Abolish Personal Income Tax to Shrink Black Money
Just less than 3% of Indian population bears the total income tax burden of the country that will sum up to 3.5 Crore tax payers out of total population of 120 Crores. It must be noted that out of 3.5 Crore people, 89 % taxpayers are between the tax slab of 0-5 lakhs.
The advantages of abolishing personal income tax are:
1. Less Black Money would be generated.
2. The GDP figure will be more realistic as it will include the growth on account of cash economy which was not accounted earlier.
3. People will put their money in Banks and this money will be available for development of the country.
4. Number of income Tax Returns will be less by 3.5 Crores and reduction in use of paper will help environment.
5. A large number of Income Tax Officers will be free to do other productive work.
6. Number of Court Cases will go down.
7. The need to keep cash in foreign countries will not be there. more