New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- The Income Tax department on Saturday sought public feedback on a set of draft rules under the Income Tax Act, 2025 aimed at making the filing of taxes simpler.

The new tax law comes into from 1 April, replacing the earlier legislation from more than six decades ago, the Income Tax Act, 1961.

The draft rules slash procedures by a third while a set of 'smart forms' shrink the earlier number of forms by more than half.

The income tax department said in a note that framing of rules followed the same principle it had adopted while redrafting the law-simplification of the language.

Earlier, the income tax rules contained 511 rules and 399 forms. "As a result of the changes proposed in new rules and forms, including rem...