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Concept of Agricultural Income under Income Tax Act 1961

Income Tax : Explore the concept of agricultural income under Income Tax Act 1961, including definitions, exemptions, and conditions for income...

March 9, 2025 30 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Crackdown on Dubious Political Donations: What Donors Must Know

Income Tax : IT Dept scrutinizes political donations ₹5L+ for tax fraud. Learn about Section 80GGC/80GGB, penalties, and steps to ensure comp...

March 9, 2025 1263 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Evasion in India: A Deep-Rooted Problem & Path to a Fairer System

Income Tax : Why does tax evasion still thrive despite all the efforts to stop it? And more importantly, what can be done to fix it? This blog ...

March 9, 2025 210 Views 0 comment Print

Metaverse and Taxation: How Virtual Transactions Should Be Taxed in India

Income Tax : Through tax laws on Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) like cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), India has initiated the pr...

March 9, 2025 207 Views 0 comment Print

Historical Evolution of Tax Laws: Key Developments

Income Tax : Explore evolution of tax laws from ancient times to the modern era, highlighting key changes, global trends, and challenges shapin...

March 9, 2025 147 Views 0 comment Print


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Updated List of 30 Banks For Income Tax Payments on e-Filing Portal

Income Tax : Comprehensive list of 30 banks available at the e-Filing Portal's e-Pay Tax service. Find out the new and migrated banks, along wi...

March 7, 2025 40503 Views 4 comments Print

Advance Tax Installments/Payments of taxes

Income Tax : Learn about advance tax, who needs to pay it, due dates, payment methods, penalties, and exceptions. Understand advance tax instal...

March 5, 2025 5703 Views 0 comment Print

Include ‘Cost Accountant’ in definition of ‘Accountant’ under Income Tax Bill 2025: ICMAI

Income Tax : The Institute of Cost Accountants of India seeks inclusion of Cost Accountants in the definition of "Accountant" under Section 515...

February 21, 2025 10548 Views 0 comment Print

Key Highlights of Finance Bill 2025: Income Tax Changes

Income Tax : Explore the Finance Bill 2025 highlights, including revised tax rates, TDS/TCS amendments, ULIP taxation, and updated rules for sa...

February 19, 2025 11766 Views 0 comment Print

ICMAI on Non-inclusion of ‘Cost Accountant’ in Income Tax Bill 2025

Income Tax : ICMAI addresses the non-inclusion of 'Cost Accountant' in the Income Tax Bill 2025. The Council is engaging with policymakers to e...

February 17, 2025 20271 Views 3 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Tax Dept cannot take a Different View in subsequent years without providing valid reasons

Income Tax : ITAT Pune remands the appeal of Mula Parisar Serva Seva Sangh regarding TDS refund claim for 2018-19, citing past precedents....

March 9, 2025 78 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai Sets Aside Section 80G Registration Rejection, Cites Short Notice

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai sets aside CIT(E)’s rejection of 80G registration for SKNNSM Society, citing inadequate time for response. Case sen...

March 9, 2025 72 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai directs Assessment of Factory Premises Rental Income under Section 57

Income Tax : ITAT directed AO to verify Factory Premises rental income and compute taxability under section 57, allowing proportionate expense...

March 9, 2025 54 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Urges Speedy Disposal of 5.49 Lakh Pending Appeals at NFAC

Income Tax : Delhi High Court directs NFAC to expedite pending appeals, expressing concern over prolonged delays in taxpayer cases, including a...

March 9, 2025 60 Views 0 comment Print

Section 56(2)(viib) Inapplicable to Holding-Subsidiary Share Issuance: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT rules Section 56(2)(viib) of the IT Act does not apply to transactions between holding and subsidiary companies, quashi...

March 9, 2025 48 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


High-Risk and Non PAN Transaction Cases: Insight Portal Guidelines

Income Tax : Learn about high-risk transaction case verification, assessment, and proceedings under Sections 148/148A on the Insight and ITBA p...

March 7, 2025 414 Views 0 comment Print

High-Risk CRIU/VRU Cases and proceedings under Sections 148/148A

Income Tax : Learn about high-risk CRIU/VRU case verification, assessment, and proceedings under Sections 148/148A on the Insight and ITBA port...

March 7, 2025 372 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment & Investigation of Benami, Foreign Assets & TDS Cases

Income Tax : Learn about suspected benami, undisclosed foreign assets, and TDS compliance cases assigned under Risk Management Strategy via the...

March 7, 2025 243 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department identifies High-Risk Non-Filers for AY 2019-22

Income Tax : The IT Dept. has flagged high-risk non-filers for AY 2019-22 on the Insight Portal under RMS Cycle 5. Assessing Officers can revie...

March 7, 2025 8544 Views 0 comment Print

Section 10(46) Tax Exemption for Delhi Construction Workers Welfare Board

Income Tax : Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board receives tax exemption on cess, fees, and interest income under Sectio...

