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Which Income-Tax Law Applies to Returns Filed After 1st April 2026?

Income Tax : Taxpayers are facing confusion following the introduction of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The key clarification is that income earned...

June 16, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print

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 1344 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 1785 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 195462 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 58985 Views 4 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 1758 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


No Addition on a Different Issue if Reopened Issue Fails: ITAT Deletes ₹5.75 Crore Disallowance

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that when the reason recorded for reopening an assessment does not ultimately result in any addition, the Ass...

June 16, 2026 18 Views 0 comment Print

Retracted Statement Alone Cannot Justify Section 68 Addition; ITAT Deletes Alleged Accommodation Loan Additions

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that an addition under Section 68 cannot be made solely on the basis of a retracted statement alleging accomm...

June 16, 2026 33 Views 0 comment Print

U/s 263 Cannot Be Invoked Merely Because AO Made No Addition After Enquiry

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that Section 263 cannot be invoked merely because the Assessing Officer accepted income without making an add...

June 16, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Search-Based Addition Cannot Be Made Through Reassessment; ITAT Quashes Entire Assessment

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that reassessment proceedings under Section 147/148 were invalid where the case was based on search material ...

June 16, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Condones 367-Day Delay and Rejects Challenge to NFAC Jurisdiction in Reassessment Case

Income Tax : The Tribunal condoned the delayed appeal filing after finding sufficient cause and allowed the matter to proceed. It also clarifie...

June 16, 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 48423 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 552 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


Protection & furtherance of interests of trade & commerce is charitable purpose u/s. 2(15)

September 12, 2021 1131 Views 0 comment Print

In this case CIT(E),held that the trust was a Members’ association and all the activities were limited to its members and not to general public at large so as to fall within the clause “advancement of any other object of general public utility”. He, therefore, refused the registration against which the assessee has come up in appeal before the Tribunal.

Refund for excess Advance Tax paid in 2001 cannot be claimed in 2021

September 12, 2021 8598 Views 1 comment Print

Harbux Singh Sidhu Vs Department of Income Tax (Delhi High Court) Learned Counsel for the Petitioner states that the Respondent had vide 19th April, 2016 requested the Bank officials to verify the transaction of the Petitioner by which it had made a payment of Rs. 6,50,000/- towards payment of Advance Tax for FY 2000-01. He […]

No section 194C TDS on vehicle hired from drivers for Transportation

September 12, 2021 4725 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs P. Sumathi (Madras High Court) On facts, the Court found that the assessee therein had entered into a contract to supply vehicles to M/s. Mahindra and many other companies under written contract on various dates and only to perform the obligation under the said contracts, he had hired vehicles from the sub-contractors under […]

Cutting & Polishing of Marble Blocks into Slabs constitutes Manufacture for Section 10IB deduction

September 12, 2021 2751 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs Jannani Holdings (Madras High Court) The Madras High Court held that conversion of limestone and marble into lime and limedust constitute the activity of manufacturing or production, entitled for deduction. The assessee, M/s. Jannani Holdings is engaged in the granite business and for the Assessment Year under consideration, AY 2005-06, they filed their […]

Concept & Meaning of Turnover in Tax Audit

September 12, 2021 120981 Views 6 comments Print

How to calculate the gross receipt or turnover? ‘Turnover’, ‘Gross Receipts’ and ‘Sales’ are the buzzwords during this Tax Audit season. Incidentally, they are the very starting point of a Tax Audit. They form the qualifying criteria, determine whether a taxpayer is liable to tax audit during a given year. Sec. 44AB of the Income […]

कराधान प्रणाली हो सुविधाजनक और आसान, तभी करदाता के लिए अनुपालन संभव

September 11, 2021 2976 Views 0 comment Print

माननीय उच्च न्यायालय की न्यायमूर्ति संजय कौल और न्यायमूर्ति ऋषिकेश राय की पीठ ने 09/09/2021 को एक अहम फैसले में यह बात कही जो सरकार को सोचने पर विवश करती है कि कराधान प्रणाली में व्याप्त खामियों को दूर करना क्यों जरुरी है.  सिविल अपील क्र 9606 आफ 2011 और इससे संबंधित 32761 आफ 2018 […]

ITAT deletes addition of Gift received by Actor Kushal Tandon from his Father

September 11, 2021 1905 Views 0 comment Print

As both the financial statement of Shri. Virendra Tandon (Father) for the Assessment Year 2014-15, as well as his admission in the ‘gift deed’, dated July 21, 2013 along with a mention of the source of the gift transaction in question, that is, accumulated savings of the past, as were filed by the assesse with the A.O in the course of the assessment proceedings, therein, clearly sufficed to discharge the primary onus that was cast upon him to prove the ‘nature’ and ‘source’ of the cash credit in his books of accounts. Hence, the ITAT deletes addition of Rupees. 30 Lacs received by Actor Kushal Tandon as a gift from his Father.

ITAT quashes Rs 57 lakh fine on Preity Zinta

September 11, 2021 1188 Views 0 comment Print

Examining the present case on the anvil of aforesaid case law, we find that the notice in this also is an omnibus show-cause notice as it does not strike off/delete the inappropriate/irrelevant/not applicable portion. Such a generic notice betrays a non-application of mind. Hence, the penalty levied pursuant to such a notice is not legally sustainable in law.

Erroneous Section 143(1)(a) Adjustments Notices & Best Possible Remedy

September 11, 2021 89502 Views 25 comments Print

Erroneous Adjustments Notices under section 143(1)(a) of Income Tax Act, 1961 and Best Possible Remedy in Some Cases. Many assessees have received erroneous adjustment notices u/s. 143(1)(a). Surprisingly, the issuer of such notices should have concluded that the above mentioned other income or capital receipts should always be the receipts in the nature of business […]

Black Money- Restriction on Simultaneous Proceeding Under IT & BML Act

September 11, 2021 7785 Views 0 comment Print

Yashovardhan Birla Vs CIT (ITAT Mumbai) The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench, in its order has examined the definition of ‘undisclosed asset’ in the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Impositions of Tax Act (BML Act) and held that the assets which constitute part of income tax proceedings and have been […]

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