Forget about raising the exemption, the new tax regime doesn't even have the current existing 80U provision.
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 18:02, Srinivas Karnati <srinivas.carn...@gmail.com> wrote: > 13.11.2023 > Greetings to all my friends and colleagues: > > My Name is Srinivas Karnati and I am part of this Group. I am one of the > Secretaries of Blind Organisation - Development & Welfare Association of > the Blind, Telangana State, (DWAB), Hyderabad/Nalgonda, which is working > for the Blind community for the past 3 decades. > > As most of the Members in this group represent various Blind > Organizations, I am taking this opportunity to share this message with all > of you. > > The previous Income Tax Rebate for Blind community under Section 80U of > the Income Tax Act of 1961 was given in financial year 2015-16. After that > there is no revision. From our DWAB organization, we have been sending our > requests every year to Government for upward revision in Tax Deduction > under Section 80U of the Income Tax Act from Rs.1,25,000 to Rs.2,00,000 for > persons with severe disabilities and from Rs. 75,000 to Rs. 1 lakh for > persons with disabilities. > > I am aware of the fact that your respective organizations too are > following up with the Government and sending their representations to the > Government. However, for reasons not known to us, our representations are > falling on deaf ears and the Government is not taking these representations > seriously and not revising the Tax Deduction limits for Blind since > financial year 2015-16. > > The Tax Rebate given to Blind community is far less when compared to the > rising inflation and our other recurring expenses specific to blind > community. We have to therefore continue representing our case through our > respective organizations and send our appeals to the Finance Department in > Central Government for revising the tax rebate, at least by the next budget > of 2023-24. Our members and representatives stationed in Delhi in > particular have an additional responsibility and obligation and should try > to take pains in establishing contacts with the right persons in finance > department in Central Government to explain our case in detail and convince > them to bring in revision in tax rebate for the blind community. > > I am sure you all will take my message in right spirit and we all will > work together to achieve our objective. > With best wishes and best regards, > > > > > > SRINIVAS KARNATI > SECRETARY, DWAB, HYDERABAD > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CABp%3Dh%2BVhCMDQETNut_5qYmeJhq7P-imRicgOF_%3DVz4B1RtONsg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CABp%3Dh%2BVhCMDQETNut_5qYmeJhq7P-imRicgOF_%3DVz4B1RtONsg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CANJnwVGW1Qe54ZnUDGea5RHdOQDF0nv%2BZzuGt4LDQFqH2co_xA%40mail.gmail.com.
