Many people are misinterpreting new regime in following two points: 1. 1st misinterpretation is #Standarddeduction is Rs. 52,500 2. 2nd misinterpretation is it is applicable for assessee having income of 15.50 lakhs and more. These above misinterpretations are because of FM’s following statement in budget speech: “Each #salaried person with an #income of Rs. 15.5 lakh or more will thus stand to #benefit by Rs. 52,500.” Clarification is as follows: 1. As per Finance bill, Standard deduction as per sec 16(i) is Rs. 50,000 and not Rs.52,500. 2. This standard deduction is currently available in old regime also. Govt has just extended the same to new regime without any modification. 3. In FM’s above statement, govt is trying to compare the benefit the assesses would get in case of ‘Current new regime’ vs ‘Proposed new regime’. FM has nowhere mentioned that standard deduction is applicable for people having income of Rs.15.50 or more. Hence, it is applicable to all assesses irrespective of their income. Hence, if an #assessee is having income of Rs. 15.50 lakhs then his #tax liability would reduce by Rs. 52,500 in Proposed new regime as compared to current new regime. https://www.instagram.com/p/CoX3C0ZtKDu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=















