years.

• A new simplified form ‘Sugam’ to be introduced to reduce the compliance burden of small tax payers falling within presumptive taxation.