{"id":266512,"date":"2023-10-27T18:39:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T13:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=266512"},"modified":"2023-10-28T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:56:29","slug":"super-rich-incomes-share-ebbing-amid-middle-class-mobility-cbdt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/super-rich-incomes-share-ebbing-amid-middle-class-mobility-cbdt\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Super rich\u2019 incomes\u2019 share ebbing amid middle-class mobility: CBDT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c\u2018Super rich\u2019 incomes\u2019 share ebbing amid middle-class mobility: CBDT\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 27th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has released data on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s Tax base.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the key highlights from the CBDT\u2019s data?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-266513 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GPJBU9I84.1G45BUA5N2.1.png?resize=558%2C374&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GPJBU9I84.1G45BUA5N2.1.png?w=558&amp;ssl=1 558w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GPJBU9I84.1G45BUA5N2.1.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: The Hindu<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b><b>Widening Tax Base in India since 2013-14<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: India&#8217;s tax base has significantly expanded since 2013-14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The number of income tax returns filed by individuals has increased from 3.36 crore to 6.37 crore between assessment years 2013-14 and 2021-22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.<\/span><b>Increased Taxpayer Diversity Across Income Ranges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The number of returns filed by individual taxpayers in various income ranges has grown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 In the income range up to \u20b95 lakh, there has been a 32% increase in the number of returns filed, including those with incomes below the taxable limit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 For higher income ranges of \u20b95 lakh to \u20b910 lakh, the number of returns filed increased by 295%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.<\/span><b>Share of Top 1% Individual taxpayers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The share of the top 1% of individual taxpayers, compared to all individuals, has gone down from 15.9% to 14.6%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 In contrast, the share of the bottom 25% of taxpayers increased slightly from 8.3% to 8.4% during the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.<\/span><b>Gross Total Income:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The increase in average gross total income for top 1% individual taxpayers is 42% while that for bottom 25% individual taxpayers is 58%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/b> Taxation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201c\u2018Super rich\u2019 incomes\u2019 share ebbing amid middle-class mobility: CBDT\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 27th October 2023 Why in the News? Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has released data on India\u2019s Tax base. What are the key highlights from the CBDT\u2019s data?\u00a0 Source: The Hindu 1.Widening Tax&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/super-rich-incomes-share-ebbing-amid-middle-class-mobility-cbdt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Super rich\u2019 incomes\u2019 share ebbing amid middle-class mobility: CBDT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-266512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":18,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698472460},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}