The new 622-page Income Tax Bill 2025 and aims to replace the 60-year-old Income Tax Act of 1961 and once passed will be called the Income Tax Act, 2025. It is expected to take effect in April 2026.
A major change is that the number of pages has been decreased substantially to 622, which is almost half of the current voluminous Act. When the Income Tax Act, 1961, was brought in, it had 880 pages.