Ashneer Grover says 'taxpayers are minority in elections' amid inheritance tax row: ‘You can get away saying…’

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Grover said that if 1 tries to recognize ‘tax authorities successful India’, lone 0.5 per cent of voters present wage immoderate ‘meaningful’ income taxation successful the country.

BharatPe co-founder and erstwhile  Shark Tank India justice  Ashneer GroverPremium BharatPe co-founder and erstwhile Shark Tank India justice Ashneer Grover

Taxpayers are the astir ‘meaningless minority’ arsenic acold arsenic wide elections are concerns and governmental leaders tin accidental thing connected taxation successful a governmental rally and get distant with it, according to Ashneer Grover. The erstwhile managing manager of fintech large BharatPe has said that if 1 tries to recognize ‘tax authorities successful India’, lone 0.5 per cent of voters present wage immoderate ‘meaningful’ income taxation successful the country.

According to Grover, 8 crore retired of 140 crore Indians record income taxation returns. Only 2 crore retired of 140 crore Indians wage income tax. Out of them, 45 lakh lend 80 per cent of this Income Tax and the full fig of voters is 97 crore.

Explaining his instrumentality connected ‘tax politics’ amid the taxation inheritance row, Grover said successful a station connected societal media level ‘X’, 

‘’You request to recognize ‘Tax Politics’ successful India.

8/140 crore record IT Return.

2/140 crore Indians wage Income Tax. Only.

45 Lakh of them lend 80 per cent of this Income Tax.

Total 97 crore voters.

Do the maths - 0.5 per cent of voters wage immoderate meaningful Income Tax.

So you tin accidental thing connected taxation successful a governmental rally and get distant with it - taxation payers is the meaningless number arsenic acold elections are concerned.''

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Published: 24 Apr 2024, 09:44 PM IST

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