FE HAD REPORTED earlier that the Budget for FY26 may unveil significant tax giveaways aimed at putting more money in the hands of individual taxpayers, with the target beneficiaries being those who earn up to ₹15 lakh a year.
The changes being considered now include a hike in basic exemption limit from ₹3 lakh to ₹4 lakh, along with a rejig of tax slabs in the exemption-less new tax regime, which was brought in 2020-21. Sources say the first slab can be from ₹4 lakh to ₹7 lakh instead of ₹3 lakh to ₹6 lakh, and other slabs would get adjusted accordingly.
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