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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


Can 2 CITs have concurrent jurisdictions, on some issue, may be!!!

December 12, 2021 3069 Views 1 comment Print

Objective Author, in this article, analyses the nuances of exercising revisionary power of CIT / PCIT u/s 263 when the assessee has preferred an appeal before CIT(A) and the matter is pending for adjudication. Text reproduced from judgement/Act is in small font and in Italics. Structure-: This article is based on a judicial pronouncement and […]

CBDT notifications not empowers department to put into oblivion section 148A provisions

December 12, 2021 2901 Views 0 comment Print

JSVM Plywood Industries Ltd Vs Union of India (Gauhati High Court) Prima facie opinion of the Court, for the purpose of interim order, is that by virtue of notifications dated 27.02.2021 and 31.03.2021 issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes, as referred herein before, though extends the period of limitation in respect of issuance […]

OVAT Act- No reopening prior to 01.10.2015 if No acceptance of return filed as ‘self-assessment’

December 12, 2021 2367 Views 0 comment Print

Keshab Automobiles Vs State of Odisha (Orissa High Court) A comparison of the language used in the amended Section 43 (1) of the OVAT Act with its version prior to 1st October, 2015 makes it clear that a new system has been put in place as far as reopening of returns filed as ‘self-assessmen’ is […]

Search Assessment- No addition if no Incriminating Material Found during Search

December 12, 2021 5094 Views 0 comment Print

Jasmin K. Ajmera Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) It is settled legal proposition that the confession need corroboration with evidences. Though admission is an important piece of evidence but it is not conclusive and it is open to the assessee to show that it is incorrect. Therefore, retracted admission, in the absence of any incriminating material, […]

Loss on account of forfeiture of advance paid to customer is allowable

December 12, 2021 3735 Views 0 comment Print

In our view, the loss on account of forfeiture of advance paid to Mr. Rakesh Rastogi is incidental to the business of the assessee and is allowable as a deduction under section 37(1) or under section 28 of the Act as held by the Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of Harshad J. Choksi (supra).

Income Tax Date Extensions

December 11, 2021 27129 Views 25 comments Print

With the Income tax due dates approaching near, everyone is geared up for the upcoming filing season with the motto in the mind that Due Dates Are Closer Than They Appear But few technical and portal problems are listed out which are faced while doing the e-filing work and tasks. There has been times when […]

Annual Information Statement – Interest from infrastructure debt fund

December 11, 2021 4764 Views 0 comment Print

Annual Information Statement (AIS) – Interest from infrastructure debt fund under section 115A(1)(a)(iia) On 1st November 2021, the Income Tax Department launched a comprehensive statement named ‘Annual Information Statement’. Once fully validated and operational, Annual Information Statement (AIS) will replace the existing Form 26AS. Along with AIS, the Income Tax Department also launched a summarized […]

Annual Information Statement – Interest from specified company by a non-resident

December 11, 2021 828 Views 0 comment Print

Annual Information Statement (AIS) – Interest from specified company by a non-resident u/s 115A(1)(a)(iiaa) Section 285BB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 read with rule 114-I of the Income Tax Rules covers the provisions relating to ‘Annual Information Statement’. An annual Information Statement is a comprehensive statement that contains various detailed information. One such information […]

Extend due date for filing Income-tax returns/Tax Audit Report

December 11, 2021 47580 Views 4 comments Print

Maharashtra Tax Practitioners’ Association has made an Appeal for extension of due date for furnishing of Income-tax returns, Tax audit reports etc. & also represented on Issues faced by us after launching of new website. MAHARASHTRA TAX PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION (Formerly known as The Western Maharashtra Tax Practitioners’ Association) “Dnyan Mandir”, Yadav Vyapar Bhavan, Shivaji Road, […]

Deferred Tax VS Accounting Standards

December 11, 2021 6936 Views 0 comment Print

Pre-financial Income derived by Financial Books will differ with Taxable Income. This difference in taxable liability is temporary imbalance between reported amount of Income and its taxable income. This difference in Tax deferred in the Books of accounts, according to the case, and is termed as Deferred Tax.

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