New Delhi: The wealthy Indian families, as the income reports relative to their wealth, Ram Singh, a paper of Delhi School of Economics (DSE) and a permanent member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India, states that the rich families report that the rich families report their income.
“On average, the total income reported by lower 10 percent individuals is more than 120% of their money; for five percent of individuals, it is about 3.7 percent of their money”, paper, paper, Does rich reduce their income?, States.
The study gives insights into the real reality of increasing inequality in the country, where it is kept better to reduce their income with Indians, for example, by reporting their rental income, or compared to Indians with less means, disguised their taxable income as tax-free.
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Last month was made public, this paper came to its conclusion after studying funds and reported the income of more than 7,600 families and their family members across India, including raw data taken from the national account of listed companies of the richest Indian families, income tax data from the Central Board of the Central Board (2014 and 2019), and the Forbis List, among others.
Income-tortoise reverse relationship
The richest 0.1 percent of the families report about the total income of about two percent of their funds, and the wealthiest Indian families on the Forbes List (FL) reports a total taxable income of less than 0.6 percent of their money, saying in the study.
In contrast, the study states that lower 10 percent of families have reported 188 percent of their money as total income.
According to the study, the under-reporting of income with money increases, and even after adding all types of income, the reported income of 0.1 percent of the families reported is still less than 20% of their capital income or an annual return from money. In other words, 80 percent of the top 0.1 percent capital income is unpublished.
Similarly, the paper states that 90% of the capital income of Forbes-list is unpublished.
Professor Ram Singh said that in addition to telling his rental income as tax-free agricultural income as tax-free agricultural income, the rich also avoids taxes “taking advantage of intervals in tax rules”.
He said: “All money groups avoid taxes on rent and case-based commercial income and incorrect taxable income in the form of tax-free agricultural income. However, rich and super-ringeen taxes, ie, exploit gaps in tax rules. In addition, they reduce their income-money ratio by pressing dividend payments and carry out their income-money ratio.
Indian tax regime is called “progressive” because the marginal tax rates applied with applicable income increase. However, with the rich choosing how much tax their income is taxed, the paper presents the Indian tax regime as a regressive vision-e-Vis Welg.
“Even with the most generous estimates, the tax liability of the top century [individuals] 1% of their money. For the top one-tenth of the top century, the total tax liability is less than 0.8% of their money. Super-Dhani Indian on FL [Forbes List] Pay the payment tax which is less than 0.2% of their money, ”the paper states.
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More income is now reported compared to earlier
“Measures taken against illegal income and money hoardings by the Indian Central Government have given the desired results,” says paper.
Highlighting this, Professor Ram Singh said that the discoveries by the Enforcement Directorate have improved the situation to improve 2016 demonetisation, increase in income tax seizures, and other initiatives.
He said, “Intenings have improved in recent years. Compared to 2014, in 2019, people also reported more income and money on considering inflation, increase in national income, and other relevant factors. My research shows that this improvement in tax compliance is responsible for measures taken during 2014-19.
The paper also underlines penis prejudices. Women report lower income than men, with paper attributes to this trend responsible for labor market results, where wages for women are lower than men and women, unlike men, unlike men, non-yoga property, such as gold and jewelery.
Can be politicians ,More truth,
Although politicians are usually rich in countries in countries, the difference is evident for India.
Paper underlined that the average family funds of Lok Sabha MPs in 2019 were USD 9,98,311 dollars, and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) appeared in the 77th round as an Indian house average assets as 26,867 USD. Therefore, in India, the difference between the average family funds of politicians and the average property of the population is 1 to 37.
This ratio is 1 to 4 in the US.
Paper says that an average Indian politician is much rich compared to the rest of the population, but even the most prosperous behind their Chinese and American counterparts.
Comparing the wealth of the top 10 most rich elected politicians, the study stated that the wealthiest members of the National People’s Congress of China had a joint assets of USD 132.3 billion in 2018, and had US $ 1.2 billion in the US Representatives that year. However, the wealthiest Indian MPs of 2019 were only 0.3 billion USD.
The professor also said that Indian politicians are more honest in reporting their income than the US and China.
“An average Indian politician is much poor than his American and Chinese counterparts. The reason is that the requirements for Finance [of politicians] The most rigid in India. In addition, the revelations of income and money by Indian politicians are public and are subject to investigation by media, civil society, opponents and Election Commission of India, “Ram Singh says.” Indian politicians can report [their wealth] More truth than average taxpayers. ,
Udit is a trainee with Bubna ThePrint
(Edited by Madhurita Goswami)