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Supreme Court Drew Tax-Fee Line Due to Quid Pro Quo

Income Tax : Supreme Court held a levy is a fee only when linked to a specific service or benefit. Absence of quid pro quo makes it a tax, rega...

June 13, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

TDS on Residential Rent paid by companies : 2% vs 10% rule

Income Tax : Companies renting residential properties often struggle with choosing between 2% and 10% TDS. The key takeaway is that the correct...

June 12, 2026 1905 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows Final Section 35D Deduction and ESOP Recharge Expense

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT held that the Revenue cannot deny the fifth-year deduction under Section 35D after consistently allowing the claim ...

June 12, 2026 183 Views 1 comment Print

Section 62(4) of Income-tax Act 2025: Closed List of Specified Professions Remains Unreformed

Income Tax : The Income-tax Act, 2025 continues the old specified professions framework without addressing longstanding classification issues. ...

June 11, 2026 297 Views 0 comment Print

SC Order Settled the issue of Taxability of International Software Supply Transactions?

Income Tax : The Supreme Court dismissed the Revenue's review petitions and reiterated that payments for off-the-shelf software do not constitu...

June 11, 2026 456 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Income Tax Superintendent Caught by CBI in Bribery Case Linked to PAN Deletion

Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...

June 6, 2026 6091 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Prioritizes Old Appeals as Rising Pendency Requires Urgent Disposal Measures

Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...

June 5, 2026 249 Views 0 comment Print

Request for Rationalisation and Merger of TDS Return Codes 1023 & 1024

Income Tax : A representation has urged CBDT to merge TDS return codes 1023 and 1024, arguing that both apply to the same contract payments wit...

June 4, 2026 1677 Views 0 comment Print

Reduce CASS 2026 Scrutiny Cases Due to New Income Tax Act Transition Challenges: ITGOA

Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...

May 21, 2026 3774 Views 1 comment Print

Representation for timely release of e-filing utilities for ITR for AY 2026-27

Income Tax : KSCAA requested the CBDT to release e-filing utilities and schemas for AY 2026-27 without delay, stating that pending utilities ar...

May 13, 2026 3975 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Business Expenses Cannot Be disallowed on Mere Suspicion: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that business promotion and development expenses cannot be disallowed without concrete evidence establishing the...

June 13, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Deleted for Cash Deposits Linked to Earlier Withdrawals

Income Tax : The ITAT Agra declined to condone an extraordinary delay of 2,799 days in filing the quantum appeal, holding that the explanation ...

June 13, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune Directs Exclusion of Mutual Funds & Tax-Free Bonds While Computing Rule 8D Disallowance

Income Tax : ITAT Pune ruled that investments in mutual funds and tax-free bonds should not form part of the investment pool for Rule 8D(2)(ii)...

June 13, 2026 18 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Agra Quashes Reassessment for initiation on a Non-Existent PAN

Income Tax : ITAT Agra held that reassessment proceedings framed using a PAN surrendered years earlier were invalid. Since the assessment was b...

June 13, 2026 24 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Allowed on Flat Booking Rights, But Capital Gains on Gifted Share to Wife Clubbed Under Section 64(1)(iv)

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT ruled that investment in rights relating to a specific residential flat under a redevelopment project qualifies for Se...

June 13, 2026 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Issues Complete Income Tax Scrutiny Guidelines for FY 2026-27

Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...

June 7, 2026 46608 Views 1 comment Print

Income-Tax (Amendment) Commencement Ordinance, 2026

Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...

June 6, 2026 606 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Notifies Infrastructure Sub-Sectors as Eligible Businesses Under Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...

June 2, 2026 516 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approves National Institute of Advanced Studies as Scientific Research Institution  

Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...

May 30, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approves S. Nijalingappa Sugar Institute for Scientific Research Tax Benefit Eligibility 

Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, allowing eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...

May 30, 2026 159 Views 0 comment Print


Purchases cannot be held bogus merely based on inference from circumstances

March 25, 2023 6528 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that unless there was specific material collected to rebut the submissions of assessee then merely on basis of inference from the circumstances, the purchase could not have been held to be bogus.

Reassessment only because of difference in opinion of valuation as adopted by assessee is untenable

March 25, 2023 1902 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that only reason for re-assessment proceedings under section 148 of the Income Tax Act is adoption of different opinion on the question of valuation as against the one adopted by petitioner. Accordingly, such re-assessment proceedings is liable to be quashed and set aside.

AO doesn’t have power to change method of share price determination from DCF to NAV

March 25, 2023 1644 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that AO is free to examine the method through which the share price is determined. However, AO doesnot have power to change the method from discounted cash flow (DCF) as followed by assessee to Net Asset Value (NAV).

Claim of enhanced amount of carry forward loss in revised return filed within time permitted u/s 139(5) allowable

March 25, 2023 8721 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that once a revised return is filed within the time permitted u/s.139(5), it substitutes the original return in all respects. Accordingly, claim of enhanced amount of carry forward of loss vide revised return is allowable.

No addition/ disallowance u/s 153C without incriminating material found during third person search

March 25, 2023 3372 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that no additions or disallowances can be made u/s. 153C of the Income Tax Act in absence of any incriminating material found during the search on a third person.

Cash deposits in retail business cannot lead to belief that income has escaped assessment

March 25, 2023 1854 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that being in retail business of electronic appliances, cash deposits from various places cannot be doubted be considered suspicious transactions. Accordingly, cash deposits in crores cannot lead to a belief that the income has escaped assessment. Re-opening unjustified.

Reassessment proceedings without any new tangible material is unsustainable in law

March 25, 2023 1323 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that re-assessment proceedings, in absence of any failure to disclose any material fact and without any new tangible material which was not available at the time of passing of the original assessment order, is unsustainable.

CIT cannot initiate proceedings with a view to start fishing & roving enquiries

March 25, 2023 2703 Views 0 comment Print

Dhanraj Chhipa Vs PCIT (ITAT Jodhpur) CIT cannot invoke his powers of revision under section 263 if the Assessing Officer has conducted enquiries and applied his mind and has taken a possible view of the matter. If there was any enquiry and a possible view is taken, it would not give occasion to the Commissioner […]

Fees received towards live transmission not taxable as ‘royalty’ in terms of section 9(l)(vi)

March 25, 2023 1566 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that there is no copyright on live events, and therefore, the fee received towards live transmission cannot be taxed as royalty in terms of Section 9(l)(vi).

Marginal Relief under New Tax Regime from FY 2023-34 Onwards

March 25, 2023 44178 Views 6 comments Print

Explore the concept of Marginal Relief under the New Tax Regime from FY 2023-24 onwards. Section 115BAC allows taxpayers the option to choose between lower tax rates with certain exemptions and deductions forfeited or continue paying taxes at existing rates. The income tax slab rates for FY 2022-23 and the list of exemptions and deductions not allowed under the new regime are provided.

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