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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


Character of charitable purpose gets lost when receipts from business activity is more than 20%

March 14, 2023 2070 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that as receipts from business activity is more than 20% of the total receipts, character of charitable purpose as given in section 2(15) will be lost and accordingly, exemption under section 11 of the Income Tax Act not available.

In absence of any incriminating documents seized during search- Additions not justified

March 14, 2023 3885 Views 0 comment Print

In absence of any incriminating documents seized during search, AO is not justified in making addition in non-abated assessment orders u/S 153-A r/W Sec 143(3) of Income Tax Act of 1961.

ITAT allows cash payment made to volunteers for drug analysis

March 14, 2023 1128 Views 0 comment Print

Panexcell Clinical Lab Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT find that the assessee is in the business of drug analysis, clinical trials, and other research activities and as part of the said business, the assessee does lab study of various drugs before their launch in the market. As per the assessee, for the purpose […]

HC Rejects Bail Plea of Wife of Ex-CIT in Disproportionate Assets case

March 14, 2023 4413 Views 0 comment Print

During investigation huge property have been seized which were disproportionate to her known source of income, although, she was housewife and no tax return was filed. It is submitted that the petitioner had several joint bank accounts with her husband Tapas Kumar Dutta, 45 mutual fund investment and number of LIC policies.

Section 271B penalty deleted – Tax audit report submitted before finalization of assessment

March 14, 2023 6015 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee gets his accounts audited & furnished section 44AB audit report before finalization of assessment order, so section 271B Penalty deleted

No condonation of delay if no steps by appellant to effectively pursue the appeal

March 14, 2023 1473 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT denies condonation of delay & held that Preferring appeal does not mean mere formally filing it but also taking all steps to effectively pursue the appeal

Satellite Transmission Services cannot be treated as royalty

March 14, 2023 1332 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that receipts from Satellite Transmission Services cannot be treated as royalty & not taxable at the hands of assessee in India

Appellate authority cannot pass ex-parte order for mere non-submission of grounds

March 14, 2023 801 Views 0 comment Print

Merely because petitioner failed to submit grounds of appeal as an attachment at the time of filing its memo of appeal in Form No. 35, could not be a basis for appellate authority to pass order ex-parte especially when submissions sufficiently reflected the grounds on which order of assessment was being challenged in appeal proceedings.

Advance receipt cannot be taxed without accrual of income

March 14, 2023 2004 Views 0 comment Print

Kritija Construction Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) The issue in the present appeal relates to the taxability of difference of amounts shown in the Form No. 26AS and reflected in the Profit & Loss Account. It is an admitted fact that in the present case the appellant firm had received advance of Rs.38,88,745/- from one Siddhashila […]

Taxation of Mutual Funds in INDIA and USA

March 14, 2023 18372 Views 1 comment Print

Learn about taxation of mutual funds in India & USA, including capital gains tax, dividend tax, differences in taxation systems, GST applicability, & international taxation.

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