CBDT plans nationwide outreach ahead of new Income Tax Act, 2025 rollout

Starting January 2026, the CBDT will conduct nationwide awareness and training programmes to familiarise taxpayers with the new Income Tax Act, 2025, which comes into effect on April 1, 2026.

The tax department is gearing up for a large-scale awareness push ahead of the rollout of the new Income Tax Act, 2025, on April 1, 2026, according to two senior Finance Ministry officials.    Beginning January 2026, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will launch extensive outreach and training programmes across the country to prepare taxpayers for the new law. As part of this effort, every jurisdictional Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT) has been instructed to conduct four outreach programmes in the quarter to build public understanding of the upcoming framework, they said.