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Don’t Blindly Trust Form 16: One Small Error Can Trigger a Huge Tax Demand

Income Tax : The case demonstrates how an incorrect exemption claim based on Form 16 led to scrutiny and penalty proceedings. The Tribunal ulti...

June 15, 2026 396 Views 0 comment Print

Advance Tax Provisions, Challan, e-payment Utility & Examples

Income Tax : This article explains the advance tax provisions under the Income-tax Act, including liability thresholds, exemptions, and instalm...

June 15, 2026 194961 Views 14 comments Print

Income Tax Offences liable to prosecution

Income Tax : This article outlines major offences under the Income-tax Act that may result in prosecution, including tax evasion, non-payment o...

June 15, 2026 58691 Views 4 comments Print

Power of Commissioner to Reduce or Waive Income Tax Penalty

Income Tax : This article explains the statutory powers of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner to waive or reduce penalties in genuine c...

June 15, 2026 64978 Views 3 comments Print

Decoding Exempt Incomes Under Income Tax Act, 2025: From Section 10 to 11

Income Tax : Summary: The Income Tax Act, 2025 introduces a significant structural reform by relocating the exempt income provisions previousl...

June 15, 2026 90 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 6106 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 1743 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 3813 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


Bangalore ITAT Quashes ₹2.61 Crore Addition; No Addition Possible Without Even Identifying the Bank Account

Income Tax : The ITAT condoned the delay after finding that assessment and appellate notices were sent to incorrect email addresses. The ruling...

June 15, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Deletes ₹1.13 Crore Cash Deposit Addition; Mere Suspicion Cannot Override Accepted Books

Income Tax : The ITAT observed that invoking the test of human probabilities cannot replace factual verification of books and bank records. Add...

June 15, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

No Escape from TDS on Identified Year-End Provisions; ITAT Grants Relief Where Tax Paid Before Return Due Date

Income Tax : The ITAT found that provisions for identified legal and professional expenses represented crystallized liabilities requiring TDS d...

June 15, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Condones 113-Day Delay in Form 10B Filing Due to COVID 

Income Tax : The Court held that the delay in e-verification of Form 10B during the pandemic was supported by bona fide reasons. It ruled that ...

June 15, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Entire Unaccounted Sales Cannot Be Taxed as Only Profit Element Is Assessable: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that the full value of unaccounted sales cannot automatically be treated as taxable income. It restricted the ...

June 15, 2026 36 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 48012 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


SC ruling on Section 194H TDS on actual gross fare charged by travel agents

November 15, 2022 15711 Views 0 comment Print

Singapore Airlines Ltd. Vs CIT (Supreme Court) Whether an airline is responsible for deducting tax at source in respect of supplementary commission which an agent is paid on the difference between the actual fare and the net fare- Section 194H of Income-tax Act, 1961 analyses including whether liability to deduct when the tax can be […]

Assessment order is invalid if notice not served to assessee: ITAT Mumbai

November 15, 2022 6648 Views 0 comment Print

Due to invalid notice service and non-service of notice to assessee, the assessment order made by AO is therefore bad in law and subject to being quashed.

Addition of unaccounted profit on estimation basis in trading/ manufacturing of diamonds restricted to 10%

November 15, 2022 1599 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat held that the addition on account of unaccounted profit on estimation basis, in trading/ manufacturing of diamonds, restricted at 10% of the sales in view of CBDT instructions vide circular no. 2/2008 dated 22nd February 2008.

Assessee needs to establish genuineness of deposit during demonetization

November 15, 2022 2757 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that each and every deposit during the demonetization period would not fall under the category of unaccounted cash. However the burden is on the assessee to establish the genuineness of the deposit in order to fall outside the scope of unaccounted cash.

Purchase of business rights covered within meaning of ‘intangible asset’ is eligible for depreciation

November 15, 2022 1788 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that the consideration for the purchase of marketing and business rights for a period of twenty years is capital in nature and constitutes an intangible asset within the meaning of section 32(1)(ii) of the Income Tax Act and therefore eligible to claim depreciation.

Framing of block assessment based on only statement recorded u/s 132(4) is unsustainable

November 15, 2022 1434 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that AO is not empowered to frame block assessment merely on the basis of statement recorded u/s 132(4) without reference to any other material discovered during the search and seizure operations.

No section 11 tax exemption if educational institutions collects Capitation Fee: Madras HC

November 15, 2022 3603 Views 0 comment Print

The Honble Madras High Court observed that Juxtaposing the provisions of both the Acts viz., Income Tax Act, 1961 and the Tamil Nadu Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Collection of Capitation Fee) Act, 1992, with each other, it is explicit that collection of any amount in excess of what has been prescribed as fee or in the nature of donation or voluntary contribution either directly or indirectly to the institution or through some other person or institution or trust, as quid pro quo for the seat in any educational institution, would render the activity of both the entities ungenuine.

More than 15% of revenue generated from India can’t be attributed to Permanent Establishment: ITAT

November 15, 2022 897 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT by relying upon the Judgment of co-ordinate Bench, wherein co-ordinate Bench followed the Judgment of Jurisdictional High Court have observed that 15% of the revenue relating to bookings made from India being attributable to the taxpayers PE in India after considering the nature and extent of activities in India and abroad and assets employed & risk assumed.

Addition towards unexplained investment u/s 69 on loose sheet is unsustainable

November 15, 2022 3054 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that addition of unexplained investment under section 69 of the Income Tax Act merely on the basis of loose sheet alone without any other corroborative evidence is unsustainable in law.

Interest on loan borrowed for project held as stock-in-trade is revenue expenditure

November 15, 2022 2385 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that it is an undisputed fact that loan is borrowed for the purpose of project and the said project constitutes stock-in-trade. Accordingly, interest expenditure cannot be disallowed by capitalizing it to work in progress. Such interest expenditure is revenue in nature.

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