Q. What percentage of Indians pay income tax?
- 15%
- 12%
- 9%
- 5%
Answer: 5%
Note: And it’s safe to say that there could still be another 1–2 crore people who may have paid their taxes but haven’t filed the returns yet. So if you tally all that, you’ll see that a measly 5% of Indians actually pay tax. A maximum of around 8 crore people out of 130 crore Indians
