Income tax department has launched the new utility to enable taxpayers find the relevant provision in New Income Tax bill by navigating from the old Income Tax Act, 1961

The new bill aims to simplify tax provisions with clearer language, reducing its length and eliminating redundant sections while consolidating related content for easier understanding and compliance.

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.

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There has been a slight tweak in the wordings of non-resident clauses. As per the proposed Income Tax bill, 2025 a person who went abroad “for employment outside India” will get the relaxed Indian tax residency clause benefit of 182 days,

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.