{"id":356398,"date":"2025-08-12T13:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=356398"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:04:43","slug":"income-tax-no2-bill-passed-by-lok-sabha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/12\/income-tax-no2-bill-passed-by-lok-sabha\/","title":{"rendered":"Lok Sabha passes Income-tax (No. 2) Bill, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Union Finance Minister, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Nirmala Sitharaman<\/span>, introduced the new <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Income-tax (No. 2) Bill, 2025<\/span> on 11-8-2025 to replace the 6-decade old Income-tax Act, 1961 which was passed by Lok Sabha without debate on 11-8-2025.<\/p>\n<h3>Need to replace:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Income-tax Act, 1961<\/span> has been subjected to numerous amendments which resulted in overburdening of basic structure and complex language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Earlier, the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/02\/12\/govt-proposes-income-tax-bill-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Income-tax Bill, 2025<\/a><\/span> was first introduced during the 2024 Budget which was approved by the Union Cabinet on 7-2-2025. 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