India Union Budget 2016 | Key Tax Proposals

On the tax front, many have been disappointed with no significant reliefs to the individual tax-payers and no significant reduction in the Corporate tax rates. Also, no concrete steps have been announced towards implementation of GST, which still remains a matter of speculation. Introduction of a new cess on taxable services is slightly surprising, since it was widely speculated that onset of GST would lead to consolidation of Indirect tax levies.
To sum up, this is a pro-poor budget, which shuns populism while tries to balance the key priorities of investment, growth and jobs, with one eye on the upcoming State elections. How far the Finance Minister succeeds in balancing these priorities would be known in the coming few months.
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