Lok Sabha Question No. 4181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Tax Payers in Old and New Regime
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Y. S. Avinash Reddy, Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Manne Srinivas Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4181

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2023 / CHAITRA 6, 1945 (SAKA)

## TAX PAYERS IN OLD AND NEW REGIME

4181.  SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY: SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY: SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  details  of  the  tax  payers  in  old  regime  and  new regime also who are filing income tax returns and deducting their tax in  the country since 2012 onwards to till date and if so, the details thereof, Government/private, employee-wise; and;
- (b) whether the Government is giving any incentive or any type of benefit to tax payers in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor ?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a). The  details  of  number  of  Govt.  Employees  filing  income  tax  returns  and  total taxpayers for Financial  Year (FY) 2012-13 to  FY 2020-21 is  as per Annexure I, new tax regime for individual taxpayers was made applicable from Assessment Year (AY) 2021-22 and that for corporate taxpayers from AY 2017-18.
- (b). For  the  ease  and  benefit  of  taxpayers,  most  of  the  taxpayer  services,  from  PAN registration  to  filing  of  income  tax  returns  (ITRs)  and  issuance  of  refunds,  have  been  made online.

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## Total Number of Govt. Employees filing income tax returns and Total tax payers for

## FY 2012-13 to FY 2020-21

| Taxpayers                                        | FY 2012- 13   | FY 2013-14   | FY 2014-15   | FY 2015-16   | FY 2016-17   | FY 2017-18   | FY 2018-19   | FY 2019-20   | FY 2020-21   |
|--------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Corporate Tax (A)                                | 6,18,806      | 6,36,023     | 7,29,363     | 7,71,802     | 7,95,533     | 8,44,535     | 8,88,132     | 9,20,523     | 9,67,054     |
| Personal Tax (B)                                 | 2,82,09,753   | 3,25,11,136  | 4,35,09,915  | 5,10,33,832  | 5,24,26,386  | 6,20,53,707  | 6,85,44,351  | 6,61,86,940  | 6,84,40,784  |
| Out of (B) above, Govt.Employees/ pensioners (C) | 28,12,876     | 39,07,631    | 53,83,619    | 67,12,222    | 78,48,108    | 1,11,19,051  | 1,37,42,367  | 1,22,20,647  | 1,28,20,647  |
| Total Taxpayers (A+B)                            | 2,88,28,559   | 3,31,47,159  | 4,42,39,278  | 5,18,05,634  | 5,32,21,919  | 6,28,98,242  | 6,94,32,483  | 6,71,07,463  | 6,94,07,838  |

#Data for FY 2021-22 (AY 2022-23) is under compilation as last date of filing revised return was 31.12.2022.

*Under the category of individual taxpayers, taxpayers having Salary income, income from Proprietorship, Capital Gains and Income from other sources are also included. Data for Private Salary Taxpayers is included under personal Tax Taxpayers and not separately maintained.

## Annexure I