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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 1005 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 195243 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 58829 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 65119 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 177 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 66 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 72 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 48183 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


Cost of consumable cannot be claimed as cost of improvement of Capital Assets

April 7, 2022 8064 Views 0 comment Print

Meeta Hasmukh Gandhi Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) From the details, it is evident that assessee is claiming cost of improvement, which are consumable items on account of furnishing sofa etc. The authorities below are correct that these items cannot be considered as cost of improvement for computation of capital gain. FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER […]

HC quashes Reassessment Notice as reasons not existed on the date of notice

April 7, 2022 1857 Views 0 comment Print

Ashika Credit Capital Limited Vs Union of India And Ors. (Calcutta High Court) Mr. Roy Chowdhury, learned advocate appearing for the Revenue was asked to produce the record to establish that the recorded reasons were existing at the time of issuance of impugned notice under Section 148 and initiation of impugned assessment proceeding under Section […]

Mere charging of fees to defray the administrative costs not makes a Trust non-charitable

April 7, 2022 1080 Views 0 comment Print

CIT (Exemptions) Delhi Vs India Hiv Aids Alliance (Delhi High Court) Assessee is a company registered under Section 25 of the Companies Act. It gives 85% of the donation received by it to the Government of India for HIV Aids and only 15% of its total donation is given to other societies for awareness and […]

ITAT deletes penalty as quantum additions itself been deleted

April 7, 2022 1860 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs M/s. Aerens Buildwell Ltd. (ITAT Delhi)  As noticed, the Tribunal in the quantum proceedings has reversed the action of the Revenue. It is trite that penalty under Section 271(1)(c) is not automatically attracted merely because it is lawful to do so. The penalty is not ordinarily to be imposed unless assessee obliged in […]

Revisional Jurisdiction cannot be invoked merely because AO not mentioned reason for accepting explanation of assessee

April 7, 2022 1245 Views 0 comment Print

Reliance Payment Solutions Limited Vs PCIT (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that as long as the action of the Assessing Officer cannot be said to be lacking bonafides, his action in accepting an explanation of the assessee cannot be faulted merely because it could have been lawful to make mere detailed inquiries or because he did […]

HC grants immunity as in Section 270A Penalty notice AO failed to specify the limb under which Penalty was levied

April 7, 2022 11916 Views 0 comment Print

Schneider Electric South East Asia (HQ) PTE Ltd Vs ACIT (Delhi High Court) Mere mention of ‘misreporting’ for denying immunity from penalty, manifestly arbitrary; Notice without ‘specific limb’, unreasonable Delhi High Court allows Schneider Electric’s writ petition, quashes order rejecting immunity under Section 270AA(4) and directs Revenue to grant immunity from penalty under Section 270A; […]

Why AO should not be directed to pay interest on delayed refund from his own pocket: HC

April 6, 2022 6573 Views 0 comment Print

. Respondent nos.4 and 5 shall also explain why the concerned officer, who is delaying the refund, should not be penalized in as much as why he should not be directed to pay the interest from his pocket on the refund. We note this because though petitioner will be getting refund with 6% interest, it is public money that is being used to pay the interest.

CBDT amends Income Tax rule 2F & rule 8B & release new Form No. 5B & 5BA

April 6, 2022 5919 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT amends Income Tax rule 2F, rule 8B and introduces new FORM NO. 5B – Application for notification of a zero coupon bond under clause (48) of section 2 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and Form No. 5BA – Certificate of an accountant under sub-rule (6) of rule 8B vide Notification No. 28/2022-Income-Tax Dated: 6th April, 2022. MINISTRY OF […]

Payment to Microsoft for Software Purchase not amount to ‘Royalty’

April 6, 2022 9081 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee purchasing the software from ‘Microsoft company’ and as per terms of the agreement with ‘Microsoft’ having no right to reproduce or to make any change in ‘off the shelf software’ and therefore, the question of passing a right by the Assessee to its customers does not arise.

TCS on sale or TDS on purchase conundrum

April 6, 2022 105270 Views 0 comment Print

Regarding applicability of provisions of section 194Q and 206C(1H) of Income Tax Act, 1961 w.e.f 01.04.2022. 206C(1H): Every person, being a seller, who receives any amount as consideration for sale of any goods of the value or aggregate of such value exceeding fifty lakh rupees in any previous year, other than the goods being exported […]

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