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Acts & Rules

Bare Acts, rules and amendments change frequently. This page points you to the official source for each law, so you always read the current text.

Direct taxes

Income-tax Act, 2025 (in force from 1 April 2026)
Income-tax Act, 1961 and Income-tax Rules, 1962
Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988
Equalisation Levy (Finance Act, 2016)

GST & indirect taxes

Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 & CGST Rules
Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
Union Territory GST Act, 2017
GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017
Customs Act, 1962 and Customs Valuation Rules
Pre-GST laws (Central Excise, Service Tax, CST, State VAT) — historical

Corporate & business laws

Companies Act, 2013 & Companies Rules, 2014
Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 & LLP Rules
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
Competition Act, 2002
Indian Partnership Act, 1932
Societies Registration Act, 1860

FEMA, RBI & securities

Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and NBFC directions
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992

Real estate

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016
UP RERA (for projects in Noida / Uttar Pradesh)

Labour laws

Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
Labour codes and other labour laws

General

Right to Information Act, 2005
India Code — all central Acts

Pre-GST state VAT, Central Sales Tax, Service Tax and Central Excise laws were subsumed in GST from 1 July 2017 (except for specified goods). They remain relevant only for past periods and pending matters.

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