Union Budget 2022 Taxpayers can file an updated return within 2 years

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 01, Feb 2022, 12:23 pm IST | UPDATED: 01, Feb 2022, 12:27 pm IST

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has started reading her Budget speech in the Parliament.

This is Sitharaman's fourth straight Union Budget when she presents financial statements and tax proposals for fiscal year 2022-23 (April 2022 to March 2023). The Budget Session of the parliament commenced from January 31 with President Ram Nath Kovind`s address. The first part of the Budget Session of Parliament will be held from January 31 to February 11 and the second part will take place from March 14 to April 8.

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