Withdrawal of past small direct tax demands - Budget 2024

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget 2024 had announced withdrawal of past small direct tax demands as under:

Demands upto Rs.PeriodMax Ceiling per Assessee
Rs. 25,000/-Upto FY 2009-10Rs. 1,00,000/-
Rs. 10,000/-From FY 2010-11 to FY 2014-15Rs. 1,00,000/-

Direct tax demands include demands pertaining to Income Tax, Wealth Tax & Gift Tax.

This is expected to benefit about 1 crore assessees and an estimated Rs. 3,500/- crore of demands will be withdrawn following the announcement.

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