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taxpayer news

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s reported wedding discussed in NY budget talks?

Taylor Swift, left, and Travis Kelce seen in the audience during the IHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Published on May 20, 2026 05:21 am IST

Georgia Tax Refund 2026 eligibility: How to check if you are getting refund

Georgia begins sending surplus tax refunds as eligible residents await payments.
Published on May 06, 2026 03:29 am IST

IRS ‘Where’s My Refund?’ tool: When and how to check status

The IRS typically issues most refunds within 21 days of receiving an electronically filed return.
Published on Feb 13, 2026 08:12 am IST

Here’s what you need to know about the IRS car tax deduction

The deduction is temporary and applies to vehicles purchased through 2028.
Published on Jan 02, 2026 11:43 am IST

Income tax payers with over 1 crore of income rises five times in ten years

The number of salaried individuals with more than 1 crore income amounted to nearly 52% in AY2022-23. This was 49.2% in the year before and 51% in AY2013-14.
Published on Oct 23, 2024 04:48 pm IST

Prince Harry’s legal battle over police protection costs taxpayers over $630,000

Prince Harry’s legal battle over police protection hits public pocket. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Published on Mar 28, 2024 01:04 pm IST

PM Modi launches first taxpayers’ charter

Narendra Modi’s appeal comes in the context of Covid-19, which has entailed a ₹Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus and relief package
Published on Aug 14, 2020 01:42 am IST

What is ‘faceless’ tax assessment? All you need to know

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the launch of 'Transparent Taxation - Honoring The Honest' platform via video conferencing.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 03:32 pm IST

PM Modi to launch platform to honour honest taxpayers

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman thanked the PM for agreeing to launch the platform.
Published on Aug 13, 2020 06:07 am IST

CBDT allows taxpayers to regularise past I-T returns

This is an opportunity for the taxpayers to regularise their tax returns filed for various past years which had the risk of being considered as non-est for want of verification. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 14, 2020 08:56 pm IST

Budget 2020: Taxpayers’ charter to help stop harassment at hands of officials

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, holding a folder containing the Union Budget documents, poses for photographers along with her deputy Anurag Thakur, outside the Ministry of Finance on Saturday.
Updated on Feb 02, 2020 01:19 am IST

Income tax department issues new 2020 calendar for taxpayers with all deadlines

The income tax department has issued a new calendar for the year 2020
Updated on Jan 05, 2020 07:17 am IST

1-cr robot failed in rescue ops, waste of taxpayers’ money

1-crore firefighting robot used in rescue operations.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 07:10 am IST

Middle class gets a ‘thank you’ from FM, super rich a higher surcharge

Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman did not announce any changes to the income tax slabs for the middle class, recalling that tweaks made during the interim budget and earlier had alleviated the tax burden on small and medium income-earners.
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 03:42 pm IST

Name roads, buildings after highest tax-payers for behavioural change: Economic Survey

The idea, according to the Survey, is to create exclusive membership of “clubs” that exude not only social status but also honour.
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 10:37 am IST

‘Just a trailer’, says PM Narendra Modi after interim budget’s poll push

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the budget will empower the people of the country.
Updated on Nov 04, 2019 03:03 pm IST

Indian-origin British retailer brothers among UK’s top 50 taxpayers: Report

The Arora family, behind the B&M chain of discount stores, paid 25.6 million pounds towards their 2017-18 tax bill against wealth estimated at 2,300 million pounds.
Updated on Jan 27, 2019 06:58 pm IST

Average income of salaried, non-salaried, corporate taxpayers rises over last 3 years: CBDT

A cashier checks rupee notes inside a room at a fuel station in Ahmedabad on September 20.
Updated on Oct 22, 2018 06:14 pm IST

MS Dhoni highest individual taxpayer in Jharkhand for 2017-18

MS Dhoni reportedly paid 12.17 crore as income tax in 2017-18.
Updated on Jul 23, 2018 07:08 pm IST

First year of GST an example of taxpayers’ readiness to partner in tax reform: Finance ministry

The finance ministry said GST subsumed over a dozen local levies and transformed India into “one nation, one tax” and binds the country into an economic union.
Published on Jun 30, 2018 02:25 pm IST

Businesses, small taxpayers to gain from new direct tax code

The new tax code, which will replace the Income Tax Act of 1961, is expected to overhaul the taxation system.
Updated on May 14, 2018 10:25 am IST

GST Council meet today, taxpayers may get simpler return filing forms

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley flanked by MoS for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla and Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia at the 26th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in New Delhi.
Updated on May 04, 2018 10:25 am IST