India's new income tax bill proposes sweeping powers for authorities to access taxpayers' emails, trading and social media accounts during searches, activities which are not covered in the current tax law.

Understand the major updates in India’s Income Tax Bill 2025, including tax law simplification and a shift to a unified tax year.

Taxpayers can now easily compare sections of the Income Tax Act, 1961, with corresponding clauses in the new Income Tax Bill, 2025, through an online utility provided by the tax department. The Section-to-Section mapping has been uploaded on the I-T department’s website for public access.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla constituted a 31-member Select Committee of Lok Sabha MPs to examine the new Income Tax Bill, which aims to simplify tax laws, modernise definitions, and provide more clarity on various tax-related matters.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to introduce a new Income Tax Bill aimed at simplifying the six-decade-old tax system in the coming week. The bill promises to reduce litigation, streamline compliance,

The proposed bill does not change tax rates. Instead, it focuses on three key improvements: simplifying language for better understanding, removing outdated provisions, and reorganising sections for easier navigation.

India will introduce a new condensed version of its income tax law in the lower house of the Parliament on Thursday, which aims to simplify the six decades old rules that have led to a slew of litigations.

The new Income Tax Bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced it. Through this bill, there will be many big and important changes related to income tax.

Several experts have supported the government efforts put into the Income Tax Bill 2025, but some expressed apprehensions.