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The Union Finance Minister connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) projected a six-month overseas plus disclosure strategy for tiny taxpayers similar students, tech professionals and relocated NRIs.
Ms. Sitharaman was presenting her ninth consecutive Union Budget for April 2026 to March 2027 successful the Parliament connected Sunday (February 1).
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Speaking successful the Parliament, the Finance Minister said, “I suggest a six-month overseas plus disclosure strategy for those who did not disclose overseas incomes and assets, and those who declared income and paid tax, but could not state assets.”
She said determination volition beryllium nary involvement liability connected taxpayers connected the punishment magnitude for the play of entreaty earlier archetypal appellate authority, irrespective of outcome.
Ms. Sitharaman besides projected exemptions of 3 years for dividend income received by notified cooperatives connected investments made up to January 31, 2026.
The inaugural is aimed astatine enhancing India’s fiscal transparency and comes aft a ‘Nudge’ run by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
The Non-intrusive Usage of Data to Guide and Enable (NUDGE) run — whose archetypal variation was launched successful November 2024 and the 2nd successful November 2025 — aims astatine CBDT sending emails and messages to taxpayers to revise their returns, aft it recovered respective cases wherever taxpayers person overseas assets that they person not declared.
