The new income tax bill introduced by the government recently is in a lot of discussion. It is being claimed by the government that many major changes have been made in the new tax bill, which make the laws even more simple and easy. However, there are some rules in the new bill, on which people’s resentment is coming out.
Why are people angry
Actually, people are discussing a lot on the provision of the bill, which states that now income tax officials can demand your social media account during investigation. In the new bill, the authorities will legally have the right to investigate from your social media account to e-mail and at the same time ask for access to all digital assets of taxpayers during investigation. The search and seizure of bank accounts is allowed. Apart from this, if the officials demand an access, e-mail, laptop and hard drive of social media accounts, then they also have to face legal resistance.
but now the new income tax bill which is going to be implemented from 1 April 2026, has given the right to the authorities to legally that they are legitimate to bank accounts and other social media accounts, other than taxpayers, they have been given the right to the authorities. You can demand digital assets.
If someone refuses to cooperate with taxpayers, then officers can bypass the password of their account, override the safety settings and unlock the required files.
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