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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 1059 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 195264 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 58844 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 65131 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 180 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 81 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 69 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 69 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 48243 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


HC quashes assessment order passed without allowing personal hearing to assessee

March 15, 2022 4698 Views 0 comment Print

Omkar Nath Vs National Faceless Assessment Centre Delhi (Delhi High Court) Concededly, the AO passed the impugned assessment order, as indicated above, on 07.06.2021, without granting an opportunity to the petitioner of a personal hearing in the matter. This being the position, clearly, the provisions of Section 144B(7)(vii) of the Act would apply in this […]

No addition for amount deposited by NRI from his foreign Income in HSBC, Geneva account during his stay outside India

March 15, 2022 2709 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Ganpat Singhvi (ITAT Mumbai) The undisputed facts are that Respondent is an individual residing in Abu Dhabi, UAE since 1976. The Respondent is a Chartered Accountant, working with Al Nasser Holdings as Group Advisor & Director (formerly as Managing Director). During FY 2005-06 (AY 2006-07), the respondent resided in India for a period […]

HC grants Custody of Undisclosed Looted Property To I-T Dept From Police

March 15, 2022 939 Views 0 comment Print

Jahar Singh Gurjar Vs State of M.P. (Madhya Pradesh High Court) It is the case where petitioner as a complainant is seeking refund of his part of looted amount on interim custody from the trial Court. Total amount, which was recovered allegedly from the possession of the accused, was Rs.53,16000/- whereas the petitioner is seeking […]

Addition For unexplained expenditure cannot be made on mere presumption

March 15, 2022 14247 Views 0 comment Print

Seven Jewels Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) As per the provisions of section 69C of the Act, in case the assessee fails to explain the source of expenditure or part thereof to the satisfaction of the AO, such expenditure shall be considered as unexplained expenditure and be deemed to be income of the assessee. In the […]

ITAT quashes Order as AO failed to provide copies of statements relied for making assessment

March 15, 2022 5766 Views 0 comment Print

Deepak Valji Karia Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that assessment order passed u/s. 143(3) of the Act by the Assessing Officer is bad in law and has to be quashed as the Assessing Officer has failed to provide the copies of statements on which he relied on for making assessments and also for not […]

Notice issued within few hours of information would not mean non-application of mind

March 15, 2022 1884 Views 0 comment Print

Chhagan Chandrakant Bhujbal Vs ITO (Bombay High Court) Power vested in the commissioner under Section 151 of the Act to grant or not to grant approval to the Assessing Officer to re-open an assessment is coupled with duty and the commissioner is duty bound to apply his mind to the proposal put up to him […]

Section 272A(1)(d) penalty not leviable if reasonable cause for non-compliance shown

March 15, 2022 116880 Views 0 comment Print

Triumph International Finance India Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai)  The first appellate authority has rejected the explanation furnished by the assessee for non-compliance of the notice issued under section 142(1) of the Act merely for the reason that during penalty proceedings under section 272A(1)(d) of the Act, the assessee has not stated the reasonable cause. […]

AO cannot change his opinion in immediate next assessment year without there being any change in facts 

March 15, 2022 2574 Views 0 comment Print

Once having accepted this position, the Assessing Officer cannot change his opinion in immediate next assessment year without there being any change in facts and circumstances. We find no infirmity in the impugned order, hence, the same is upheld.

Penalty not sustainable when addition itself is on a weak footing

March 15, 2022 741 Views 0 comment Print

Statement of survey without any corroborative material cannot be the sole reason for addition to income. In this view of the matter, when the addition itself is on such a weak footing, penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) for such an addition is not at all sustainable.

ITAT allows Course Fee Paid to Harward Business School for Director

March 15, 2022 1173 Views 0 comment Print

Incom Cables Pvt. Ltd. Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) In the present case, there is no dispute that the Director of the assessee Company who was looking after the functioning of the assessee Company, has joined to the course in Harward Business School and Management and the assessee Company has incurred the expenditure of Rs. […]

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