Union Budget 2024: Salaried class taxpayers will keenly watch if Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman makes some changes in tax slabs in the 2025 Union Budget today (Saturday, February 1, 2025). She made changes in the new tax regime in her last budget speech (July 2024) when she increased the number of slabs to 6. Taxpayers are expecting a significant tax relief given the rising inflation. Here, we take you through different tax slabs that exist in the old and new tax regime and will tell you how much income tax you pay in different tax slabs (Data source: Income Tax official website).
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1/17We will begin with the old tax regime and will show the income and surcharge one needs to pay on this income There is no income tax on income up to Rs 5 lakh. There is no surcharge also.
2/17The income tax rate above Rs 5 lakh income is 20 per cent. There is no surcharge.
3/17Rs 1,12,500+30 per cent above Rs 10,00,000. There is no surcharge.
4/17Rs 1,12,500+30 per cent above Rs 10,00,000. There is 10 per cent surcharge.
5/17Rs 1,12,500+30 per cent above Rs 10,00,000. There is 15 per cent surcharge.
6/17Rs 1,12,500+30 per cent above Rs 10,00,000. There is 25 per cent surcharge.
7/17Rs 1,12,500+30 per cent above Rs 10,00,000. There is 37 per cent surcharge.
8/17There is nil income tax up to that income.
9/17There is 5 per cent tax above the income of Rs 3,00,000. There is no surcharge. There is a standard deduction of Rs 75,000.
10/17Rs 20,000+10 per cent above Rs 7,00,000. There is no surcharge.
11/17Rs 50,000+15 per cent above Rs 10,00,000. There is no surcharge.
12/17Rs 80,000+20 per cent above Rs 12,00,000. There is no surcharge.
13/17Rs 1,40,000+30 per cent above Rs 15,00,000. There is no surcharge.
14/17Rs 1,40,000+30 per cent above Rs 15,00,000. There is no surcharge.
15/17Rs 1,40,000+30 per cent above Rs 15,00,000. There is 10 per cent surcharge.
16/17Rs 1,40,000+30 per cent above Rs 15,00,000. There is 15 per cent surcharge.
17/17Rs 1,40,000+30 per cent above Rs 15,00,000. There is 25 per cent surcharge.