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Monday, August 11, 2025

11/08/25, BIZnews/Income Tax Bill 2025

 The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the modified new Income Tax Bill, 2025 and The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025.

The Income Tax (No 2) Bill, 2025, was passed shortly after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the revised bill

Following the passage of the crucial new Income Tax Bill, 2025, the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday introduced the modified Income Tax bill in the Lok Sabha after including "almost all of the recommendations of the Select Committee."

The new revised Income Tax Bill, 2025, is aimed at consolidating and amending the laws related to income tax and will replace the Income Tax Act, 1961.

To replace the current Act, the Bill must be passed by the Rajya Sabha and will then seek the President's nod.

"Almost all of the recommendations of the Select Committee have been accepted by the government. In addition, suggestions have been received from stakeholders about changes that would convey the proposed legal meaning more accurately," said the statement of objects and reasons of the modified Income Tax Bill, 2025.

What are the changes in Income Tax Bill, 2025?

The Select Committee of the Parliament led by BJP MP Baijayant Panda had recommended a host of changes in the old version of the Income Tax Bill, 2025.

"There are corrections in the nature of drafting, alignment of phrases, consequential changes and cross-referencing. Therefore, a decision has been taken by the government to withdraw the Income-tax Bill, 2025 as reported by the Select Committee. Consequently, Income-tax (No. 2) Bill, 2025 has been prepared to replace the Income-tax Act, 1961," the statement said.

The Select Committee submitted 285 recommendations focused on simplifying the tax regime and making the Income Tax legislation simplified and lucid. In total, the parliamentary panel made a total of 566 suggestions/recommendations in its 4,584-page report.

  • One of the changes suggested by the Select Committee relates to income tax refund, which seeks to remove the provision that denies refund if ITR is filed past the due date. The earlier version of the Bill required a person seeking refunds to file ITR within the due date.
  • Another change suggested by the Select Committee is section 80M deduction, (under clause 148 of the new bill) for inter corporate dividends for companies that avail the benefit of special rate under section 115BAA.
  • The Committee also suggested to allow taxpayers to avail NIL TDS certificate in its report on the New Income Tax Bill.
  • source: mint

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