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Section 1 of Income Tax Act - Short title, extent and commencement

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Last Updated: 01-04-2026

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 21st August, 2025/Shravana 30, 1947 (Saka)

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 21st August, 2025 and is hereby published for general information: —

THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 2025

No. 30 of 2025

[21st August, 2025.]

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to income-tax. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the Income-tax Act, 2025.

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall come into force on the 1st April, 2026.