March 7, 2025 132 Views 0 comment Print


Finance Lease – Lessor Is Not Owner & only owner can claim Depreciation

March 15, 2012 19397 Views 0 comment Print

In a lease transaction also there can be only one owner of the asset, that is, either the lessor or lessee and not both of them or either of them at their discretion. Whereas in the case of operating lease, it is the lessor who is the real owner of the asset, but in case of finance lease, it is the lessee who is to be regarded as the real owner of the asset. Ex consequenti only the lessor can claim depreciation in case of an operating lease and the lessee in a case of finance lease. There is no question of deciding between the lessor and the lessee, as to who should be conferred the benefit of depreciation allowance. Adverting to the facts of the instant case, it can be seen that it is a case of finance lease agreement. The only and the inescapable conclusion which in our considered opinion follows is that the real owner of the leased property is Indo Gulf Fertilizer & Chemical Corporation Limited and not the assessee. We, therefore, decline to grant any depreciation to the assessee-lessor. However the lessee, if so advised, may take recourse to the legal remedy if any, for the grant of depreciation.

Payments for transponder hire charges cannot be treated as ‘royalty’

March 15, 2012 2458 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai ruling: Transponder2hire charges not ‘royalty.’ Times Global wins tax case vs. DCIT for A.Y. 2007-08. Consultancy fee allowed. Full details here.

Notice sent by post within time but not served will be deemed as served within time

March 15, 2012 1779 Views 0 comment Print

Non-availability of the acknowledgement of the receipt cannot be the sole basis on which the order made can be annulled. The fact that notice was not served on the assessee has to be established by considering all relevant facts. The dispatch number on face of notice is a relevant fact. Once the notice has been issued at the correct address by speed post and same has not been received back then it will be deemed to be served. Therefore, CIT (A) is directed to decide the issue after taking all these relevant facts into consideration.

s.263 Order without giving reson for observing that the order passed by AO erroneous is invalid

March 15, 2012 1298 Views 0 comment Print

ITO V/s. DG Housing Projects Ltd. In the present case, the findings recorded by the Tribunal are correct as the CIT has not gone into and has not given any reason for observing that the order passed by the AO was erroneous. The finding recorded by the CIT is that order passed by the AO may be erroneous.

Reopening U/s. 147 even within 4 years, on basis of retrospective amendment invalid

March 15, 2012 1459 Views 0 comment Print

The fact that the Assessing Officer in the assessment proceedings under section 143(3) of the Act did not give any opinion regarding the allowability or otherwise of deduction u/s 80IB (10) of the Act is not a ground of invoking Section 147 of the Act.

New Income Tax e-filing call center functional from today with Helpline

March 15, 2012 4338 Views 0 comment Print

New e-filing call center will start working from 15th March 2012. For any query related to online filing of Income Tax Returns, please call 080-25186960 between 9am to 6 pm on all working days. Taxpayers are advised to make use of the above facility.

Website is intangible Asset and not software

March 15, 2012 55846 Views 2 comments Print

Assessee’s claim that travel website should be treated as software (and hence website development cost is eligible for 60% depreciation) is not justified. By approaching travel website of assessee, customers/people can approach assessee and conduct business; therefore, website as such cannot be treated as software; it would fall under definition of intangible asset on which depreciation @ 25% is allowable.

Investment income of Co-Operative Banks eligible for deduction u/s. 80P(2)(a)(i)

March 15, 2012 1135 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80P is applicable to regional rural banks. This position is undisputed in the instant case as well. The only question is the exigibility to deduction thereunder of the impugned incomes. The word ‘investment’ occurring in the definition of ‘banking’ in section 5(b) of the Banking Regulation Act is of importance. Section 6(1)(a) of the said Act provides that apart from the business of banking, a banking company may engage, inter alia, in acquiring, holding, issuing on commission, under-writing, dealing in stock, funds, shares, debentures, debenture stock, bonds, obligations, securities and investments of all kinds.

Expenses on cultural events having no nexus with business not allowable

March 15, 2012 3030 Views 0 comment Print

Adverting to facts, the expenses under reference could not be strictly called ‘social welfare expenses’, and stood rightly considered as ‘donation. They are in fact toward promotion of activity in specific discipline, viz., music, flower growing – and that too of a particular variety, et. al., and rather in the nature of extending patronage thereto by sponsoring events (to that extent), showcasing talent therein, of interest and, consequently, visited largely by enthusiasts in those areas/disciplines.

Software License Charges – Payment for right to use of copyrighted article do not constitute ‘royalty’

March 14, 2012 1564 Views 0 comment Print

There is no disagreement between the taxpayer and the AO that (a) in terms of the license agreement, the taxpayer has granted only right to use of a copyrighted article and not for the use of a copyright and (b) the copyright continue to remain with the CGI. The Special Bench of the Delhi Tribunal in the case of Motorola Inc has observed that if the payment was for a copyright, it was liable to be classified as ‘royalty’ under the Act as well as under the tax treaty.

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