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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


Transactions monitored by Income tax department

August 13, 2021 5163 Views 0 comment Print

There are few transactions which are tracked by the Income tax departments. I have just made a short snippet of it for the views to understand it without any technicality. ____ ___ ____ Transactions monitored by Income tax department 1. Cash deposit/withdrawal in financial year in one or more accounts Rs 10 Lakhs: Savings Account […]

Presumption of Retrospectivity cannot be implied by new clarifications in existing tax law

August 13, 2021 2172 Views 0 comment Print

In M.M. Aqua Technologies Ltd. Vs. CIT [CIVIL APPEAL NOS.4742-4743 OF 2021 dated August 11, 2021], the issue raised in the appeal is with respect to Section 43B Explanation 3C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) when a claim of deduction filed by  M.M. Aqua Technologies Limited (Appellant) under Section 43B, which was […]

Amendment enhancing exempt Gratuity Limit cannot be treated to be retrospective: SC

August 13, 2021 1860 Views 0 comment Print

Krishna Gopal Tiwary & Anr. Vs Union of India (Supreme Court) What is exempt from the Income Tax Act is the amount of gratuity received under the Gratuity Act to the extent it does not exceed an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section 4 of the Gratuity […]

No infringement of Section 40A(3) four cash payment for seeds to villagers & tribals in naxalite area

August 13, 2021 993 Views 0 comment Print

Bharat Agro Industries Vs ITO (ITAT Raipur) The first allegation concerns infringement of Section 40A(3) of the Act and consequent applicability of Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act. In this regard, it is the case of the assessee that purchases were made from villagers/Tribals who are procuring the seeds and supplying the same to the assessee. […]

Significant Economic Presence (SEP)

August 13, 2021 40659 Views 0 comment Print

Technology plays a vital role in today’s world making our daily lives simpler. From medical diagnoses to business operations, from communication to education, everything seems impossible without technology. This pandemic has evidenced the same. Life would have come to stand still without it. But nothing stopped. Technology has infiltrated every aspect of our lives, changing […]

Object & Scheme of Taxing Statutes of the Act

August 13, 2021 1407 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding the importance of interpreting tax statutes. Learn how the object and scheme of the Act can affect the interpretation of its provisions.

Illiquid Stock Trading and Tax Evasion

August 13, 2021 13956 Views 1 comment Print

Author: Anadi Varma 1. The ‘scam’ So a new scam beckons us. That of allegedly executing fraudulent trades in illiquid stock options by committing irregularities in the equity derivative segment. 2. Operation Falcon Popular belief is that the scam unearthed after the investigation wing of the I-T Department launched ‘Operation Falcon’ in July 2019, and […]

Transfer/postings of 497 JCIT/Addl. CIT

August 12, 2021 2979 Views 0 comment Print

Office Order No. 203 of 2021 The following 497 transfer/postings of the officers in the grade of Joint Commissioner/Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, are hereby ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:

Sale of property by NRI – How to save huge amounts getting blocked as TDS

August 12, 2021 13731 Views 3 comments Print

Investing in a house property is common for Indians. Many NRIs living abroad own house properties in India. Since it is difficult to manage a house property from another country, an NRI may contemplate selling such Indian house property. In such cases besides finding a buyer, it is also important to understand the tax implications […]

Section 234F Late fees payable for default in furnishing of income tax return

August 12, 2021 98457 Views 10 comments Print

Understand the implications of Section 234F for late filing of income tax return and the applicable late fees.

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