Direct income tax from individuals is just 28% of central tax revenue

It's not 50 % or 60 % but clearly  28 %...where does 50 -60 come from?

It's not about family but about overall population paying  taxes directly 

Kindly  Understand  before comment..

It's not about earnings % it's about the way a economic society functions 

It's valuable 28 % contribution  and not 97 % is the point I am not against  low taxation but against falsely claims of 97% TAX is paid by 3 % 

Bro do only 3% pay all above indirect taxes....may be you personally pay 50 -55% but certainly not 97% that's the point

If you want  lower taxes...Move away from SALARIED STRUCTURE OF INCOME because in TAX FOOD CHAIN SALARIED ARE HIGH TAXED category 

I CLEARLY SAID MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE PAYING  TAXES that include AGRICULTURE INCOME TOO

WTF? Is this 

I am not saying 28 % is good but certainly 97% narrative isnt true 

BUT STILL HIGH @ 28%

Yes indirect taxes too but this 28% also contain ltcg -Stcg but still not 97% and everone pays indirect taxes irrespective of  his income 

3 % no is still not accurate but could be lower since census etc data is misding but broadly keep below the 3 % or something like 1.5-2% is correct on no of people paying taxes 

but 97% of taxes paid by these prople is incorrect ,,the data clearly shows that & people claiming Indirect taxes are partially thier contribution not solely these 3% pay that tax 

next point to consider is all indirect taxes in form Gst (cgst +igst+ sgst) doesnt breach 40% of tax collections so even if take 1/2 of gst is paid by these 3% then also its still around 50% 

and experts clearly say gst contribution is around 30% by these 3%  which would be like 12% more or 28+12 ie 40 % of all taxes are paid by 3% 

but even if we consider 50% of gst via 3% then also its 28%+20% which is still 48% which is a far cry from 97% 

and even if we consider excise +fuel+ customs etc then also its mere approx 17% of tax collection of which even if we take 50% paid by 3-% its still 40+8.5% or 48+ 8.5% =49-56% at max which is a good 40% less than what people claim 

note: still we have to take out refunds under gst + input tax credit + subsidy etc 

Absolutely but not solely contribute & estimates are around 30% of this 72% to 50 % of 72% 

which means 22% to 36% max 

It's not just about the money solely its about the incentive & whats the value that can be unlocked by abolishing it 

and mind it no other economies even from 1000s of years old civilization have sucessfully done that & had favourable outcome 

This is illogical  to say abolish 

And clearly you have benifits for being double taxed which they lack otherwise 

i am not justfying double taxation but guving reasonable explanation why its there 

paying 15% of gst out of 17% where is the data 

and still if you add that whole 15% its still 28+15% = 43% 

Agree on taking out non tax revenue which is what i have posted and data shows 

but again the categorization of direct income tax is where i have contention 

 if you are categorising direct tax for individuals where does the point come from because all of these are people with taxable income which are grouped under for a reason ie theyre direct taxable income people 

going by that logic if you go on subdividing like say people with above 1cr taxable income then  may get you something like  99.999 % of tax are paid by less than 1% of population or sonething like that 

more than 25% govt is funded by direct taxpayers is apt descreption ie to point 

This is a folklore for years starting way back during jp movement & emergency 

So if Indira gandhi would be there till now thus would have got a new slogan like garibi hatao 

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This was a period where it was almost true since state was controlling every economic activity possible 

This got changed with 1991 reforms but deeply still in hangover 

No media was allowed to carry this narrative back in emergency days nowadays it's a click bait headline for many shady articles especially around inflation & tax changes during budget