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Simplification to be the focus for taxation in 2025
The government's focus will be on simplifying tax policies and rationalising GST rates in the New Year. The review includes improving income tax laws, reducing GST rates on insurance premiums, and operationalising GST Tribunal. Efforts will be made to detect tax evasion, streamline registration processes, and implement new technology for transparency and compliance efficiency.
Simplification of direct and indirect tax policies will be the main focus area for the government in the New Year after beginning the review of the six-decade-old income tax law and rationalisation of the GST rate in 2024. With monthly gross GST collections stabilising at around Rs 1.8 lakh crore and gross direct tax collections steadily rising at 20 per cent rate, the effort to ease compliance burden for individuals as well as corporates will gain traction.
On the GST front, individuals are awaiting a tax cut in life and health insurance premiums, which will bring down the cost of insurance, while businesses are awaiting the operationalisation of the GST Tribunal for faster dispute resolution.
Also, the work on rationalising GST rates and slabs has been put in motion with a group of ministers (GoM) deliberating on the changes, but a final decision is expected only by the GST Council, comprising the Centre and state finance ministers.
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