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HomeNewsBusinessBudgetBudget 2012: No tax up to 2 lakh

Budget 2012: No tax up to 2 lakh

Following are the slew of tax change announcements made by Pranab Mukherjee in Budget 2012.

March 16, 2012 / 12:48 IST

Following are the slew of tax change announcements made by Pranab Mukherjee in Budget 2012.

> Exemption limit for direct taxes increased to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1.8 lakh in FY13

> STT reduced from 0.125% to 0.1%

> No tax return upto Rs 5 lakh

> Tax exemption on individual share investments below Rs 10 lakh.

> Tax free infrastructure bonds doubled to Rs 60,000 crore

> Rs 50,000 tax exemption for retail investors

> No change in corporate tax rate

> Propose to hike service tax rate from 10% to 12%

> Government services, education, entertainment, public transport exempted from service tax

> Senior citizens to be exempt from advance tax payments

> Income above Rs 10 lakh to be taxed at 30%

first published: Mar 16, 2012 12:24 pm

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