Finance Act
Every Financial Year therefore sees a new Finance Act thus making this Act one that renews itself each year. All the Governmental financial policies are included in this Act. The existing policies, new policies, as well as changes made to existing policies are all included here. Every Finance Act is assented by the President of India.
Important Elements of Finance Act
All the elements included in the Finance Act associated with a particular Financial Year are of course important. Even so, there are particular elements that take precedence over the others.
The most important element is the rules laid down in the Act with respect to Income Tax Rates. Every year, the Act lays down in detail all the associated provisions related to Income Tax in the country. Since this applies to a large number of taxpayers, it is considered one of the most important elements.
The Finance Act is responsible for laying down the tax slabs that applies to taxpayers. The Act includes various details related to
Income through Salary
- Agricultural Income
- Tax slabs for Women
- Tax slabs for Senior Citizens
-Tax slabs for Very Senior Citizens
- Income Tax Surcharges
- Taxes chargeable to companies
- Advance tax
These are a few important elements included and elaborated upon in detail in the Finance Act for a particular year.
Direct Taxes
The Finance Act for a particular financial year also includes the amendments that have been made with respect to Direct Taxes.
The Amendments made under various sections are noted down in this section of the Finance Act and each amendment of every section is noted down separately.
Also included in the Finance Act is the details of the insertion of new sections, if any.
