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Budget 2023 | On taxpayers’ wishlist: Higher basic tax exemption limit, higher exemption from long-term gains tax on equity

Strap: Individual taxpayers also expect finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to raise section 80C limits

January 17, 2023 / 12:24 IST
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently said that she understands the challenges that the middle-class faces.

This appears to have raised hopes among some taxpayers and tax experts that Budget 2023 might reward the middle-class, also because this is the last full-year budget before the 2024 general elections.

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However, it remains to be seen if the finance minister grants taxpayers their wishes or saves the ‘best’ for the last, as was the case during the interim budget in 2019.

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