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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Highlights of Union Budget 2015

  Press Trust of India | New Delhi | February 28, 2015 1:24 pm
   
Following are the highlights of the Union Budget 2015-16 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament today:
 
* No change in personal Income Tax

 * Health Insurance Premium deduction hiked from Rs 15,000  to Rs 25,000; for senior citizens to Rs 30,000

 * Transport allowance exemption hiked to Rs 1,600, from Rs  800 per month

 * Additional 2% surcharge on people earning over Rs 1 cr;  to fetch Rs 9,000 cr

 * Wealth tax abolished

 * Direct Taxes Code (DTC) dropped

 * Rs 50,000 deduction for contribution to New Pension  Scheme

 * To lower Corporate Tax to 25% over next four years

 * GAAR implementation deferred by 2 years to April 2017

 * Service Tax rate hiked to 14%, from 12.36%

 * Tax free bonds for roads, railways, irrigation projects

 * 2015-16 growth between 8-8.5%, double digit growth  feasible

 * Retail inflation close to 5% by March, room for monetary  policy easing

 * To achieve fiscal deficit of 3% of GDP by 2017-18

 * Fiscal Deficit target 3.9% in 2015-16, 3.5% in 2016-17

 * Revenue Deficit to be 2.8% in 2015-16

 * Current Account Deficit for 2014-15 to be below 1.3% of  GDP

 * To introduce comprehensive law to deal with black money

 * Benami property transaction bill to tackle black money  transaction in real estate soon

 * 100% deduction for contribution to Swachh Bharat, Clean  Ganga projects

 * GST to be put in place by April 1, 2016

 * Internationally competitive direct tax regime to be put  in place to incentivise saving

 * Incentivise use of credit, debit cards; disincentivise  cash transaction to curb black money.

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