Hi Nikunj, related to current budget, do small business man/women get any benefit related to their tax?

Ans: In Budget 2023, it is proposed that if person is earning income upto 7 lacs and opting for new tax regime (i.e. forgo deduction on interest on self occupied housing loan, exemption of HRA, deduction on tax saver investment covered in 80C,80D etc); 100% tax rebate will be available and person will not be required to pay tax. In addition to it is also proposed that standard deduction of Rs.50,000 is also available for person opting for new tax regime in FY 2023-24.

Ans: The tax slabs of >15L is itself very broad and your benefits depend on what sections of Income Tax Act are you taking benefit of like 80C, 80G, 80D, 80E, 24B, and HRA.

Instead of looking at broad tax slabs, please calculate yourself at this calculator as pertaining to yourself and you will be able to decide which tax regime is better for you:-
https://cleartax.in/paytax/TaxCalculator

Ans: New tax regime is beneficial if all the tax benefits are not taken. For e.g. if income is 30 lacs and deductions u/s 80C is 150000 taken, tax liability will be Rs.600000 under new tax regime and under old it will be 667500.

However, if person take PPF benefit of 1.5 lac, 25k in mediclaim, housing loan interest deduction 2 lacs, 50k standard deduction from salary; tax liability under old regime will reduce to 585000.

Ans: Hi Dipankar
Standard deduction of Rs. 50,000 was not introduced in this budget and was there for all salaried individuals. However, till the last year this standard deduction was not available to those individuals who opted for the new tax regime,

The current budget proposal aims at extending this benefit to individuals opting for the new tax regime as well

Ans: The answer to your query is as below. I have simply copied it from another website, for your information.

With the revised new tax regime, several exemptions and deductions have been removed as below:-

1. Leave Travel Allowance
2. House rent allowance depending upon salary structure and rent paid
3. Professional tax paid by a maximum of Rs. 2,500/-
4. Deductions available under Section 80TTA and 80TTB that is interest from Savings Account/Deposits
5. Tax deduction on entertainment allowance and deduction on professional tax for government employees
6. The interest amount payable on home loan for a self-occupied or any vacant property u/s 24 maximum deductions of Rs 2 lakhs
7. Deduction of Rs 15,000 allowed from family pension under clause (ii) (a) Section 57
8. Special Allowances that are provided under Section 10(14) except:
9. Transport allowance granted to a disabled employee
10. Conveyance allowance
11. Any allowances granted for meeting the cost of travel on tour or transfer of an employee
12. Daily allowance
13. Perquisites
14. Business owners and professionals will lose the exemption to Special Economic Zones under Section 10AA.
15. Deductions under Section 32AD, 33AB, 33ABA, 35(1)(ii),35(1)(ii( (a), 35(1)(iii), 35(2AA), 35AD and 35CCC of the Income Tax Act.
16. Options of additional depreciation under Section 32(ii) (a) of the Income Tax Act
17. The option to carry forward or unabsorbed depreciation of earlier years
18. Tax-saving investment deductions under Income Tax Act , Chapter VI-A 80C, 80D, 80E, 80CCC, 80CCD, 80D, 80DD, 80DDB, 80EE, 80EEA, 80EEB, 80G, 80GG, 80GGA, 80GGC, 80IA, 80-IAB, 80-IAC, 80-IB, 80-IBA, etc. These tax-saving investment options include ELSS, NPS, PPF tax relief on mediclaim insurance premium, FDR, dependents who are differently-abled, expenses for specified medical treatments, interest on education loan and many more.



Exemptions that remain prevalent in the new revised system, that you can claim:

1. Standard deduction for salaried and pension class of Rs 50,000.
2. Interest received on Post Office Savings Account under Section 10(15)(i) the maximum amount of Rs. 3,500.
3. Gratuity received from employer up to a maximum amount of Rs. 20 Lacs.
4. Amount received from Life Insurance Policy on maturity under Section 10(10D).
5. Employer contribution in NPS or EPF up to 12% of salary and interest on EPF up to 9.5% p.a.
6. Income from Life Insurance.
7. Income from agricultural farming.
8. Standard reduction on rent.
9. Retrenchment compensation.
10. Leave encashment on retirement.
11. VRS proceeds up to Rs 5 lacs.
12. Retirement cum death benefit.
13. Money received as a scholarship for education.
14. Interest and maturity amount of PPF or Sukanya Smriddhi Yojna.
15. Commutation of Pension.
16. The new tax regime offers you to claim deductions u/s 80CCD(2) (employers contribution in notified pension scheme) and 80JJAA (for new employment).