Salaried folks after reading no change in Income tax slabs in Budget 2024

My total earnings - 77L Total tax paid - 23L 😞

Budget 2023 What's cheaper and what's costlier?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prakash-kewalramani_india-tax-ugcPost-7157215325560713216-Cp76?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android Do you agree with current taxation slabs?

This should help everyone understand the true picture of income brackets Indians fall in, where do viners belong?

Coming Tomorrow.. What is your expectation?

So this is something that I have been researching for a while, apart from very well known instruments such as-(only mentioning the ones that should be done by everyone irrespective) * 1.5L annually through 80C * 50k standard deduction * HRA claim * Donation claims * Insurance/Medical claims How are you folks optimising your post tax income? Would really like to hear it from people getting >= 24 LPA fixed, since from this point onwards a major chunk (almost 20% goes in taxes) and it really hurts.

*Including politicians

Seems like since last year the focus of government has shifted from actually making beneficial policies to enable innovation and growth of India to just collecting taxes blindly. They just want to harvest tax in as many ways possible and kill the middle class person. First it was crypto. Then us salaried individuals started receiving notices. Then they levied 28% GST on online gaming. Now they are also checking proofs for HRA allowance and other stupid stuff which wasn't done before. I was wondering why there is a sudden increase in such incidents? Is the government hiding something? Are they running out of money? Or are they just smoking weed just like us and making stupid rules?

No tax relief for salaried class. What are your thoughts on the overall budget? What reforms were you awaiting or what do you think are absolutely necessary to uplift the middle/ below middle class of the country?

I am salaried & have opted for new tax regime. I have zero liability (no EMIs, etc). Closed both my home loan & car loan. I live in my own house. My yearly tax comes out to be around 12 Lakhs. I want to know if there is a scope to save taxes continuing with zero liability. I would not mind appointing a CA but I have no idea how to choose the best CA. 1. How much does a CA charge annually? 2. Is it really worthwhile to have a CA given the above? 3. What are some questions I must ask the prospective CAs so that I can assess their capability? 4. Salaried people that have already appointed a CA can share their experiences. 5. Is there any off-the-shelf ideas I can get here to save taxes?