Budget 2026 Proposes To Rationalise Prosecution Framework In Income Tax Act
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a clean‑up of India’s direct tax framework, announcing a new foreign asset disclosure scheme, a decriminalised prosecution regime and staggered filing timelines as part of the Union Budget 2026. The moves aim to ease compliance for small taxpayers and reduce friction in India’s decade‑old income tax architecture ahead of the…