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Why RERA & Income Tax Reconciliation Is Crucial for Real Estate Developers

Income Tax : Increasing use of RERA data by tax authorities makes alignment between project disclosures and income tax reporting essential to a...

June 16, 2026 150 Views 0 comment Print

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 519 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 1881 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 1887 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 195519 Views 14 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 1761 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


Madras HC Upholds Section 80IA Deduction as Audit Report Filed Before Assessment Completion

Income Tax : The Court held that, for assessment year 2009-10, filing the audit report along with the return was directory and not mandatory. D...

June 16, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Cancels Section 263 Revision as Issue Was Already Pending Before CIT(A)

Income Tax : The Chennai ITAT held that the Pr. CIT could not invoke Section 263 on matters already under consideration before the appellate au...

June 16, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 69B Addition as Excess Stock Was Recorded as Business Income

Income Tax : The Chennai ITAT held that excess stock found during a survey could not be taxed as unexplained investment when it had been accoun...

June 16, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Denies Section 80GGC Deduction as Political Party Denied Reciept of Donation

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld the disallowance of a ₹10 lakh deduction after the recipient political party informed the tax authorities th...

June 16, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Sustains Section 80GGC Political Donation Addition as Donation Was Found to Be Non-Genuine

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld the denial of deduction under Section 80GGC after finding that the political donation formed part of an allege...

June 16, 2026 66 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 48498 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 690 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 558 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


Depreciation allowable on Public Roads to developer

July 31, 2021 909 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs L & T Transportation Infrastructure Ltd. (Madras High Court) It is well-settled that there cannot be two owners of the property simultaneously and int he same sense of the term. The intention of the Legislature in enacting Section 32 of the Act would be best fulfilled by allowing deduction in respect of depreciation […]

Can you claim HRA and deduction on home loan interest?

July 31, 2021 42351 Views 16 comments Print

Where the taxpayer is living in his or her own house or, if one does not pay rent for one’s accommodation, then the HRA is fully taxable (i.e., the individual cannot claim the HRA exemption according to Section 10(13A)

Dream 11 fantasy sports are games of skill and not gambling

July 30, 2021 3546 Views 0 comment Print

Avinash Mehrotra Vs State of Rajasthan & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Permission to file Special Leave Petition is granted. This matter has come up before us even earlier.  On 28.06.2021, the petitioner has sought an adjournment for filing  additional documents. The matter now comes up in which the petitioner circulated yet another letter again […]

Written off of stock allowable if the same had no realizable value

July 30, 2021 7725 Views 0 comment Print

Since the major write off claim evidently pertained to vaccines which assessee consistently claimed had been nearing expiry and thus had no realizable value and nothing had been pointed out regarding the insufficiency of evidences filed by assessee, therefore, the claim of assessee was fully justified for write off  of vaccines since undoubtedly such vaccines were not capable of being used beyond expiry period and had no realizable value thereafter.

Time period for Issue of section 148 notice wef 1.4.2021

July 30, 2021 173706 Views 66 comments Print

Time period for issuance of notice under section 148 under new regime wef 1.4.2021. As per substituted section 149 wef 1.4.2021 As per substituted section 149, no notice shall be issued   for the relevant assessment year if: (a) 3 years have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year, unless the case falls under […]

ITR Verification issue AY 2021-22 and a Solution

July 30, 2021 349857 Views 375 comments Print

With the deployment of Income Tax Portal 2.0, the stakeholders have been facing a lot of issues, one of the same being in respect to filing of the Income Tax Returns. While filing the return of income there has been an issue faced in respect to Verification of the Income Tax return at the portal […]

Income Tax Dept searches Kanpur Pan Masala & real estate Group

July 30, 2021 1047 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Department carried out a search action on 29.07.2021 on a large group based in Kanpur and Delhi. The group is in the business of manufacturing Pan Masala and in real estate. A total of 31 premises were searched spread across Kanpur, Noida, Ghaziabad, Delhi and Kolkata.

TDS Return Filing Through NSDL RPU

July 29, 2021 14703 Views 1 comment Print

There are many paid software’s are available for TDS Return preparing. However NDSL has provided their own Software which is very simple & easy to use. We can use the same for TDS Return Filing. If Assessee has done online registration on Income tax site then entire process become online. Advantage is that we can […]

Reopening assessment under Section 148 without recording reasons is bad in law

July 29, 2021 3687 Views 0 comment Print

In present facts of the case, it was observed that in the absence of  reasons, the jurisdiction assumed under section 148 of the Act to reopen a completed assessment is clearly void ab initio and consequently, assessment order is bad in law.

Income Tax searches at construction & real estate group in Jharkhand

July 29, 2021 573 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Department carried out a search operation on 28.07.2021 on a prominent group in Jharkhand dealing in building construction and real estate. The search began on 28.07.2021 in Ranchi and Kolkata. More than 20 premises were covered. During the search, it was found that the group was not maintaining regular books of account. In view […]

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