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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 987 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 195207 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 58793 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 65101 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 171 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 6115 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 267 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 3816 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 4005 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Reassessment Invalid as AO Made No Addition on Recorded Reasons for Reopening: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that additions made on transactions unrelated to the reasons recorded for reopening were beyond the Assessing ...

June 15, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Restores Section 80G Application as Section 12AB Registration Was Already Directed

Income Tax : The ITAT Chandigarh held that once registration under Section 12AB had been directed to be granted, the primary basis for rejectin...

June 15, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Section 153C Assessments as Block Period Must Be Counted From Satisfaction Date

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT found that the Assessing Officer lacked legal authority to reopen assessment years lying outside the ten-year block...

June 15, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands Cash Deposit Addition Case due to Lack of Merit-Based Adjudication

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai restored the matter to the Assessing Officer after finding that the assessment and appellate proceedings were conclud...

June 15, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows Set-Off of Amalgamated Company’s Losses as Section 72A Conditions Were Fulfilled

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata upheld the deletion of disallowance relating to brought forward losses of an amalgamating company after finding that ...

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 48153 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 684 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 543 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 201 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 165 Views 0 comment Print


Cash Gift taxable in the year of receipt and not in year it was traced

June 23, 2022 1089 Views 0 comment Print

Gaurav Agarwal Vs DCIT (ITAT Lucknow) From the examination of documents found during search and seizure operation u/s. 132 of the Act the Assessing Officer observed that assessee had received cash gifts of Rs.5,38,000/- in the name of his minor son. The Assessing Officer issued show cause notice to explain the cash gift received of […]

Section 194H TDS not Applicable on Commission to Credit Card Company

June 23, 2022 5088 Views 0 comment Print

Global Healthline Pvt. Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) The first issue relates to disallowance of sum of Rs.20,83,340/- on account of credit card commission under Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act. It is the case of the assessee that provisions of Section 194H are not attracted having regard to nature of such expenses. It is contended […]

Non- Deduction of TDS: No Addition if deductee included income in ITR

June 23, 2022 1395 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Nandkishore Bhikamchand Rathi Vs ITO (ITAT Nagpur) The assessment order passed by disallowing an amount of Rs.5,18,596/- on the ground that the assesse has not followed the provision of Section 194A r.w.s. 40(a)(ia) of Income Tax Act, 1961. ITAT find both the CIT(A) and the AO have not examined as to whether or not […]

Amendment to Section 40(a)(ia) restricting disallowance to 30% is retrospective

June 23, 2022 5307 Views 0 comment Print

Punabhai G. Pardava Vs ITO (ITAT Rajkot) Assessee contended that the disallowance should be restricted to the tune of 30% of the rent paid under the provisions of section 40(a)(ia) read with section 194-I of Income Tax Act. The amendment was brought by the Finance Act (No. 2) 2014 effective from 1-4-2015 whereas the year […]

Commodity Derivatives Trading loss can be Set Off against Regular Business Income

June 23, 2022 6318 Views 0 comment Print

Ramesh Verma Vs ACIT (ITAT Lucknow) ITAT held that Reading clause (e) of the first proviso to section 43(5), and sections 70(1) and 73(1) of the I.T. Act together, it emerges that in the assessee’s case, since a derivatives commodity trading transaction is not a speculative transaction, loss arising therefrom can very well be set […]

Miscellaneous expenses Paid by Cheques based on Self-Made Voucher allowable

June 23, 2022 4002 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that miscellaneous expenses Paid Through Cheques Based On Self-Made Voucher Allowable for the purpose of business are allowable.

No section 271B penalty for delay in Audit report filing due to Illness of Accountant

June 23, 2022 4755 Views 0 comment Print

Section 273B of the Act provides that the penalty u/s 271B need not be imposed if there is a reasonable cause for the said failure.

Section 263 Revision not permissible on debatable issues

June 23, 2022 807 Views 0 comment Print

Orissa Forest Development Corporation Limited Vs PCIT (ITAT Cuttack) It is admitted by Pr. CIT that he is not going into the merits of the addition as the issue constitute a matter to be adjudicated by the appellate authority. Thus, it is clearly shows that the issue is a debatable issue and it is recognized […]

Cause of delay material for granting condonation not length of delay

June 23, 2022 2925 Views 0 comment Print

Length of delay is not a material to condone the delay and rather the cause of delay is to be considered for condonation of the delay.

Disallowance for incompleteness of bills & vouchers on estimation basis not valid

June 23, 2022 2901 Views 0 comment Print

Expenses have been disallowed on estimate basis. The basis of such disallowances is said to be incompleteness of the bills and vouchers. However, the Assessing Officer has not pointed out as to which bills and vouchers were found to be wanting.

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