Small Investors Expectations from Union Budget 2020.
SMALL INVESTORS FORUM A7/303, Saket CHS LTD, Thane (West) 400601 # 8879528575 Sub: Small Investors Expectations from Union Budget 2020. Madam, We thank you for your gesture of inviting suggestions from the people of India for the Union Budget 2020. Accordingly, we are herewith sending you the expectations and aspirations of the Small Investors - the common man. 1) The key expectation is increasing the threshold limit for the minimum amount not chargeable to tax, from Rs 250,000 to Rs 500,000. The last such increase was made almost 5 years back when this was increased from Rs 200,000 to Rs 250,000 in the financial year 2014-15. 2) There is also the expectation that the highest tax slab rate should be brought down from 30 per cent to 25 per cent, with a corresponding increase in the limit from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh. This should increase disposable income in the hands of the common man. 3) Deduction under Section 80C of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) provides for various