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Presumptive Audit Controversy: Profit Trigger vs Turnover Trigger

Income Tax : The issue concerns whether declaring profits below the presumptive rate automatically triggers tax audit or whether turnover thres...

June 16, 2026 21 Views 0 comment Print

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 1665 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 195402 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 58940 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 65197 Views 3 comments 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 Upholds Section 270A Penalty as Assessee Failed to File Return Despite TDS on Interest Income

Income Tax : The ITAT ruled that deduction of TDS does not excuse failure to file an income tax return. The decision emphasizes that income dis...

June 16, 2026 24 Views 0 comment Print

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 57 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 51 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 54 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 87 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 48363 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 implications on self generated goodwill on conversion of proprietorship firm into partnership

October 15, 2021 23823 Views 0 comment Print

In today’s article we are going to discuss the tax implications on self generated Goodwill when a proprietorship firm converts itself into a partnership firm. PROBLEM: Mr. A ( Chartered Accountant) is running a proprietorship firm and his firm is converted into a partnership by inducting his son as new partner on 31.03.2021 with 50% […]

Word ‘erroneous’ in section 263 includes failure to make such an inquiry

October 15, 2021 3507 Views 0 comment Print

JNS Instruments Ltd. Vs PCIT (ITAT Delhi)  The Commissioner can regard the order as erroneous on the ground that in the circumstances of the case the Income-tax Officer should have made further inquiries before accepting the statements made by the assessee in his return.The reason is obvious. The position and function of the Income Tax […]

Over 2 crore Income Tax Returns filed on e-Filing portal

October 14, 2021 8256 Views 5 comments Print

Over 2 crore Income Tax Returns filed on the e-Filing portal of the Income Tax Department The e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department (www.incometax.gov.in) has marked receipt of more than 2 crore Income Tax returns as on 13th October 2021. The new portal was launched on 7th June, 2021 and in the initial period taxpayers had reported glitches and difficulties […]

Depreciation allowable on home-theatre used for business purpose

October 14, 2021 4605 Views 0 comment Print

Claim of depreciation on the home-theatre used for the business purpose is allowable in law – In absence of nexus between the borrowed funds and outstanding amount of the sister-concern, addition is not sustainable.

Allowability of freebies by Pharma Companies to Doctors; ITAT Mumbai refers matter to larger bench

October 14, 2021 3078 Views 0 comment Print

In this case ITAT Mumbai has recommended constitution of a larger bench to decide on whether expenditure for providing freebies to medical professionals can be allowed as a deduction in accordance with Section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961

Amendment in section 36(1)(va) & 43B applicable from 01.04.2021

October 13, 2021 17106 Views 0 comment Print

Gopalakrishna Aswini Kumar Vs Assistant Director of Income Tax (ITAT Banglore) Hon’ble Karnataka High Court in the case of Essae Teraoka Pvt. Ltd., (supra) has taken the view that employee’s contribution under section 36(1)(va) of the Act would also be covered under section 43B of the Act and therefore if the share of the employee’s […]

Onus lies on person who alleges untruthfulness against other persons

October 13, 2021 2730 Views 0 comment Print

Jainarayan Hariram Goel Charitable Trust Vs CIT (Exemption) (ITAT Raipur) We find prima facie merit in the various pleas advanced on behalf of the assessee as narrated above. It is a settled principle of law that the onus lies on the person who alleges untruthfulness against the other persons. In the instant case, the allegation […]

Irrecoverable Loss due to Technical Snags & Bad Weather Conditions allowable

October 13, 2021 705 Views 0 comment Print

Fact that the business of Alliance Agro could not take off properly due to technical snags and the bad weather conditions reinforces the assessee’s claim of having genuinely incurred loss of Rs.1.43 core for its business purpose which became irrecoverable loss.

Section 10(46) exemption to ‘Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission

October 13, 2021 1509 Views 0 comment Print

Vide Notification No. 121/2021-Income Tax | Dated: 13th October, 2021 CBDT notifies Tax Exemption under section 10(46) to ‘Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission’, Chandigarh in respect of the specified income for Financial Years 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) New Delhi Notification No. 121/2021-Income […]

Section 69 not applies to transactions recorded in Books

October 13, 2021 18072 Views 0 comment Print

Once the transaction is found to be recorded in the regular books of account, provisions of section 69 do not apply and the CIT(A) had, therefore, rightly deleted the addition which calls for no interference.

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