15. Changes in Income Tax Rules
Vat on E-commerce
Corporate tax for banks reduced to 37.5% from 40%
Corporate tax for the readymade garments units
will be hiked to 15%.
Spike in VAT rates for goods and services . 4% to 5%
Flats up to 1100sqft, which had 1.5% VAT, will now
come under the purview of 2% VAT; 1101 to 1600sqft
apartment’s VAT brought down to 2% from 2.5%
A 3% withholding tax and 5% VAT is proposed for the
services of ride-sharing services.
A 5% supplementary duty has been proposed on all
polythene bags. To encourage the use of green
product jute
16.
17. Critical Assessment of Budget
“The new budget is completely unrealistic,”
-Mirza Azizul Islam, a former finance adviser to a caretaker
government.
“What type of economic policy is it that we can increase the
perquisite benefit for the rich but won't give protection to the
incomes of the poor? It is not acceptable to us.”
-Bhattacharya, distinguished fellow of the CPD.