NEW DELHI: Amid opposition protest and anti-government slogan, lower house on Tuesday passed bill to amend the income tax laws in order to facilitate levy of 60 percent tax on undisclosed income or investment or cash credit deposited in banks after the November 8 demonetisation.
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley termed it as one of the steps by the Centre to curb black money. While moving the bill for consideration and passing, Jaitley said, “This is an attempt to get the (black) money into the mainstream.”
However, the Opposition members insisted the Lok Sabha first take up a debate on demonetisation under the rule pertaining to an adjournment motion, and the bill be taken up thereafter.
Trinamool Congress member Sudip Bandyopadhyay suggested the debate and the bill can be clubbed, which Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said was not possible.
While the Opposition protested, the Speaker put the bill to vote amid the din, and it was passed by a voice vote.
According to the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016, the declarant will have to pay a tax of 60% and an additional surcharge of 25% of the tax (ie 15% of such income), resulting in a total tax component of 75%.
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