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Form 10BD Filing & Correction Guide: Revised Forms, Omitted Donors & 80G Issues

Income Tax : The article explains how accurate Form 10BD reporting protects donor deduction claims, prevents penalties, and ensures consistency...

June 15, 2026 324 Views 0 comment Print

June 2026 Advance Tax: Key Checks Under New Income Tax 2025

Income Tax : The article explains what remains unchanged under the new tax law while highlighting critical compliance checks taxpayers should u...

June 15, 2026 1935 Views 0 comment Print

Tax benefit on Insurance Premium, Mediclaim & Medical Expenses

Income Tax : The provisions under Sections 80C, 80D, 80DD, and 80DDB provide tax deductions because taxpayers incur eligible expenses on life i...

June 15, 2026 110368 Views 6 comments Print

Can Depreciation Be Claimed Separately After Income Is Estimated Under Section 145(3)?

Income Tax : AO rejects books of accounts and applies flat net profit rate. Can taxpayer claim depreciation separately or is it embedded in tha...

June 15, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

Tax on Long Term Capital Gain under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The updated provisions explain how long-term capital gains are classified, computed, and taxed following amendments introduced by ...

June 15, 2026 471900 Views 71 comments 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 6103 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 258 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 1731 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 3810 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 3993 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Quashes Reassessment as Final Additions Differed from Recorded Reasons

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that reassessment proceedings were invalid where the Assessing Officer made additions unrelated to the reasons...

June 15, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

Electricity Consumption Charges Wholly for Business Purposes allowable: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that electricity charges paid to statutory authorities in the ordinary course of business qualify as deductibl...

June 15, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition Unsustainable as Revenue Failed to Verify Creditors’ Documents: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that additions under Section 68 could not be sustained without proper examination of bank statements, PAN ...

June 15, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

Appeal for Higher Sentence in TDS Default Case Must Be Filed Before Sessions Court: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : The High Court held that appeals concerning the adequacy of sentence should be presented before the jurisdictional Sessions Court....

June 15, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Section 127 Income Tax Case Transfer for Effective Investigation is valid: Telangana HC

Income Tax : The Court held that transferring assessment proceedings under Section 127 was justified to facilitate coordinated investigation in...

June 15, 2026 66 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 47955 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 678 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 540 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 198 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 162 Views 0 comment Print


AO venturing outside the scope of limited scrutiny without prior approval is bad in law

January 16, 2023 2187 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that as per CBDT Instruction nos. 20/2015 and 5/2016 read with DGIT(Vigilance) letter dated 30th November, 2017 before venturing into other issues outside the scope of limited scrutiny, the Assessing Officer should have taken prior approval of PCIT/CIT. Failure of prior approval would render the assessment order bad in law.

Income recorded on estimated basis supported with possible evidence is acceptable

January 16, 2023 2235 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Cochin held that agricultural income recorded on estimated basis needs to accepted as it was supported by all the possible evidence for estimating income. Revenue has not brought anything on record to show the income estimated and the percentage of expense claimed is not correct.

TDS not deductible on salary, bonus, commission or remuneration credited by firm to partners

January 16, 2023 3534 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Gauhati held that TDS not required to be deduct by the partnership firm on salary, bonus, commission or remuneration given/ credited to the partner of the firm.

Part of manufacturing by outside agency cannot be reason for disallowance of deduction u/s 80IB

January 16, 2023 1290 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance of deduction under section 80IB of the Income Tax Act merely because part of manufacturing activities are being done from outside the unit is unsustainable in law.

Assessee not required to establish that debt has become irrecoverable for writing off bad debts

January 16, 2023 2664 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that it is not necessary for assessee to establish that the debt, in fact has become irrecoverable; it enough if bad debt is written off as irrecoverable in the hooks of accounts of assessee.

Interest on capital accounts of partners to be calculated on actual duration basis

January 16, 2023 20940 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allahabad held that the interests on the credit balance in the capital account of the partners of the firms has to be calculated on the actual duration of the credit remains in the capital account and not on opening or closing day of financial year.

Purchase of distribution rights of film is capital asset hence loss allowable as STCG

January 16, 2023 1572 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that investment made for purchase of distribution rights of the film is for the purchase of capital asset and hence loss incurred on the same allowable as ‘short term capital loss’.

Draft Guidance Note: A Comprehensive Analysis Guide to Audit of Public Charitable Institutions

January 16, 2023 4968 Views 0 comment Print

Exposure Draft for the issuance of a ‘Guidance Note on Audit of Public Charitable Institutions under section 12A of the Income-Tax Act, 1961.’ The primary objective of this Guidance Note would be to provide direction and clarity for the audit of public charitable institutions, which are registered under section 12A of the Income-Tax Act, 1961.

Initiation of scrutiny assessment based on wrong facts is untenable in law

January 16, 2023 2784 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT undisputedly are binding on the department and any action in violation thereof renders it as untenable in law, consequently in the extant case, assessment been carried out in violation of instruction issued by CBDT deserves to be quashed, ergo we set-aside the first appellate order passed u/s 250 and quash the order of assessment passed u/s 143(3) of the Act as bad in law.

Section 2(15) amended by Finance Act, 2008 applicable WEF 01.04.2009

January 16, 2023 1107 Views 0 comment Print

CIT/PCIT Vs Paradeep Port Trust (Orissa High Court) The very text of the Finance Act, 2008 and in particular Section 3 thereof which inserts the amended Section 2(15) clearly states that “the following clause shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2009.” Clearly, therefore, the amendment is prospective. Consequently, the Court […]

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