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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 195213 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 58796 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


Initiation of reassessment, based on wrong assumption of facts, is bad in law

May 24, 2022 2010 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening is on the wrong assumption of facts and the information received from another assessing officer would not by itself be the basis to have a belief that the income has escaped assessment. Accordingly, we find the reassessment is bad in law and quash the assessment order passed u/s 143(3) r.w.s 147 of the Act.

Availability of tangible material is pre-conditional for reopening of assessment

May 24, 2022 1245 Views 0 comment Print

Valco Industries Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Chandigarh) Facts- The assessee originally filed return declaring total income of Rs.4,83,83,620/- on 28.09.2012 after claiming deduction of Rs.5,75,64,789/- u/s 80IC of the Act. The assessment was completed u/s 143(3) of the Act on 27.03.2015 at an income of Rs.8,07,03,620/- after making an addition of Rs.3,23,20,000/- on account of […]

Fee for grant of software license, including software maintenance, consulting charges and training fees are not Royalty

May 24, 2022 11166 Views 0 comment Print

Software maintenance fees, consulting charges and training fees which are incidental to software license fee, assumes same character as that of software license fee. We held that the consideration received towards software license fee cannot be termed as Royalty.

HC quashed NFAC order passed without discussing reply to SCN filed by assessee

May 23, 2022 2142 Views 0 comment Print

Vellaian Selvaraj Vs Additional/Joint/Deputy/Asst. CIT/ITO (Madras High Court) Considering the fact that the impugned Assessment Orders have been passed without any discussion, these Writ Petitions are allowed by remitting the case back to the National Faceless Assessment Centre to pass a fresh order within a period of sixty days based on the reply filed by […]

No addition for receipt of sales in cash under section 68

May 23, 2022 3669 Views 0 comment Print

Kanchan (Widow) Vs ITO (ITAT Jaipur) AO admitted the fact that the appellant has made the sales supported by delivery challan and invoice and copy of party’s ledger account. This sale since accepted and the receipt of the sales in cash cannot be considered as an amount of income under the provision of section 68 […]

Lawful expense cannot be disallowed merely for claim under wrong head

May 23, 2022 3072 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Uniworth Textiles Ltd. (ITAT Kolkata) We find that during the year the assessee has written off the sum of Rs. 84,56,692/- on account of sundry balance written off which was charged to the account of profit and loss account. We note that the substantial part of the amount represented the stock written off […]

How did Adani strike a tax-free acquisition of Ambuja Cements & ACC !!

May 23, 2022 49944 Views 0 comment Print

Through this article, we aim to uncover the probable rationale and takeaways from this acquisition, for which we need to first understand the ownership structure of both the groups – Holcim and Adani.

Disallowance of interest on loan on Plant & Machinery and Capital WIP by capitalizing it is unsustainable

May 23, 2022 6579 Views 0 comment Print

Held that order of CIT(A) sustained on the issue restricting the disallowance of non-capitalization of interest on bank loan on Plant & Machinery and on account of non-capitalization of interest expenditure on Capital Work in Progress u/s 36(1)(iii) of the Income Tax Act.

Junkets & Corporate Gifts are under lens of Income Tax Authorities in light of Section 194R

May 23, 2022 3567 Views 1 comment Print

Uncover the impact of Section 194R on junkets and corporate gifts. Learn how income tax authorities are scrutinizing these expenses.

Section 271(1)(c) obliterated as AO failed to specify specific Limb for levy of penalty

May 23, 2022 1452 Views 0 comment Print

Malook Nagar Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Since the AO has not been specified u/s 274 as to whether penalty is proposed for alleged ‘concealment of income’ OR ‘furnishing of inaccurate particulars of such income’, the penalty levied is hereby obliterated. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER OF ITAT DELHI The present appeals have been filed by […]

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