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Decoding the budget and its impact on taxpayers
Jul 5, 2019 10:16 AM

It has only been a few hours since the Union Budget was revealed. The newly appointed finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave a detailed speech about the key decisions the government will take this year. But how do these decisions impact you as a common man? What provisions were made for taxpayers? Was the corporate tax reduced? Which utilities saw an increase in price?

We empanelled industry experts to help us decode the budget and find out if it met your expectations or if the new government failed to keep its promises from the Interim Budget.

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