Tax Rates
Proposed amendments in
the rates of Securities Transaction Tax (STT) will be effective from the 1st
day of July, 2012
Individuals, Hindu Undivided
Families, Association of Persons and Body of Individuals
Total Income
|
Present
( FY 2011-12)
|
Proposed
(FY 2012-13)
|
Upto
INR 180,000
|
NIL
|
NIL
|
INR
180,000 to INR 200,000
|
10%
|
NIL
|
INR
200,000 to INR 500,000
|
10%
|
10%
|
INR
500,000 to INR 800,000
|
20%
|
20%
|
INR
800,000 to INR 10,00,000
|
30%
|
20%
|
INR
10,00,001 & Above
|
30%
|
30%
|
v
In the case of a resident individual of
the age of sixty years or above but below eighty years, the basic exemption
limit is INR 250,000
v
In the case of a resident individual of
the age of eighty years or above, the basic exemption limit is INR 500,000
v
Education cess is applicable @ 3% on
Income Tax
v
In
FY 2011-12, exemption limit for women assessee was INR 190,000 but there is no
such preference proposed for FY 2012-13
Firm, LLP, AOP, BOI
There
is no change proposed in taxation of above entities. The existing rates are as
under:
ü Taxable
@ 30%
ü No
Surcharge
ü Education
cess @ 3% on income tax.
Corporate
There is no change
proposed in corporate tax rates. The existing rates of corporate taxes are as
under:
Domestic Companies
ü Taxable
@ 30%
ü Tax
rate for Life Insurance companies is 12.5%
ü Surcharge
is applicable @5% if total income exceeds INR 1 crore
ü Education
cess @ 3% on income tax
Foreign Companies
ü Taxable
@ 40%
ü Surcharge
is applicable @2% if total income exceeds INR 1 crore
ü Education
cess @ 3% income tax
Book Profit Based Taxations
Minimum
Alternative Tax (MAT)
There
are no changes in MAT provisions for companies. The existing rates of MAT are
as under:
ü @
18.5% of the adjusted book profit (if normal tax is less than 18.5% of book profit)
ü Surcharge
@ 5% is applicable if adjusted book profit is in excess of INR 1 crore.
ü Education
cess is applicable @ 3%.
Alternative
Minimum Tax (AMT)
AMT
is applicable in case of persons other than company. Till FY 2011-12, AMT is
applicable only for LLP. Current budget
proposals proposed to include Individual, HUF, AOP, BOI in the AMT purview.
ü Tax
@ 18.5% of the adjusted book profit (if normal tax is less than 18.5% of book
profit)
ü Education
cess is applicable @ 3%
ü AMT
will not be applicable for Individual, HUF, AOP, BOI if adjusted total income
of such person does not exceeds INR 20,00,000
Securities Transaction Tax
Plan to reduce STT in
Cash Delivery segment from the existing 0.125% to 0.1%. Details are as under:
Total Income
|
Present
( FY 2011-12)
|
Proposed
(FY 2012-13)
|
Payable
by
|
Purchase / Sale of
equity shares, Units of equity oriented fund (Delivery based)
|
0.125%
|
0.100%
|
Purchaser / Seller
|
Sale
of equity shares, units of equity oriented mutual fund (non-delivery based)
|
0.025%
|
0.025%
|
Seller
|
Sale
of an option in securities
|
0.017%
|
0.017%
|
Seller
|
Sale
of an option in securities, where option is exercised
|
0.125%
|
0.125%
|
Purchaser
|
Sale
of a futures in securities
|
0.017%
|
0.017%
|
Seller
|
Sale
of a futures in securities
|
0.250%
|
0.25%
|
Seller
|
Wealth Tax
There
are no changes in Wealth Tax rates. As
per existing law, Wealth tax is imposed @ 1 percent on the value of specified
assets held by the taxpayer on the valuation date (31 March) in excess of the
basic exemption of INR 3,000,000.
Tonnage Taxation ( For
Shipping Company)
Operating profit of a
shipping company is determined on the basis of tonnage capacity of its ships.
There are certain changes (w.e.f. 01-04-2012) proposed by finance bill 2012,
which is summarised as under:
Qualifying ship having
net tonnage |
Existing Rate
|
Proposed Rate
|
Up
to 1,000
|
INR 46 for each 100 tons
|
INR
70 for each 100 tons
|
1,001
– 10,000
|
INR
460 plus Rs.35 for each
100
tons exceeding 1,000 tons
|
INR
700 plus INR 53 for each 100 tons exceeding 1,000 tons
|
10,001
- 25,000
|
INR
3,610 plus Rs.28 for each 100 tons exceeding 10,000 tons
|
INR
5,470 plus INR 42 for each 100 tons exceeding 10,000 tons
|
Above
25,000
|
INR
7,810 plus Rs.19 for each 100 tons exceeding 25,000 tons
|
INR
11,770 plus INR 29 for each 100 tons exceeding 25,000 tons
|