Relief to resident individual taxpayers with lower and middle incomes by reducing their effective tax liability : Clause 156 of the Income Tax Bill, 2025 Vs Section 87A of the Income Tax Act, 1961

Rebate for resident individuals: expanded two-tier relief and tapered withdrawal to avoid abrupt tax cliffs.

Clause 156 creates a two-tier rebate: a general rebate for resident individuals below a base threshold and an enhanced rebate for taxpayers opting into the new tax regime with a higher threshold and larger maximum rebate. The enhanced rebate includes a tapering mechanism for incomes above its threshold and an express cap preventing the rebate from exceeding actual tax liability, with computation rules tied to the new-regime tax rates.