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A study conducted by TaxSpanner brought up some interesting tax paying trends amongst Indian taxpayers:
1. Gender:
- The Gender based Tax Ratio Composition indicates that females (Average Income = Rs. 5L) are paying lesser tax than males (Average Income = Rs. 6L) due to lower tax slabs and better investments.
- Percentage of females having “0%” and “upto 5%” tax ratio is quite high as compared to their male counterparts.
- Females in Chennai are better tax planners as even at an average income of Rs. 4 Lac, their Average Tax Ratio is only 2%.
- This is followed by females in NCR (Average tax ratio=3% at average income= Rs. 4 Lac) and females in Bangalore (Average tax ratio=4% at average income= Rs. 5 Lac)
- Males in NCR have a better tax ratio of 5% at an average income of Rs. 6 Lac.
- Males in Bangalore have the worst tax ratio of 8% at an average income of Rs. 8 Lac.
2. Geography:
- Even though the salaried employees in Mumbai are earning 40% more than their counterparts in Chennai and NCR, they are paying lesser tax on incremental basis.
3. House Ownership:
- The Average Tax Ratio of a house owner is high as his average income (Rs. 11 Lac) is also high, as against that of a non house owner (Rs. 5 Lac)
- Among those having an income below Rs. 5 Lac, only 6.8% own a house. Also, only 20% house owners are below 30 years of age. This indicates that there are only a few people who recognize owning a house as a smart investment and tax planning option in the beginning of their career.
- At 40% Bangalore has the highest number of house owners followed by Hyderabad at 17%
- Interestingly, the largest percentage of house owners is in the age bracket of 31-35 years at 42%
- Percentage of house owners in the age group 21-30 is 20% with 21-25 contributing only 1%. This percentage can be improved with careful tax planning.
4. Salary:
- While one third of salaried individuals earning up to Rs. 5 Lac pay ZERO tax, the Average Tax Ratio of the remaining two third is 3%.
- Salaried individuals in NCR and Bangalore pay lower tax as compared to their counterparts in other cities.
- Average Tax Ratio of salaried individuals earning Rs. 5 to 10 Lac is 9%, however there are only 0.6% people in this category with “0%” Tax Ratio.
5. Self Assessment Tax
- About 4% of salaried individuals have paid an average amount of Rs. 15,000 as Self Assessment Tax.
- As many as 57% of salaried individuals could have avoided paying Self Assessment Tax by informing their employers about having another Form 16.
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1. Self Assessment Tax
