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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 1629 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 195396 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 58934 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 65191 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 255 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 1749 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


ITAT Condones Appeal Delay as Income Tax Portal Glitches Constituted Sufficient Cause

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that technical glitches on the income tax portal, coupled with grievances raised by the taxpayer, justified cond...

June 16, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT’s 263 Order Quashed: Goodwill Depreciation Allowed in Slump Sale Acquisition

Income Tax : The ITAT upheld depreciation on goodwill arising from a slump sale acquisition after finding that the business was acquired throug...

June 16, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Canara Bank Wins on Multiple Tax Issues; Bangalore ITAT Dismisses Revenue’s 18 Grounds of Appeal

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the MAT provisions under Section 115JB do not apply to banking companies, following binding precedents in t...

June 16, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

No PAN of Farmers? No Problem: ITAT Deletes Ad Hoc Addition on Agricultural Commodity Purchases

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that audited books and quantitative reconciliation supported the genuineness of agricultural commodity purchase...

June 16, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

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 114 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 48351 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 687 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 549 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 204 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


Tax or surcharge are outside the scope & ambit of S. 40(a)(iib)(A) and S. 40(a)(iib)(B): SC

January 3, 2022 3156 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala State Beverages Manufacturing &  Marketing Corporation Ltd. Vs ACIT (Supreme Court of India) So far as surcharge on sales tax is concerned, the High Court has held in favour of KSBC and against the revenue. The reasoning of the High Court is that surcharge on sales tax is a tax and Section 40(a) (iib) does not contemplate ‘tax’ and surcharge […]

Summarizing section 9B with Section 45(4) of Income Tax Act, 1961

January 3, 2022 30501 Views 3 comments Print

Since the introduction of Section 9B of the Income tax Act (‘the Act’), there has been ample of discussions regarding double taxability of same income in the hands of Specified entity, in this regard this article is to give clarity in relation to same. Applicability of Section 9B and Section 45(4) of the Act. Section […]

Diamond studded in Gold Jewellery eligible to be included in calculation of Limit as per CBDT instruction

January 3, 2022 4458 Views 0 comment Print

Suresh Bansal Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Basing on the CBDT instruction No 1916 dated 11/5/1994 and while referring to the answer to question No. 10 in the statement of the assessee recorded at the time of search and seizure, Ld. AR submitted that out of the total gold of 590 g, learned Assessing Officer only […]

Rates of Surcharge in case of Individual, HUF, AOP, BOI and Artificial Juridical Persons and Surcharge on Dividend Income and Income under section 111A/112A ( AY 22-23)

January 3, 2022 20901 Views 1 comment Print

Understand the rates of surcharge for Individual, HUF, AOP, BOI, AJPs, and surcharge on dividend income and income under section 111A/112A for AY 22-23.

Annual Information Statement – Cash deposits

January 3, 2022 5703 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax department grabs various information/ details about the income received and material transactions undertaken by the individual in the respective Financial Year from various sources. A compiled and comprehensive version of the same is now available in the form of an ‘Annual Information Statement’. ‘Annual Information Statement’ covers information in 50 different categories. […]

Annual Information Statement – Cash withdrawals

January 3, 2022 7860 Views 0 comment Print

Merging information from different sources like TDS; SFT; etc., the Government has recently developed a new comprehensive statement known as ‘Annual Information Statement’. Along with the ‘Annual Information Statement’, a summarized view of the information is made available to the taxpayer in a statement known as ‘Taxpayers Information Summary’. The present article deals with one […]

Education cess, not an allowable deduction: ITAT Kolkata

January 3, 2022 3132 Views 0 comment Print

An additional surcharge, to be called the Education Cess to finance the Government’s commitment to universalise quality basic education, is proposed to be levied at the rate of two per cent on the amount of tax deducted or advance tax paid, inclusive of surcharge.

Acquittal in a Criminal Trial has no Bearing or Relevance on Disciplinary Proceedings: SC

January 3, 2022 4200 Views 0 comment Print

Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Vs Dilip Uttam Jayabhay (Supreme Court of India) Therefore, the short question which is posed for the consideration of this Court is whether in the facts and circumstances of the case the punishment of dismissal can be said to be an unfair labour practice on the ground that the same […]

Missed The Deadline – File BELATED Income Tax Return

January 3, 2022 47763 Views 3 comments Print

1. Have you missed the ITR filing deadline in anticipation of another extension from 31st Dec 2021? No worries. You still have a chance to file your ITR by 31st March 2022. The due date of ITR filing for individuals, whose accounts are not to be audited has been extended twice – first from the […]

ITAT allows trade incentive/Discount/issuance of free handsets to distributor as business expense

January 3, 2022 2478 Views 0 comment Print

Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: In present facts of the case, the Hon’ble Tribunal observed trade incentive to distributor, trade discounts and issuance of handsets on Free of Cost as business expense. Facts: The assessee company filed its return of income on 30.11.2013 declaring total income at Rs.5,35,77,93,880/-. Later, the return […]

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