https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=6136 Taxation should reflect the capacity to pay; the 2015 budget's indirect benefits leave poor consumers facing similar levies on essential goods and services. The author urges exemptions or capped relief for essentials (for example limited mobile/internet relief, ambulance services, packaged drinking water, basic housing inputs) and advocates targeting subsidies to the poor by compulsory disentitlement for identifiable nonpoor households (such as occupants of pucca houses or households above income thresholds) rather than relying on voluntary waiver. en-us Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:00:26 +0530 Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:00:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=6136 Taxation should reflect the capacity to pay; the 2015 budget's indirect benefits leave poor consumers facing similar levies on essential goods and services. The author urges exemptions or capped relief for essentials (for example limited mobile/internet relief, ambulance services, packaged drinking water, basic housing inputs) and advocates targeting subsidies to the poor by compulsory disentitlement for identifiable nonpoor households (such as occupants of pucca houses or households above income thresholds) rather than relying on voluntary waiver. Articles Budget - Tax Proposals Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:00:26 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=6136