New Income Tax Rules 2025: Income-tax Act, 2025 is going to be implemented in India from April 1, which will replace the almost 60 years old Income-tax Act, 1961. The government says that this is not just a change in the tax system, but a process of redrafting the entire law. The biggest relief for the common people is that there has been no change in the tax slabs and tax rates. However, tax reporting, disclosure and filing will become more stringent, digital and transparent than before.
Let us know what important changes have been made in the new income tax rules, which is important for you to know.
1- Meal Benefits
In the new rules, a big benefit has been given in meal benefits for salaried employees. Now the limit of tax exemption on meal cards or vouchers given by the company (like Sodexo, Pluxee etc.) has been increased from Rs 50 per meal to Rs 200 per meal. With this, an employee can get tax-free mileage benefits of up to Rs 1 lakh annually, which will increase his tax savings.
2-HRA
The rules of House Rent Allowance (HRA) have also been changed. Now, along with Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad have also been included in the cities with 50 percent HRA relaxation. However, by tightening the rules, it has now been made mandatory to provide information about the landlord for making HRA claim, which will prevent fake claims.
3-Form 16
A major change is that now companies will not issue Form 16 to employees, instead a new Form 130 will be given. With this, ITR filing will become completely system based and any discrepancy in TDS may lead to delay in refund.
4- Rules of PAN card
Apart from this, the rules related to PAN card have also been tightened. Now it will be mandatory to provide PAN in high-value transactions like buying and selling of a vehicle. Also, making the process of choosing tax regime easier, now there will be no need to fill any separate form, rather the option can be chosen within the ITR itself.
That is, this new law has been brought not to increase taxes but with the aim of making the system more transparent, digital and accurate. This includes goals like faceless assessment, less human intervention and faster refunds. In such a situation, it is important for people to keep checking their salary structure, HRA details, PAN linking and TDS from time to time, so that any kind of problem can be avoided in future.
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