New Delhi, March 16 -- Rajya Sabha member, Aam Admi Party (AAP) spokesperson and Chartered Accountant Raghav Chadha on 16 March has proposed joint filing of income tax returns for married couples. Speaking in Parliament today, the leader said that his proposal seeks to even out burden on families with uneven incomes and get same benefits as two similarly earning spouses.

"In Parliament today I proposed optional Joint filing of Income Tax Returns for married couples," Chadha wrote on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

He explained that under the current system, in a family where both spouses earn Rs.10 lakh each, and the total household income is Rs.20 lakh, the tax paid is zero. This is because each individual pays taxes separa...