6 Significant Changes In Income Tax WEF 01.04.2021
2. Tax on Interest on PF: Interest earned from the Provident fund is exempt from Income Tax. But, in Budget 2021 has proposed that Interest on Employee Contributions to Provident fund over fts. 2.5 lakhs should Taxable.
3. Penalty for Non-Linking of Aadhar & PAN,
4. High TDS/TCS Rate for Income Tax Return (ITR) Non-Filers,
5. Submission of bills under LTC Cash Voucher Scheme and
6. No Tax Filing for Senior Citizens Above 75. more
1. Audit and catch and publicise violators and award severe penalties and punished regardless of who they are. We have to create a feat in the minds of the violators. This is what the US does. People are scared to cheat on their taxes but some still do as the government can audit only so many returns. Of course cash transactions are minimal. The IT department has various ways of catching under reporting tax filers. Special algorithms are built to detect fraud. Say if you are an engineer or Doctor the government figures out your estimated income. If there is suppression of income the algorithms detect it and subject you to an audit. The fear of audit is enormous. Not all audit are vicious. There have been cases where people get refund after an audit because of some errors in your filing. more